Latest Virginia Headlines
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National Newsbriefs
Dec 19 2005 // House Passes Terrorism Insurance Bill: Legislation that will extend the 2002 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for an additional two years passed the House of Representatives floor by a vote of 371 to 49. The Senate already...
Supreme Court Sides With Virginia Landlord in Toxic Mold Lawsuit
Dec 19 2005 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Virginia renters who claimed they were sickened by toxic mold in their apartment, in a decision that clarifies where personal injury cases should be heard. The issue is significant in...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // House Passes Terrorism Insurance Bill: Legislation that will extend the 2002 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for an additional two years passed the House of Representatives floor by a vote of 371 to 49. The Senate already...
Supreme Court Sides With Virginia Landlord in Toxic Mold Lawsuit
Dec 18 2005 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Virginia renters who claimed they were sickened by toxic mold in their apartment, in a decision that clarifies where personal injury cases should be heard. The issue is significant in...
Virginia Authorizes Partial Payments on Reciprocal of America Claims
Dec 13 2005 // Policyholders with a covered claim against insolvent Reciprocal of America can expect a partial payment soon. The Virginia State Corporation Commission is authorizing the deputy receiver of the liquidated reciprocal...
Court Upholds W. Va. Woman’s Coverage, Despite Bounced Check
Dec 12 2005 // A West Virginia Supreme Court ruling upholding coverage for a woman who wrote a bad check to start an auto insurance policy, saying she deserves coverage after she was involved in an accident, has Charleston insurance...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Chief Warns Employers Failing to Pay
Dec 7 2005 // As it spins off as a private insurance program, West Virginia’s workers’ compensation program will show little patience with employers that fail to pay their premiums, its executive director said Monday. As of...
News Briefs
Dec 4 2005 // ALABAMA Alabama Expects 50,000 Claims More than 50,000 claims are expected in Alabama from hurricane damage, however, complete cost estimates won’t be available until this month. Ragan Ingram, Department of Insurance...
Supreme Court Sides With Va. Landlord Over Renters in Toxic Mold Lawsuit
Dec 1 2005 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week against Virginia renters who claimed they were sickened by toxic mold in their apartment building, in a decision that clarifies where personal injury cases should be heard. The issue...
Drive Insurance Helps Fund Virginia Big ‘I’ Education Institute Building
Nov 30 2005 // Karen Barone, Virginia product manager for Drive Insurance from Progressive recently presented Tom Welch, president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia, with a check for $25,000, as part of a $50,000 commitment...
Software Monitors W.Va. Fraud
Nov 21 2005 // West Virginia has implemented investigation management software to enable the Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit to monitor the growing volume of investigations and multiple investigators in various locations to...
RATE DECREASE GRANTED
Nov 21 2005 // The West Vir-ginia Mutual Insu-rance Company has been granted a 5 percent rate increase according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. West Virginia Mutual filed for the rate decrease with the Offices of the Insurance...
False Workers’ Comp Statement a Felony
Nov 21 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced Richard Custer Jr. was sentenced Oct. 12 on one felony charge of making a false statement to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Custer, of Marshall...
FLORIDA
Nov 20 2005 // Brian, Brad and Dean Shecht-man, cousins who allegedly swindled more than 1,200 elderly victims out of millions of dollars in a bait-and-switch insurance scheme are in the limelight again as details surface about a...
News Briefs
Nov 20 2005 // FloridaFAIA Likes Due-Diligence Decision The Florida Association of Insu-rance Agents has filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief with the First District Court of Appeals in a case involving an insurance agent who...
Software Monitors W.Va. Fraud
Nov 20 2005 // West Virginia has implemented investigation management software to enable the Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit to monitor the growing volume of investigations and multiple investigators in various locations to...
Commissioner Cautions W. Va. Homeowners: Be Prepared For Winter
Nov 15 2005 // ‘Tis the season…for extreme cold, freezing rain, snow and strong winds, therefore, it is important to inspect and winterize your home, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. The...
PCI Applauds W. Va. Gov.’s Focus on Workers’ Comp Reform
Nov 14 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has applauded West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin for calling a special session of the State Legislature in order to finalize any remaining details of the...
Va. Court Reinstates Jury Award for Food Poisoning
Nov 10 2005 // A Roanoke judge should not have thrown out an award of more than $110,000 to a woman who suffered food poisoning from a restaurant meal of beef tips and rice, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled. The high court reinstated...
W.Va. Study Shows Auto Collisions With Deer Average $1,700 Per Claim
Nov 9 2005 // The average cost of an automobile claim directly attributable to a driver having a collision with deer or wildlife is more than $1,700 per claim and totaling approximately $33 million, according to an annual study...
