Lawmaker: West Virginia Paying Insurance for 4K Vehicles It Doesn’t Own

February 11, 2019

A West Virginia lawmaker says the state has been paying insurance on thousands of vehicles than it doesn’t actually own.

House of Delegates committee on government organization chairman Gary Howell announced last week the state’s current vehicle fleet totals 8,380. That’s about 4,000 fewer than earlier thought. The Mineral County Republican says the total was determined after “years of confusion and conflicting data.”

Howell says “now we finally have made agencies transparent and accountable with regard to the vehicles they manage.”

Howell says the new total will save nearly $400,000 in premium payments each year.

A bill passed last year that created a permanent fleet management division in the Department of Administration requires annual reporting and continued tracking of the state’s vehicle fleet.

Topics Legislation Virginia West Virginia

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  • February 12, 2019 at 12:22 pm
    Agent says:
    So a government vehicle is totaled in an accident and a claim is filed. Insurance said they had no knowledge of the vehicle so they deny the claim. That is called self insur... read more
  • February 11, 2019 at 3:30 pm
    Mark Ambrose says:
    My math says it's $100/year for each vehicle. How does the insurance company justify that cost?
  • February 11, 2019 at 3:05 pm
    Jack King says:
    Wow, hard to believe that a government entity was shelling out the taxpayers' money and not knowing what it was for! Shocking news!

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