Latest Virginia Headlines
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The Andrew Agency Acquires Crowder & Holloway in Virginia
Aug 28 2015 // The Andrew Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced that it has acquired Crowder & Holloway in South Hill, Virginia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1936,...
Virginia’s Continental Underwriters Hires 2 Lumbermen’s Executives
Aug 27 2015 // Continental Underwriters, a Richmond, Virginia-based managing general agency/wholesaler specializing in the placement of insurance for lumber and forest products operations, hired Corey Bounds as loss control director and...
Increase in Sinkholes Leaves West Virginia City Struggling
Aug 25 2015 // Officials in Huntington, W. Va., are scrambling to deal with an increase in sinkholes across the city. Heavy rainfall and aging infrastructure have contributed to the increase, and the city lacks resources to do more than...
Underwriters Sue Over Greenbrier Classic’s Hole-in-One Jackpot in W.Va.
Aug 21 2015 // Insurance underwriters claim they shouldn’t be responsible for reimbursing a charity for payouts to golf fans for two holes-in-one made during the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West...
NCCI Seeks Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Increase in Virginia
Aug 19 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI ) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). Based on its review of the most recently...
10 Years After Katrina, Coastal Cities Face Greater Flood Risk: RMS
Aug 19 2015 // A decade after Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in property/casualty insurance losses, the most expensive catastrophe for the global insurance industry, rising sea levels are driving up expected economic and insurance...
The Hilb Group Acquires JWB Insurance in North Carolina
Aug 18 2015 // The Hilb Group LLC announced today that it acquired JWB Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wilmington, North Carolina. The transaction became effective Aug. 1, 2015. The terms of the deal were not...
West Virginia to See Decrease in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 17 2015 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says employers in the state will see an estimated $43 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year. Tomblin says employers have saved more than $323 million since the...
West Virginia to Require Criminal Background Checks for Long-Term Care Workers
Aug 13 2015 // West Virginia’s new state program requires criminal background checks for applicants seeking certain jobs at long-term care facilities. Health and Human Resources Secretary Karen L. Bowling announced the launch of...
Main Street America Introduces New Private Passenger Auto Program in Va.
Aug 12 2015 // The Main Street America Group announced the introduction of Main Street Protection Auto, its new private passenger auto insurance program for Virginia via its statewide network of independent insurance agents. Product...
West Virginia Purchases Second Drone to Assess Natural Disaster Damage
Aug 6 2015 // West Virginia’s Department of Transportation has purchased its second drone. The Charleston Gazette reports that the $3,500 drone will be used to help provide views of hard-to-reach or inaccessible areas. Department...
West Virginia Investigators: Harpers Ferry Fire Started on Business Patio
Aug 4 2015 // A state agency spokesman says a fire in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.’s, commercial area began on the rear patio of a business. Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina tells The...
West Virginia Prosecutors Say Explosion Evidence Crucial to Blankenship Case
Aug 3 2015 // Prosecutors say in court documents that evidence about the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster is a necessary part of the government’s criminal case against former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. The Charleston...
West Virginia to See Decrease in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 3 2015 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says employers in the state will see an estimated $43 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year. Tomblin says employers have saved more than $323 million since the...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves $2.5M Cleanup Deal in West Virginia Spill Case
Aug 3 2015 // A bankruptcy judge has approved a $2.5 million deal involving the cleanup of a massive 2014 chemical spill in West Virginia. The order July 8 by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Pearson says the agreement is in the best...
Fire Damage at West Virginia’s Historic Harper’s Ferry Estimated at $2M
Jul 30 2015 // A state fire official says a fire in’s Harpers Ferry, W. Va.’s commercial area caused about $2 million in damage. Assistant state fire marshal George Harms tells The Herald-Mail that the cause of the fire...
West Virginia’s Historic Harpers Ferry Devastated by Fire
Jul 28 2015 // The commercial area in historic Harpers Ferry, W. Va., was devastated July 23 when a fire destroyed a building that housed at least a half dozen businesses, Mayor Gregory Vaughn said. He said a long building that extended...
Ex-Massey CEO’s Lawyers: Keep West Virginia Mine Blast Out of Criminal Trial
Jul 28 2015 // Attorneys for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship want evidence about the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia kept out of his criminal trial this fall. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the...
Transport Company Updates Public on West Virginia Oil Train Crash Cleanup
Jul 27 2015 // CSX is continuing to closely monitor the environmental impact of a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia, a spokeswoman said last week. The company held a public informational meeting that drew a sparse...
Prosecutors Request Guilty Plea Hearing for Executive in West Virginia Spill Case
Jul 24 2015 // Federal prosecutors want a judge to schedule a guilty plea hearing for the top executive charged in a massive chemical spill that contaminated West Virginia’s biggest drinking water supply last year. In federal court...
