Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Markel to Acquire Virginia’s VSC Fire & Security
Nov 12 2019 // Markel Corporation and VSC Fire & Security Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement for Markel to acquire VSC. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the fourth...
Element Risk Management Acquires Three Insurance Agencies in Virginia, Pennsylvania
Nov 8 2019 // Element Risk Management has acquired three new insurance agencies in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Barnes & Phillips Insurance & Financial Services of Woodstock, Va., Crawford Insurance Company of Strasburg, Va., and...
Virginia’s Allianz Partners Hires Wright as CFO, O’Connor as Head of Operations
Nov 8 2019 // Allianz Partners, a Henrico, Va.-based insurance company, has hired Jeff Wright as chief financial officer and Jim O’Connor as head of Operations. Wright succeeds Diane Babson, who took an assignment with another...
Several States Have Doubts About $48 Billion Opioid Settlement Offer
Oct 24 2019 // Several U.S. states that have been ravaged by the opioid epidemic are pushing back on a proposed $48 billion settlement framework that would resolve thousands of lawsuits against five drug companies accused of fueling the...
Virginia Governor Issues Drought Watch for Entire State
Oct 14 2019 // Worsening dry conditions affecting Virginia have prompted Governor Ralph Northam to place the state under a drought watch. The watch issued Friday advises residents, local governments and businesses to use less water. It...
Electric Pole Fires Leave Thousands Without Power in Virginia
Oct 10 2019 // A mixture of salt buildup and light rain has made power poles combustible, causing thousands to lose power in several Virginia cities. News outlets report multiple power poles caught fire Tuesday causing outages for about...
3 West Virginia Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
Oct 9 2019 // Authorities in West Virginia have charged three volunteer firefighters with first-degree arson and conspiracy. News outlets report Rhodell volunteer firefighters 39-year-old Matthew Allen Meadows, 19-year-old Alexia...
JSA Names Costa as Director of Business Development in Virginia
Oct 3 2019 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has promoted P&C Brokerage Manager Tony Costa to the position of director of Business Development. Costa previously spent 11 years with Markel Corporation in a variety of...
Coal Mine Electrician Dies in Accident at West Virginia Mine
Sep 19 2019 // West Virginia officials say a 40-year-old coal mine electrician has died in an accident. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says Steven Vernon Keeney of Sylvester died of injuries from an...
Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Virginia’s Washington Financial Group
Sep 17 2019 // Hub International Limited , a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the assets of Wash Financial L.L.C., doing business as Washington Financial Group (WFG). Terms of the transaction were not...
Virginia is Latest State to Sue Purdue Pharma Family
Sep 13 2019 // Virginia has joined a growing number of states suing members of the family that owns Purdue Pharma for their alleged role in the nation’s opioid crisis. Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday that the...
Assurance Hires Warren to Mid-Atlantic Office in Virginia
Sep 12 2019 // Assurance, an independent insurance brokerage in the U.S., has hired Chris Warren. Warren will be based in the Assurance Mid-Atlantic office in Arlington, Va., and serve as a risk management consultant for...
Companies Deny Wrongdoing in Fatal Virginia Helicopter Crash
Sep 5 2019 // The company that manufactured a helicopter that crashed and killed two Virginia state troopers monitoring a white nationalist rally says it’s not guilty of negligence and fraud. The Daily Progress reports widows...
West Virginia AG Says Johnson & Johnson, Teva Hid Opioid Risks in New Lawsuit
Aug 27 2019 // West Virginia’s top prosecutor filed suits Friday against the major opioid makers Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA for misrepresenting the risks of their painkilling drugs. The separate suits filed...
Survivor of 2015 On-Air Shooting Sues Virginia TV Station
Aug 21 2019 // The only survivor of a 2015 attack where a disgruntled former employee shot and killed two Virginia journalists is suing the television station whose on-camera interview she was appearing in. The Roanoke Times reports...
Disaster Declaration Granted to West Virginia for June Floods
Aug 14 2019 // President Donald Trump has granted a disaster declaration request for flooding in portions of West Virginia in late June. Gov. Jim Justice says in a news release five counties can receive federal assistance for public...
West Virginia Lawmakers Ask Attorney General for Control of $37M Opioid Settlment
Aug 2 2019 // A group of West Virginia lawmakers want control of a recent $37 million opioid settlement with the drug distributor McKesson. Members of the House of Delegates on Monday asked the attorney general to let the legislature to...
OSHA Fines Virginia Shipbuilder More Than $13K for Safety Violation
Jul 26 2019 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Newport News Shipbuilding more than $13,000 for a safety violation after investigating the death of an employee. However, the violation was unrelated to the...
West Virginia Jury Finds Bar, Landowner Responsible in Drunken Driving Death
Jul 26 2019 // A jury says a now defunct West Virginia bar and the company that owned the land under the bar are mostly responsibly in a drunken driving death. The Journal of Martinsburg reported Tuesday that Dirty Dawg Saloon LLC was...
Duke Energy Sued Over Environmental Damage to Dan River from 2014 Coal Ash Spill
Jul 23 2019 // The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country’s largest electricity company liable for environmental damage from a leak five years ago that left miles of a river...
