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Dec 20 2009 // Beecher Carlson expanded its National Energy practice by appointing Jacklyn Kearns senior vice president. Kearns has 28 years of insurance and risk management experience. She joins Charlie Pierpont in Beecher...
Judge to Rule on Virginia Tech Shooting Lawsuits by Jan. 15
Dec 16 2009 // A judge said this week he would rule by Jan. 15 on whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the families of two students slain in the mass shootings at Virginia Tech. After hearing arguments, Montgomery County Circuit Court...
State-Owned Vehicle Accidents Cost West Virginia $17 Million
Dec 11 2009 // West Virginia has paid out $17.7 million to resolve more than 5,000 accident claims involving state vehicles during the past five budget years. That’s one finding from an audit delivered to legislators this week. The...
More Injuries on Public Than Private Sector Jobs in Virginia
Dec 10 2009 // New numbers show more workplace injuries and illnesses were reported in Virginia from those in government jobs than in the private sector in 2008. According to a Virginia Department of Labor and Industry report, 97,900...
Virginia Tech Faces $43 Million Lawsuit By Family Over Student’s Suicide
Dec 9 2009 // The family of a Virginia Tech student has filed a $43 million lawsuit, accusing the university of negligence in its response to a warning that their son was suicidal. Daniel Kim committed suicide on Dec. 9, 2007, about a...
National Association of Insurance Commissioners Elects New Officers
Dec 8 2009 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected their 2010 officers at their Winter National Meeting in San Francisco. The new officers are: President: West Virginia Insurance...
West Virginia Court Sides with Insurer on Antitrust Claim by Cancelled Agent
Dec 4 2009 // An insurance company has won a victory over one of its former West Virginia agents who claimed the insurer violated state antitrust law when it cancelled his contracts to sell its life and property/casualty insurance...
North Carolina Mutual Seeks Hearing on License in Virginia
Nov 24 2009 // Virginia regulators are seeking to suspend the nation’s oldest black-owned insurer from doing business in the state, saying its finances are in hazardous condition. The Virginia State Corporation Commission said that...
Employee Charged with Arson in Virginia Pet Store Fire
Nov 19 2009 // An employee has been charged with arson in a weekend fire at a Roanoke, Virginia pet store that caused about $2 million in damage. Roanoke Fire Department spokeswoman Tiffany Bradbury said 18-year-old Corey Brian Hite of...
Fires at West Virginia Cave Attraction Ruled Arson
Nov 18 2009 // Investigators say two fires that destroyed the Smoke Hole Caverns gift shop and restaurant in West Virginia were deliberately set. Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy S.L. Wratchford says items were found inside a trash...
Virginia Governor Requests Federal Damage Assessment Teams
Nov 16 2009 // Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine has requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) send preliminary damage assessment teams to Virginia to help determine damage levels from the recent...
Massey Energy Settles Age Bias Claim with West Virginia Miners
Nov 4 2009 // Hundreds of miners who were not rehired after Massey Energy bought a West Virginia mine have settled an age discrimination lawsuit against the Richmond, Va.-based coal producer. A hearing to approve the deal is scheduled...
West Virginia Seeks Funds to Boost Effort to Ban Distracted Driving
Nov 4 2009 // West Virginia’s lawmakers have tried and failed to ban texting and talking on cell phones, but that effort may get a new boost from Washington. Sen. Jay Rockefeller wants grant money for states that ban texting while...
Proposed West Virginia ‘Fat Tax’ Hit
Oct 27 2009 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s proposal that the state Public Employees Insurance Agency consider charging higher premiums for overweight workers has drawn criticism. Gordon Simmons, an organizer for state Public...
GEICO Opens West Virginia Office
Oct 23 2009 // GEICO hosted the grand opening of its new local office in Morgantown, West Virginia this week. Jim Robinson, local GEICO field representative, heads the Morgantown office. The open house featured GEICO’s official...
West Virginia Insurer Brickstreet Plans to Trim 24 Jobs
Oct 21 2009 // BrickStreet Insurance is looking to shed about 24 jobs as it continues adjusting to a market in which it’s no longer the sole provider of workers’ compensation insurance in West Virginia. President and CEO Greg...
New Virginia Car Insurer to Host Grand Opening
Oct 20 2009 // Virginia-based Elephant Insurance, a recently launched direct writer for auto insurance, plans to host a grand opening for its new offices tomorrow. The company, which is owned by UK-based Admiral Group, has invited...
Jury Awards $200K to Virginia Newsman Banned from School
Oct 20 2009 // A federal jury has awarded $200,000 to a newspaper publisher after deciding the Buchanan County School Board unconstitutionally banned him from school grounds. The jury in Abingdon, Virginia ruled Thursday after a...
Business Moves
Oct 19 2009 // Norfolk & Dedham, Rockingham Two East Coast-based mutual insurance companies have formed a mutual alliance that they say allows them to achieve efficiencies, diversification and spread of risk without actually merging...
Virginia’s Crashed Boats Will Be Safety-Teaching Tools
Oct 19 2009 // A boating safety group hopes crashing boats on the James River will help investigators learn how to reconstruct collisions. The crashes last month were recorded, and the damaged boats, video and data gathered will be used...
