Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. to Probe 2005 W. Va. Mine Death
Apr 24 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has decided to investigate a fatal 2005 West Virginia coal truck accident after all. MSHA and the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training did not...
W. Va. Dam Failure Could Flood Lincoln County Community
Apr 19 2007 // West Virginia environmental officials are working to breach a failing earthen dam that threatened to flood a small Lincoln County community following heavy weekend rains. Lee’s Fishing Lake dam could be breached...
Concern About Dam Leads to Evacuations in W. Va.’s Lincoln County
Apr 17 2007 // Emergency officials in West Virginia asked hundreds of Lincoln County residents living downriver from an earthen dam to evacuate last Sunday night because of concerns the dam might crumble and loose millions of gallons of...
W. Va. Gov. Manchin Signs Mine Safety, Workplace Bills
Apr 6 2007 // West Virginia has ratcheted up its coal mine safety laws. Gov. Joe Manchin signed the latest legislation spurred by last year’s fatal mining accidents. The bill approved by Manchin addresses such topics as...
W. Va. Agency Affirms Insurance Contract Award to Md. Firm
Mar 28 2007 // The Public Employees Insurance Agency in West Virginia has denied two protests of its decision to award a multimillion-dollar management contract to a Maryland company. Humana Inc. and Highmark Health Insurance Co. filed...
West Virginia Preparing for Workers’ Comp Competition in 2008
Mar 27 2007 // One insurer, Brickstreet Mutual, now dominates West Virginia’s workers’ compensation market but that should change by the end of next summer. “We are working on being able to open the market to other...
Jane Cline, West Virginia, Office of Insurance Commissioner
Mar 26 2007 // Jane L. Cline was first appointed West Virginia Insurance Commissioner in January 2001 and reappointed by current Gov. Joe Manchin. In addition to her responsibilities as Insurance Commissioner, Cline serves as...
The Commissioners: Jane Cline
Mar 26 2007 // Jane L. Cline was first appointed West Virginia Insurance Commissioner in January 2001 and reappointed by current Gov. Joe Manchin. In addition to her responsibilities as Insurance Commissioner, Cline serves as...
Companies Protest W. Va. Public Health Contract Award to Md. Firm
Mar 23 2007 // West Virginia’s selection of a Maryland company to manage a new health insurance program for retired public workers is being challenged by two other companies that sought the work. The Public Employees Insurance...
W. Va. Hosting Workers Comp Training Sessions
Mar 17 2007 // The Offices of the Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia in cooperation with the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), will hold training sessions around the state on development of workers’...
W. Va. court says doctors may self-insure
Mar 12 2007 // The West Virginia Supreme Court voted 5-0 to refuse to hear Charleston Area Medical Center’s appeal of a 2005 circuit court ruling that upheld a physician’s right to provide his own medical malpractice...
W. Va. Court Rebukes Hospital, Upholds Doctor’s Right to Self-Insure
Mar 1 2007 // The West Virginia Supreme Court refused this week to hear Charleston Area Medical Center’s appeal of a 2005 circuit court ruling that upheld a physician’s right to provide his own medical malpractice...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
West Virginia – Jane Cline
Feb 11 2007 // During a period when insurers in West Virginia limited the amount of homeowner and auto policies they were writing – or stopped writing altogether – Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline worked with the governor...
West Virginia Exposes Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 26 2007 // William E. Keir pleaded guilty earlier this month to one felony count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation insurance, according to the West Virginia Insurance Commission. Keir, 29, of Morgantown was indicted...
W. Va. Judge Dismisses 400 Flood Claims Against Coal Firms
Jan 26 2007 // A circuit judge has dismissed the claims of about 400 victims of a devastating flood in southern West Virginia in 2001. Ohio County Circuit Judge Arthur M. Recht said in last week’s ruling that the plaintiffs who...
W. Va. Tackles Mine Safety Rules to Address Sago Tragedy
Jan 19 2007 // Members of the state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety say the panel may have a tough time crafting regulations to address the cause of the Sago Mine accident. The process of writing those rules officially began...
Health Savings Account Firm Exits W. Va. in Dispute with State
Jan 10 2007 // Indiana-based insurer is pulling out of West Virginia, saying regulatory action taken against it by the state forced the decision. Medical Savings Insurance of Indianapolis notified customers this month that it will not...
W. Va. Man Jailed, Indicted on Insurance Fraud Charge
Jan 9 2007 // Reynoldsville, W. Va., resident Carl Lee Gallo was indicted last week on one felony count of attempting to secure workers compensation benefits in excess of $1,000, according to officials. The 67 year old Gallo is...
W. Va. Seeks Fix for Soaring Health Insurance Costs
Jan 3 2007 // Lawmakers and health care advocates in West Virginia must confront a stark reality: more than one in two residents either get their insurance from the government or have no insurance at all. Next year, the Legislature will...
