West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin deserves credit for not being dissuaded from his goal to seek legal and insurance reforms this year despite intense opposition from some within his own party and the state’s trial bar, a representative of the …
West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against two employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court against the following: • Stover’s Home Improvement Inc., a Kanawha County roofing …
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 414 on Friday prohibiting third-party bad-faith lawsuits against insurance companies. SB 414 is part of Gov. Joe Manchin’s insurance and tort reform proposals, it will now have to go back to …
Democratic Gov. Joe Man-chin’s bill to eliminate third-party bad faith lawsuits survived a tough test March 17 when the Senate Judiciary Committee passed it out of committee over strenuous objections of Chair-man Sen. Jeffrey Kessler, whose Moundsville, W.Va., law firm …
The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, the trade association that represents the nation’s largest commercial P/C and benefits brokers, announced the successful outcome of its lawsuit in Puerto Rico to strike down the territory’s countersignature law. U.S. District Judge …
West Virginia Circuit Court Judge Paul Zakaib is expected to decide Friday whether or not to make public the contents of emails detailing negotiations between the West Virginia Insurance Commission, an aide to Governor Joe Manchin and insurance companies. The …
With 10 days left in West Virginia’s legislative sessions, although the Senate adopted Gov. Joe Manchin’s insurance proposals, SB 418 has stalled in the House. The bill would bar third party bad faith lawsuits against insurance companies, lawsuits filed by …
Flood maps are not entirely accurate according to the West Virginia Office of Emergency Services, therefore it has issued a warning to residents saying that they could live in a hazardous area without even knowing it. OES advised residents living …
An insurance fraud scheme that continued for 10 years and left a trail 60 arsons across southern West Virginia, including burned mobile homes, buildings and automobiles, has netted a Logan County, W.Va. woman 15 years in prison and her husband …
John Rowland has had some prestigious titles in his Connecticut career: state representative, congressman, governor, even insurance agent. Last Friday, he got a new one: federal inmate No. 15623-014. And unlike the other titles, he’ll keep this one for life. …
