August 27, 2007
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to make room for Ohio Casualty and its $1.4 …
August 20, 2007
The state Department of Environmental Protection said it is launching a broad review of West Virginia’s 250 or so underground coal mines after one operation mined beyond its permit and – perhaps – inside the safety zone of a waste …
August 20, 2007
On-the-job fatalities in West Virginia rose nearly 72 percent last year. Seventy-nine workers were killed on the job in 2006, up from 46 in 2005. It was the highest total for the state since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ …
August 20, 2007
Youth recreation programs Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is offering coverage for youth recreation programs and camps. Coverage includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, directors and officers, child abduction, special events, professional liability, property, key employee replacement, auto, crime, …
August 20, 2007
Youth recreation programs Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is offering coverage for youth recreation programs and camps. Coverage includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, directors and officers, child abduction, special events, professional liability, property, key employee replacement, auto, crime, …
August 17, 2007
Innovative Insurance Solutions, Inc., an insurance advisor specializing in transportation risks, has launched a new program specifically for couriers/package delivery and others in the expedited local delivery industry. IISI is the exclusive program manager, with the authority to quote, bind …
August 16, 2007
A West Virginia agency was warned three years ago that a Charleston food warehouse whose roof collapsed last month posed a safety threat. A 2004 audit by the U.S. Department of Agriculture advised state Department of Agriculture officials to build …
August 14, 2007
A West Virginia judge upheld a $1.7 million malpractice judgment against a doctor who claimed the plaintiff had faked the injury, ruling that surveillance footage contradicted the allegation. Randolph County Circuit Judge John L. Henning’s order, filed earlier this month, …
August 13, 2007
The Offices of the Insurance Commissioner, in conjunction with the National Council on Compensation Insurance will hold a forum specifically designed to provide workers’ compensation carriers with the information needed to begin writing business in West Virginia. West Virginia Insurance …
August 10, 2007
HCA Inc. had nothing to do with the video posted on the Internet showing sealed evidence from several of the 122 medical malpractice cases against a former West Virginia osteopathic physician, lawyers have told a judge. A civil jury found …