Latest Virginia Headlines
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Virginia State Officials Lay Out Plan to Address Rising Seas
Oct 26 2020 // Virginia state officials have laid out a plan to protect the state’s coastal communities from sea-level rise that could inundate land and roads and threaten property in the decades ahead. Governor Ralph Northam...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia’s Hampton Insurance Agency
Oct 21 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Hampton Insurance Agency LLC of Hampton, Va., on October 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Hampton Insurance is a property and casualty insurance agency...
Second Search of Virginia Blast Site Finds No More Victims
Oct 20 2020 // Fire officials have completed another search of the site of a weekend explosion and fire in Harrisonburg, Va., and determined there are no additional victims, the city announced Sunday night. An explosion rocked a strip...
Several Injured in Blast, Fire at Virginia Shopping Center
Oct 19 2020 // Officials said an investigation was underway into the cause of an explosion and large fire at a shopping center in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Saturday morning that injured several people. Three people were hospitalized as a...
Former Catholic School Principal in W. Va. Claims He Was Fired for Reporting Abuse
Oct 13 2020 // A former principal at a West Virginia Catholic high school filed a wrongful termination lawsuit last month against a diocese, alleging he was let go for reporting complaints of inappropriate contact involving a priest and...
Hub International Limited Acquires Virginia’s WFG Benefits
Oct 6 2020 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of WFG Benefits Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in McLean, Va., WFG Benefits Inc. is an insurance and employee benefit...
Judge Orders Cisco to Pay $1.9 Billion in Cybersecurity Patent Lawsuit
Oct 6 2020 // A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Cisco Systems Inc. to pay $1.9 billion to a Virginia company that accused it of copying its cybersecurity patents. U.S. District Judge Henry Morgan in Norfolk, Virginia, concluded after a...
Proposed Virginia Bill Making Localities Responsible for Protest Damage Stalls
Oct 5 2020 // A Virginia General Assembly bill is likely dead for the session that would have held localities accountable for damages caused by protesters if an adequate police response was not provided. Del. Mark Cole,...
Next Insurance Adds 24 States to Its Workers’ Compensation Market Map
Oct 1 2020 // Next Insurance has expanded its workers’ compensation offering into 24 additional states, including Arizona, Connecticut, South Carolina, Indiana and Virginia. The digital small business insurer said that the...
Restaurant Owners Sue W.Va. Governor Over Coronavirus Bar Closures
Sep 28 2020 // The owners of 12 restaurants and bars sued the governor of West Virginia on Wednesday for indefinitely closing establishments in student-heavy Monongalia County due to the coronavirus. Gov. Jim Justice ordered bars closed...
Virginia’s Kinsale Capital Group Hires Beachy as Executive VP, Chief Claims Officer
Sep 14 2020 // Kinsale Capital Group Inc. has hired Mark J. Beachy as executive vice president and chief claims officer, effective October 5, 2020. Beachy will succeed Ann Marie Marson, who served as chief claims officer since August...
West Virginia Hospital Settles Whistleblower Suit for $50M
Sep 11 2020 // A financially strapped West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay the federal government $50 million to resolve claims that it improperly issued payments and kickbacks to physicians under the direction of management, the...
Two Killed in Construction Accident at Amazon Site in Virginia
Sep 1 2020 // Two construction workers have died after an accident at the future site of an Amazon fulfillment center in Virginia. Suffolk city officials say the accident occurred Saturday afternoon at Northgate Commerce Parkway. News...
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to $1M Virus Fraud Scheme
Aug 27 2020 // A northern Virginia man has pleaded guilty to a $1.4 million fraud scheme to obtain federal funds meant for businesses struggling under the coronavirus pandemic. Tarik Jaafar, 42, of Woodbridge, admitted in U.S. District...
Virginia’s Markel Corporation Appoints Chu as Chief Risk Officer
Aug 26 2020 // Markel Corporation has appointed Julia Chu as chief risk officer, effective immediately. In this new role, Chu will be responsible for Markel’s enterprise risk management, capital planning and ceded reinsurance...
Wright National Expands Flood Products into Virginia
Aug 24 2020 // Wright National Flood Insurance Services (WNFIS) has introduced two private flood insurance products for Virginia residential property owners – The Wright Residential Private Flood Insurance Program and Hiscox...
West Virginia AG Sues Walmart, CVS Over State Flooding of Opioids
Aug 21 2020 // West Virginia’s attorney general sued Walmart and drugstore chain CVS on Tuesday, saying they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers to their retail pharmacies in a state ravaged...
Heavy Rains in Virginia Close Roads, Prompt Evacuations at Dams
Aug 18 2020 // Torrential weekend rains in central Virginia led to scores of road closings in low-lying areas and prompted home evacuations near a pair of small dams. Between three inches and 10 inches of rain fell in the greater...
West Virginia Halts Nursing Home Visits as Virus Cases, Deaths Surge
Aug 17 2020 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday halted nursing home visits as both confirmed cases and deaths from the new coronavirus continue to surge. Justice said at a news conference that there are virus outbreaks...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia’s Lindberg & Associates
Aug 13 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), acquired Lindberg & Associates of Poquoson, Va., on July 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2011, Lindberg & Associates is an independent...
