Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawyers Seek to Lift W. Va. Ban on Certain Bad Faith Suits
Sep 19 2006 // While West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and the insurance industry credit last year’s ban on “third party, bad faith” lawsuits for $77 million in policy rate cuts, Jenny Bonham believes it helped one insurer...
Courthouse Fire in W. Va. Reveals Insurance Gap
Sep 15 2006 // The fire that destroyed the Morgan County, W. Va., courthouse last month has prompted lawmakers to question whether other counties are insuring such buildings adequately. Only 24 of 55 counties insure their courthouses...
Jury Awards $10M Against W. Va. Hospital
Sep 8 2006 // A Morgantown, West Virginia, woman has won a $10 million verdict against Ruby Memorial Hospital for pain and suffering caused by an infection she contracted during a 1995 knee operation. The hospital plans to ask...
W. Va. Grapples with ATV Safety
Sep 5 2006 // While the number of adult males dying in all-terrain vehicle accidents in West Virginia continues to rise, legislators still think the focus of their safety efforts should be on children. “In some way, we need to...
Study Hits States Without Helmet Laws
Aug 24 2006 // According to a study by Jeffrey Coben, M.D., a researcher at West Virginia University, states that do not require motorcycle riders and passengers to wear helmets may be contributing to the unnecessary deaths,...
Judge Dismisses Suit Over W. Va. Sago Coal Mine Safety
Aug 24 2006 // A federal judge this week threw out a lawsuit by coal miners that demanded the government do more to ensure that miners have working oxygen supplies and know how to use them. The lawsuit was filed in June after Congress...
Every W. Va. employer targeted for workers’ comp audit
Aug 21 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance provider has a lofty goal: to audit every one of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year. That would require an unprecedented 200 audits a day, and may...
Every W. Va. employer targeted for workers’ comp audit
Aug 21 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance provider has a lofty goal: to audit every one of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year. That would require an unprecedented 200 audits a day, and may...
State Farm to Reduce W.Va. Homeowners Rates
Aug 9 2006 // State Farm announced Tuesday in Charleston, W.Va. it is lowering homeowners insurance rates in West Virginia by an average of 5 percent starting in December. It marked the first time since 1989 that State Farm has won...
Tyler County, W. Va. Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Aug 4 2006 // West Virginia officials say a longtime Tyler County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to fraud. Sistersville resident Bennie H. Kile Jr. of the Kile Insurance Agency admitted he took money and promised customers insurance...
W. Va. Now Requires Certification, Insurance for Home Inspectors
Aug 3 2006 // To help protect consumers against fraud, all West Virginia home inspectors will have to be certified by the State Fire Commission. The new law went into effect August 1. Under the new state law passed in April, all...
W. Va. Employers Face BrickStreet Deadline Today
Aug 1 2006 // West Virginia employers who haven’t made a premium payment for the second half of 2006 to insurer BrickStreet have one last opportunity to retain workers’ compensation coverage. BrickStreet mailed more than...
BrickStreet Vows to Audit Every W. Va. Employer for Workers’ Comp
Aug 1 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance provider has a lofty goal: to audit every one of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year. That would require an unprecedented 200 audits a day, and may...
W. Va. Begins Tagging Firms Lacking Workers’ Comp
Jul 30 2006 // West Virginia businesses that choose to operate without workers’ compensation insurance will be tagged with yellow signs. Investigators with the state Insurance Commission started posting yellow warning signs on the...
5,450 W.Va. Employers Delinquent, Owe $11.4M in Workers’ Comp Payments
Jul 25 2006 // West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
W.Va. Claimant Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 21 2006 // Jerry Lee McClelland Jr. has been arrested on one felony count of receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a term longer than he was entitled, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L....
W.Va. Slates Workers’ Compliance Assistance Seminar
Jul 14 2006 // A free compliance assistance seminar focusing on laws that cover health benefits will take place July 19-20 at the Marriott Charleston Town Center in Charleston, W.Va. The seminar is sponsored by the Employee Benefits...
RTW Rehab Pays W.Va. Commission $40,000 Restitution, Fined $50,000
Jun 29 2006 // RTW Rehabilitation Services Inc. of Baltimore, Md. has pleaded guilty to one charge of mail fraud in federal court in Charleston, W.Va. and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution to the West Virginia Offices of the...
