The owner of the luxury Greenbrier resort filed for bankruptcy and plans to sell what was once one of America’s highest-rated hotels to a unit of Marriott International Inc. Greenbrier Hotel Corp., a unit of the transportation company CSX Corp., …
Kelly Reisling is joining Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. as assistant vice president, Commercial Lines Division, responsible for the Ohio and Michigan territories. Reisling brings 20 years of experience to the position. Her track record includes managing teams of underwriters and …
A proposal to put interlocks in the vehicles of every West Virginian convicted of drunken driving appears to be on hold this year while lawmakers await the results of an earlier expansion of the program. But a West Virginia University …
Tony Laska has joined workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. as its senior vice president and chief information officer. Laska comes to West Virginia from the Chicago area, where he had been assistant vice president for Allstate Insurance Co. …
A former West Virginia doctor will not be able to use his Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in Birmingham to block payments in scores of malpractice cases after a federal bankruptcy judge ruled he was hiding assets. The order opens up …
West Virginia gives its insurance department a lot of leeway in regulating workers’ compensation. But a new House bill would require the department to get legislative approval for workers’ compensation rules. Lawmakers review rules for most agencies but workers’ compensation …
Critics are complaining that three measures pending in the Kentucky legislature could undo key provisions of the state’s mine safety law. One would sharply reduce inspections performed by the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing. Another would would cut …
Concerned about dwindling confidence in the impartiality of judges, the Supreme Court leaned this toward forcing elected judges to step aside from cases that would raise an appearance of bias if they took part. “Our whole system is designed to …
Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next couple of …
Citing errors in BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co.’s application of approved underwriting and rating rules, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline has ordered the insurer to refund $18.1 million to more than 6,000 policyholders. The refunds include $3 million to …
