Latest Virginia Headlines
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Ames & Gough Names Senior Broker in Virginia Office
Jun 27 2013 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant serving design professionals, law firms, associations/non-profits and other professional service firms, appointed Allison Barefoot as assistant vice...
West Virginia Pays Millions for Prison Misconduct Claims
Jun 25 2013 // Sexual misconduct claims at prisons and regional jails have cost West Virginia nearly $12 million over the last decade. Board of Risk and Insurance Management records obtained by the Charleston Daily Mail show that...
Virginia SIU Investigator Wins Award for Work on Staged Accident Case
Jun 21 2013 // A staged accident investigation in Roanoke, Va., led to an award for a Nationwide Insurance special investigator. Suzy Clingman-Taylor was named Investigator of the Year by the Virginia Chapter of the International...
Liberty Law School in Virginia Demands Lawsuit Coverage From Hanover
Jun 20 2013 // Liberty University’s law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly reports that the...
Insurers Pay $600K in West Virginia Racism Case
Jun 17 2013 // Insurance companies will pay $600,000 to a former officer who sued the Sophia (West Virginia) Police Department over claims he was harassed and fired because he is black, Mayor Danny Barr said. That payout is more than the...
Former Va. Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Jun 12 2013 // A former Charlottesville, Virginia, insurance agent has been sentenced to seven months behind bars for duping customers who believed they were buying insurance from him. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old...
West Virginia Adopts Safety Measures, Video Monitoring for New Schools
Jun 7 2013 // New schools built in West Virginia will be required to have shatter-proof glass and exterior door alarms. The requirements are among several safety measures approved by the West Virginia School Building Authority during a...
West Virginia Woman Sues Sheriff Over Alleged Facebook Firing
Jun 6 2013 // A secretary who says she was fired over a Facebook posting made from her home computer and on her own time is suing a West Virginia sheriff’s department for federal civil rights violations. Sonya Olako said she was...
Environmental Groups Sue Landowners Over Mountaintop Mining in West Virginia
Jun 3 2013 // Environmental activists say three reclaimed mountaintop removal mining sites are still polluting West Virginia waterways, and they’re suing the current landowners in a novel attempt to stop it. The lawsuits filed in...
AIG Sues Ex-U.Va. Lax Player Over Claim
Jun 3 2013 // A former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend was sued by American International Group over his refusal to answer questions from insurance investigators. In a May 20 court filing,...
Virginia Insurance Bureau Offers Hurricane Season Tips
May 30 2013 // Hurricane season is approaching, and the state Bureau of Insurance is urging Virginians to check their coverage before a storm hits.Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jacqueline CunninghamThe season runs from June 1 through...
Driver’s Insurance Could Cover Virginia Parade Injuries
May 28 2013 // Damascus, Va., Mayor Jack McCrady says he expects the insurer of a man whose car hit dozens of hikers during a parade to cover the victims’ medical costs. McCrady says Deward Blevins’ family has turned over...
N.Y. Assembly’s Anti-Concurrent Causation Bill Moves Forward
May 24 2013 // The New York State Assembly’s insurance committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit the insurers’ use of anti-concurrent causation (ACC) clauses in the state. The bill, A07455, is now eligible to...
Judge Recuses Herself from West Virginia University Degree Lawsuit
May 24 2013 // U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has disqualified herself from hearing a lawsuit filed over a 6-year-old degree scandal at West Virginia University, citing a federal statute that requires judges to step aside if their...
AIG Sues Ex-U.Va. Lax Player Over Insurance Claim
May 22 2013 // A former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend is being sued by American International Group Inc. over his refusal to answer questions from insurance investigators. In a court filing...
New Lawsuit Filed Against West Virginia University in Degree Scandal
May 20 2013 // Two former business school deans caught up in a master’s degree scandal six years ago are suing West Virginia University again, arguing the school has ignored its obligation to repair their tarnished...
Insurers Pay $600K in Small Town West Virginia Racism Case
May 16 2013 // Insurance companies will pay $600,000 to a former officer who sued the Sophia Police Department over claims he was harassed and fired because he is black, Mayor Danny Barr said. That payout is more than the small West...
Report: 127 Killed on the Job in Virginia in 2011, 20 More Than Previous Year
May 14 2013 // A new labor union report says 127 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in Virginia, 20 more than the previous year. According to the report by the AFL-CIO, there were 4,693 workplace deaths nationwide in 2011, down by...
Labor Union Report: 43 Killed on the Job in West Virginia in 2011
May 13 2013 // A new labor union report says 43 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in West Virginia, down from 95 the previous year that included a mine blast that killed 29. According to the report by the AFL-CIO, there were 4,693...
West Virginia Man Convicted of Burning Duplex for Insurance
May 13 2013 // A federal jury in West Virginia has convicted a Logan County man of burning his duplex to collect insurance money. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said on that 58-year-old Michael L. White of Chapmanville, W. Va., was found...
