Don’t try to tell Ken Walker that the health care program Medi-Share should be banned in Kentucky. Formerly of Louisville, the Huntington, W.Va.-based freelance writer enrolled in the for-Christians-only initiative about 10 years ago. Since then, it has paid for …
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 face the soaring …
SONY BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay Ohio and 39 additional states $4.25 million to resolve the states’ investigation into problems that arose when SONY placed anti-copying software on music CDs without notifying consumers. “The Consumer Sales Practices Act …
BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. announced five new members to its West Virginia underwriting team. Daniel Feigel will serve as an underwriter for the Coal Business Team. He previously worked as a coal underwriting specialist with Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance located …
Drunken-driving deaths declined slightly across the nation in 2005, and the rate of drunken-driving deaths fell in 23 states, according to transportation officials. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 23 states and Puerto Rico had a decrease in …
Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger was chosen as president-elect, New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner …
Texas is improving. The Rio Grande Valley and Texas Gulf Coast slipped to third place on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s (ATRF) 2006 “Judicial Hellholes” report. Last year it landed in the top spot. For the fifth year in a …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas appointed P. Scott Hubacek to the newly created position of IIAT Member Services Ambassador. Hubacek will be responsible for recruiting new members and for helping new and existing members increase use of programs and …
The families of the Sago Mine victims aren’t the only ones who want more answers from the state about what went wrong Jan. 2. The United Mine Workers says the state’s theory is “cockamamie” and begs either solid proof or …
Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger was chosen as president-elect, New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner …
