Nearly 40,000 young chickens are dead following an early morning fire at a poultry house in Rockingham County, Virginia. WHSV-TV reports that the fire was reported shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday at the poultry house on Mayland Road in Broadway. …
U.S. states can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law, a Florida judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson had said at a hearing last month that he would block efforts by …
A surprise inspection has turned up serious safety violations that could have caused an explosion at another Massey Energy Co. coal mine in West Virginia, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration announced last week. Inspectors caught Massey illegally cutting …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) welcomed 13 regulators from China, India, Korea, Lebanon, Republic of Srpska and Thailand to its International Internship Program for Education and Regulatory Cooperation. The fall program kicks off in Kansas City, Missouri this …
Virginia-based Argo Group has promoted Ron Vindivich to senior vice president for transportation underwriting for Colony Specialty. In his new role, Vindivich will develop the strategy of a soon-to-be combined garage, brokerage transportation and binding transportation organization. Vindivich has more …
R-T Specialty, LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, has acquired McAuley Woods & Associates. Headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida, McAuley Woods is a wholesale insurance brokerage that also has offices in Charlottesville, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee. …
Families of at least five passengers killed when a plane crashed into a home last year have reached settlements with the airlines involved, and more agreements are expected before a wrongful-death trial begins, lawyers said. So far, 39 lawsuits have …
The mother of a West Virginia State University student is suing Bayer CropScience and the school over her son’s death in 2008. Portia Gray’s lawsuit claims her 19-year-old son, Ra’Sean Gray, died as a result of exposure to substances released …
Investigators have ruled the blaze that destroyed the Sissonville (West Virginia) Volunteer Fire Department’s main station an accident. Paul Gill, from the state Fire Marshall’s Office, said the blaze started with an electrical fault. But television station WCHS reported Sunday …
Markel, Hiscox Insurer Markel has acquired the rights to American Live Stock, the animal mortality business of Hiscox Insurance Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction, which includes the rights to the American Live Stock and Harding …
