Two miners were found dead in Melville, W.Va. Saturday, after an underground conveyor belt caught fire, filling the mine with poisonous fumes–19 workers were able to escape, but the two others were separated. Rescue crews attempted for 48 hours after …
Jacobs Financial Group Inc. of Charleston, W.Va. has completed corporate filings to change the name of its recently acquired insurance subsidiary to First Surety Corp. First Surety, a Charleston-based firm, specializes in underwriting surety bonds for regulated industries such as …
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III has announced today appointment of David E. Haden and Paul Prunty to the AccessWV Board of Directors. The AccessWV Board of Directors works to provide access to health insurance to medically eligible West Virginians …
A pilot program to bring affordable and preventable health care to West Virginians, based on a Wheeling doctor’s idea, has been announced by Gove Joe Manchin. According to the Wheeling News-Register the Preventive Care Clinic-Based Plan was created by Dr. …
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline has asked a Kanawha County Circuit Court to enjoin Ingersoll-Rand of Montvale, N.J. from doing business in the state because it owes the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission $9,874.76. According to the petition, …
Jason R. Ocheltree has been promoted to senior underwriter for DVUA West Virginia, Inc., DVUA Virginia, Inc. and DVUA of Ohio, Inc. As a senior underwriter, Ocheltree will be responsible for new and renewal submissions, endorsement requests, and maintaining customer/agency …
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, has announced that Jason C. Davenport pleaded guilty last month to one misdemeanor offense of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits, and has been sentenced on that charge. Davenport, of Strange Creek in Braxton …
The White House promised a full investigation of the West Virginia coal mine disaster that killed 12 people. Congressional Democrats called for hearings to look into both the safety record of the mining company and the Bush administration’s policies on …
Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor brought out alive from the 260-foot-deep International Coal Group Mine, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will receive workers’ compensation benefits based on the extent of his injuries, …
With their escape routes blocked by heavy smoke, most of the 13 miners caught in an explosion in Tallmansville, W. Va. did what they were trained to do: They retreated deeper into the mine and hung a curtain-like barrier to …
