West Virginia News

Pa. Firm Settles Salmonella Cases; Battles Among Insurers Next

The Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. has settled all but a few customer lawsuits spawned by salmonella-tainted tomatoes sold at its stores two years ago. But complicated legal battles involving Sheetz, insurance companies and food suppliers must now settle …

W. Va. Employers Face BrickStreet Deadline Today

West Virginia employers who haven’t made a premium payment for the second half of 2006 to insurer BrickStreet have one last opportunity to retain workers’ compensation coverage. BrickStreet mailed more than 12,500 notices of cancellation to policyholders who failed to …

BrickStreet Vows to Audit Every W. Va. Employer for Workers’ Comp

West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance provider has a lofty goal: to audit every one of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year. That would require an unprecedented 200 audits a day, and may be a little optimistic, said Greg Burton, president …

W. Va. Begins Tagging Firms Lacking Workers’ Comp

West Virginia businesses that choose to operate without workers’ compensation insurance will be tagged with yellow signs. Investigators with the state Insurance Commission started posting yellow warning signs on the doors of 147 businesses in Charleston this week. The enforcement …

5,450 W.Va. Employers Delinquent, Owe $11.4M in Workers’ Comp Payments

West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Jan. 1 the policies of all West …

W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp

The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured employer gets injured, he or she …

New Markets

Homeowners in Arizona Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif. is offering homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas, protection classes 1-10, older homes and homes with losses. High …

New Markets

Homeowners in Arizona Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif. is offering homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas, protection classes 1-10, older homes and homes with losses. High …

W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp

The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured employer gets injured, he or she …

W.Va. Claimant Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Jerry Lee McClelland Jr. has been arrested on one felony count of receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a term longer than he was entitled, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. McClelland, of Collier County, W.Va. was receiving …