Owner and operator of West Virginia Concrete Coating and Design in Harrison County pleaded guilty to a felony county of failure to subscribe to the former Workers’ Compensation Commission. Business owner Susan Boram was indicted Aug. 2 on one felony …
A group that monitors the health of the nation’s rivers is raising concern about West Virginia’s dams, but the manager of the state’s dam safety program says improvements have been made in recent years to protect downstream residents. The Washington, …
A Harrison County, W. Va.court sentenced an insurance agent earlier this week for forging insurance documents for customers and keeping the money they paid for their premiums. Frank Crowder Jr., 47, of Morgantown, W. Va., pleaded guilty earlier this year …
BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested. State Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said at least nine major insurers have approached her agency about entering …
A Philippi, West Virginia company that developed a heart and breathing monitor for firefighters and helped NASA research global warming has been hired to create a prototype tracking system to locate miners underground. Extreme Endeavors has until the end of …
The head of Nevada’s former monopolistic state workers’ compensation fund said BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. has borne a “unique burden” in helping transition West Virginia’s system to a private market. “I’m very excited for you,” Douglas D. Dirks told a …
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and …
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance …
3.3% The voluntary market rate increase for industrial risks being sought by Virginia workers’ compensation carriers. Rates for surface coal mines could rise an average 4.8 percent. The request was filed on behalf of insurers by the National Council on …
The Department of Labor’s BLS National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2006 reported that 5,703 people died from on-the-job injuries in 2006 compared with 5,734 in 2005. The rate of fatal work injuries in 2006 was 3.9 per 100,000 …
