West Virginia News

ACE Makes Appointments in Midwest

ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, today announced that Kelley Kinsella has been named senior vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s Midwest region. Based in Chicago, Kinsella will manage …

Sky Reports Q3 Results

Sky Financial Group, Inc. today reported third quarter net income of $51.0 million, or $.47 per diluted share, compared to $46.1 million, or $.43 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2004. Annualized return on assets and return on …

W. Va. Woman Charged With Fraud, Sold Fake Insurance Cards for $400

Martinsburg, W. Va. police have charged Barbara Lynn Gonzalez with making fake insurance cards and selling them to Hispanic residents, according to court records. Gonzalez has been charged with two felony counts of false affidavits in connection with the case, …

W. Va. Homeowners, Auto Rates Reduced Dramatically Due to Legislative Changes

Automobile and homeowners insurance rates have been reduced as a result of key legislative changes made in the West Virginia Legislature, Jane L. Cline, Insurance Commissioner, told Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia members during the group’s 106th annual …

W.Va. School Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Two Counts of Workers’ Comp Fraud

Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has pleaded guilty in Kanawha County Circuit Court of two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. According to Insurance Commissioner Janet L. Cline, Villers knowingly secured benefits to which he was not entitled …

W.Va. Indicts Employer, Employee for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced one employer, Brett A. Starr was indicted last month by a Kanawha County Grand Jury on the felony offense of Workers’ Compensation Fraud. At the same time the commissioner announced an employee, …

PIIAWV Conference: Agents Learn In’s and Out’s of Policy ‘Glitches,’ Coverage ‘Fixes’

“Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars during the Oct. 7-10 106th Annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents …

Educational Seminar Kicks Off Big ‘I’ of W.Va.’s Annual Conference

An educational seminar on “Glitches, Hitches and Fixes,” by Fred Macy of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars kicks off the Friday afternoon opening of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) convention at the Clarion Hotel and …

Horace Mann Corp. Decreases Auto Rates for W. Va. Educators

Horace Mann Educators Corp. has lowered auto insurance rates for West Virginia consumers an average of 4.4 percent effective Nov. 1, 2005. “We are pleased to reduce rates for educators in West Virginia,” said Doug Reynolds, executive vice president, property …

W.V. Uses Investigation Software to Monitor Fraud

West Virginia has implemented investigation management software to will enable the Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit to monitor the growing volume of investigations and multiple investigators in various locations to collaborate and share information. Gary Griffith, Fraud Unit director, a 23-year …