Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
After Fire Code Violations, West Virginia Fraternities Struggle with Costs
Jan 3 2008 // At least four West Virginia University fraternities still can’t move back into the houses they were evicted from last spring. Houses for Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Sigma Kappa were...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in East
Dec 31 2007 // New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets for coastal properties continued to challenge insurers, agents, policymakers and property owners, despite an...
Virginia Nears Third Year without a Mine Death
Dec 28 2007 // With the end of 2007 days away, Virginia is nearing a third consecutive year without a coal mining death. Virginia, ranked No. 10 in the nation in coal production, saw its last coal mining fatality on Oct. 23, 2004. Mike...
Judge Orders W. Va. Malpractice Claims to Proceed Amid Bankruptcy
Dec 27 2007 // Eight lawsuits alleging medical malpractice by a former West Virginia doctor can continue toward trial while he settles his debts in bankruptcy court, a judge has ordered. Dr. John A. King consented to the rulings issued...
West Va. Privatization of Workers’ Compensation Not all Smooth Sailing
Dec 23 2007 // Gov. Manchin at odds with lawmakers over system as it prepares for more private insurers The latest power struggle between W.Va. Gov. Joe Manchin’s administration and lawmakers spilled out into the open recently. Led...
West Virginia Privatization
Dec 23 2007 // The move to privatize the state’s workers’ compensation fund and rebrand it as BrickStreet Mutual has received mostly positive reviews, even from injured workers and their attorneys. The next phase in the...
Yes, Virginia, There is Road Rage
Dec 23 2007 // Virginia passed a landmark “abusive driver” law designed to curtail egregious behind-the-wheel behavior, and it immediately became the target of court challenges and public outrage. The law was intended to make...
W.Va. Delays Deployment of Steel-Shelled Mine Shelters
Dec 21 2007 // West Virginia’s mine safety chief has delayed deployment of steel-shelled shelters in underground coal mines because they could not meet a state standard for internal temperatures during testing. Ron Wooten, director...
Va. Completes Installation of Hurricane Gates on Highways
Dec 18 2007 // The last of the 440 hurricane evacuation gates between Norfolk and Richmond, Va. have been installed. The Virginia Department of Transportation says the last 298 gates of the $8.7 million project finished a week early and...
Companies Suing West Va. Insurer BrickStreet Over Agent Commissions
Dec 17 2007 // Two companies are suing West Virginia’s workers’ compensation writer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. over agent commissions. Aero-Fab Inc. and The Bunch Co. allege that Brickstreet is billing companies for the...
Workers’ Comp Hits Rocky Patch in W. Va. on Road to Full Privatization
Dec 5 2007 // The latest power struggle between W. Va. Gov. Joe Manchin’s administration and lawmakers spilled out into the open last week, and those who attended the final meeting of the monthly interim session got a front-row...
Insurance Related Fraud Results in Arrest and Arraignment for 2 in W. Va.
Dec 4 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Commission officials arrested two Logan County women last week for alleged computer fraud and forgery. Lisa K. Hall, 26, of Man, and Cynthia B. Hall, age unknown, of Mitchell Heights, were charged...
Supreme Court Lets Stand Virginia Viatical Insurance Law
Dec 4 2007 // The Supreme Court declined this week to rule on a case that tests whether states such as Virginia can regulate the sale of life insurance by policyholders to investors, a practice known as “viatical” or life...
Another Suit Filed Over Fatal West Virginia Mine Fire
Dec 3 2007 // Massey Energy Co. is facing another lawsuit over a fatal fire at one of its mines in West Virginia. Wyatt Robinson’s lawsuit claims Richmond, Va.-based Massey and a subsidiary, Aracoma Coal Company Inc., failed to...
3 Arrested in W. Va. on Insurance Fraud Charges
Nov 30 2007 // West Virginia Insurance officials arrested three individuals in Putnam County for alleged insurance fraud. The Insurance Commissioner’s Fraud Unit arrested Diana K. Phillips, 52, of Hurricane, Charles Keith Phillips,...
Good Things Going on in West Virginia
Nov 18 2007 // When talk turns to insurance in West Virginia, inevitably workers’ compensation comes up. No one knows that better than Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline. In a recent interview with Insurance Journal‘s Andrew...
W. Va.: 2 Kanawha County Women Arrested on Insurance Fraud Charges
Nov 14 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Commission officials arrested two Kanawha County women on insurance fraud related charges. A State Trooper assigned to the Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit in Charleston arrested Linda Jett...
Allstate Cuts West Virginia Home Insurance Rates
Nov 12 2007 // Allstate customers in West Virginia will be paying less for homeowners’ insurance. The company announced last week that West Virginia homeowners with Allstate insurance policies will get an average rate cut of 10...
W. Va. Co. Expands Recall of Smoked Salmon Dip to 19 States
Nov 8 2007 // House of Thaller Inc. has expanded its recall of smoked salmon dips sold in West Virginia and 19 other states. The company is recalling an additional 11,177 pounds of dip packaged in 7.5-ounce containers using the Kroger...
W. Va.Counties Face Daunting Public Employee Insurance Rate Hikes
Nov 7 2007 // County officials statewide hope a series of public hearings that began Monday will highlight the threat a string of double-digit health care premium increases pose to their budgets. The 41 counties that cover their workers...
