Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
W. Va. Approves Erie Insurance’s 3.1 Percent Rate Decrease
May 27 2005 // A request by the Erie Insurance Group for a 3.1 percent decrease in its private passenger automobile insurance rates has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The new rates go into effect August 1. The...
W. Va. OKs Decreases in Westfield Insurance’s Auto, Homeowner Rates
May 25 2005 // A request by the Westfield Insurance Company for a 7.7 percent decrease in private passenger automobile rates, and a 6 percent decrease in homeowners rates, has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The...
W. Va. Approves 10 Percent Decrease in State Farm Auto Policy Rates
May 23 2005 // A State Farm Insurance request for a 10 percent decrease for private passenger automobile insurance customers has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The request was submitted last month Gov. Joe...
STATE FARM TO WRITE HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESS POLICIES
May 23 2005 // As of May 1, State Farm Insur-ance began accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in West Virginia and in the...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // GEORGIA Licensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system. In an effort to be responsive to...
W. Va. S.B. Prohibits Third-Party Lawsuits
May 9 2005 // The West Virginia House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 414 prohibiting third-party bad-faith lawsuits against insurance companies. The bill was part of Gov. Joe Manchin’s insurance and tort reform proposals and has...
W. Va. WCC Files Suit on Employers
May 5 2005 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit...
W. Va. Insurers React to Passed Legislation, Five Companies Decreasing Auto Rates
May 2 2005 // Insurers in West Virginia, reacting to the legislation singed last week that eliminates third-party, bad-faith lawsuits, have begun to take the first steps toward lowering insurance rates. State Farm Insurance Friday...
State Farm Back in W.Va. Market; Will Write New Homeowners, Business Policies
Apr 26 2005 // State Farm Insurance has announced that as of May 1 it will begin accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in...
W.Va. Releases E-mail Proposals; House Committee Advances SB 30
Apr 18 2005 // Details of negotiations between West Virginia insurance companies, Gov. Joe Manchin and Brian Kastick were released after a court decision requiring e-mails sent on Feb. 22 and 23 to be revealed to the public. Also, after...
NAMIC: W. Va. Gov. Manchin Deserves Credit for Legal, Insurance Reforms
Apr 15 2005 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin deserves credit for not being dissuaded from his goal to seek legal and insurance reforms this year despite intense opposition from some within his own party and the state’s trial bar,...
W. Va. WCC Fines Pair of Employers
Apr 15 2005 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against two employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit...
After Two-Hour Floor Debate, W.Va. House Passes Senate Bill 414
Apr 11 2005 // The West Virginia House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 414 on Friday prohibiting third-party bad-faith lawsuits against insurance companies. SB 414 is part of Gov. Joe Manchin’s insurance and tort reform proposals,...
W. Va. Judge to Decide: Should E-Mails Discussing Premium Rollbacks Be Made Public?
Apr 1 2005 // West Virginia Circuit Court Judge Paul Zakaib is expected to decide Friday whether or not to make public the contents of emails detailing negotiations between the West Virginia Insurance Commission, an aide to Governor Joe...
Third-Party Bad Faith Reform Moving Quickly in W. Va.
Mar 21 2005 // In a surprise move, the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee, meeting in Charleston, speeded up its consideration of a third-party bad faith reform bill, quickly approving the bill and sending it to the Senate for a full...
W. Va. Tort Reform Bill Survives Toughest Test Yet; NAMIC Comments
Mar 18 2005 // Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin’s bill to eliminate third-party bad faith lawsuits survived its toughest test to date on March 17 when the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill out of committee over the strenuous...
INSURANCE FEDERATION SUPPORTS REPEAL OF THIRD PARTY CAUSES OF ACTION
Mar 7 2005 // Members of the West Virginia Insurance Federation have endorsed the findings of a West Virginia Insurance Commission report calling for elimination of private third party cause of action lawsuits brought under the Unfair...
W. Va. Governor Manchin Addresses PIIA This Morning, Discusses His Proposals
Feb 28 2005 // Proposals by West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to bring down insurance rates and increase availability will be discussed this morning during two presentations in Charleston during Insurance Day, sponsored by the...
Feb. 27-28 PIIA Legislative Day Topics to be Broadcast Live Across W. Va.
Feb 25 2005 // Details of an extensive look at the first comprehensive insurance consumer research study completed in West Virginia in decades will be presented by RMS Strategies Inc. during the opening Feb. 27 and 28 Insurance Day...
PIA of W. Va. EVP Describes Medical Liability Crisis; Hopes for Legislative Action
Feb 24 2005 // West Virginia’s medical liability insurance market is in a crisis and it has be fixed soon according to Gray Marion, Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia executive vice president. Marion...
