West Virginia providers and vendors for active workers’ compensation claimants who have a date of injury prior to July 1, 2005, should check their mail carefully during the next 30 days for notifications regarding a change in the Third Party …
The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission adopted a $1.4 million 2008 budget by a vote of its full membership in a public teleconference yesterday. Following a comprehensive comment period, including a public hearing before its Management Committee last week, the …
When talk turns to insurance in West Virginia, inevitably workers’ compensation comes up. No one knows that better than Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline. In a recent interview with Insurance Journal‘s Andrew Simpson, Cline talked about workers’ compensation and other issues …
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$1 Million The amount a federal judge has ordered jailed Alabama outdoorsman Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV to pay to an insurance firm that accused him of filing a bogus post-Hurricane Katrina damage claim for a riverfront mansion near Mobile. …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) elected new officers during its annual meeting in Boston recently. Robert Joyce, chairman and chief executive officer of Westfield Group, was elected as the association’s new chair; John Blackburn, CEO of Country …
Federal regulators believe they’ve found a quick and safe way for miners to escape fires or explosions in underground mines. A reusable system of 30- or 42-inch-diameter concrete pipes installed in underground mines could serve as a protected escape path …
A former district manager who has participated on mine rescue teams and fatal accident investigations will direct a new federal Mine Safety and Health Administration office charged with assessing compliance with agency enforcement actions. Charles Thomas is a 16-year agency …
West Virginia Insurance Commission officials arrested two Kanawha County women on insurance fraud related charges. A State Trooper assigned to the Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit in Charleston arrested Linda Jett and Tara R. Dotson of Charleston in October. According to …
Two Cabell County, W. Va., men who were previously arrested on multiple felony charges including insurance fraud, third degree arson, conspiracy, and burning insured property, pleaded guilty on Oct. 30 in Wayne County Magistrate Court. W. Va. State Police arrested …
