September 3, 2007
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 …
September 3, 2007
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 …
September 3, 2007
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 …
September 3, 2007
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 casualty insurance distributed through independent agents in the country. …
September 3, 2007
More people died in fires in West Virginia last fiscal year than ever before and this year is already off to a bad start. A record 79 people died in fires between July 1, 2006, and June 30, assistant State …
September 3, 2007
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 …
August 31, 2007
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today that Nathan James Sigmon pleaded guilty last week to one felony count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. Sigmon, age 24 of Newton, N.C., was indicted on the felony insurance charge …
August 31, 2007
Underground coal miners in the United States are facing a new and apparently growing safety threat: the theft of emergency air packs. Authorities say the devices have been disappearing from mines, particularly in the state of West Virginia, the nation’s …
August 30, 2007
The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July. The actions include seven license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution totaling $1,251,355. Copies of Geeslin’s orders may be obtained …
August 28, 2007
A West Virginia man who previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of insurance fraud, is in a regional jail for committing insurance fraud, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Cline said Bradley Vernatter pleaded guilty in February to …