Ex-jockey Gary Birzer, paralyzed after a racing accident in West Virginia two years ago, has agreed to settle a $10 million lawsuit against the California-based Jockeys Guild and two former officials who allowed his health insurance to lapse. Neither Detroit …
Massachusetts has become the 28th state to join a program designed to modernize state regulation of life insurance, annuity, disability and long term care products. Gov. Mitt Romney signed legislation into law today that allows Massachusetts to become a member …
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 approval from the …
The Insurance Information Institute has promoted Dr. Robert P. Hartwig to president; Dr. L. James Valverde Jr. to vice president of Economics and Risk Management; and announced the retirement of Gordon Stewart, president. Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist …
Following up on warnings issued earlier this year, West Virginia officials have begun identifying businesses that are operating without workers’ compensation coverage and posting yellow warnings signs on their doors. Insurance Commission employees tagged 147 businesses in Charleston in the …
Besieged by malpractice lawsuits targeting one of its former doctors, Putnam General Hospital will cease all inpatient services at the end of the month and operate instead as an urgent care center, officials announced Tuesday. “Our painstaking assessment indicates that …
More than 240 West Virginians who had difficulty obtaining health insurance in the regular market are now insured through AccessWV, the state’s high-risk insurance plan, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Offered by the state, AccessWV guarantees that all …
Virtually everybody involved in Delaware’s workers compensation system agrees the system is broken. The hard part is figuring out how to fix it. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner tried unsuccessfully to ram a reform bill through the legislature last month before …
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 policies he failed to deliver. State …
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 inspectors will …
