May 21, 2007
$10 million The insurance limit of the Lloyd’s of London policy covering the smile of America Ferrara, star of the TV show “Ugly Betty.” 79.97% The independent agency system’s commercial lines market share in 2005, according the annual report from …
May 21, 2007
1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,963 2 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,641 4 SAIF Corp. OR 449,794 5 Universal Property & Casualty Insurance FL 371,755 6 Physicians Reciprocal …
May 21, 2007
$10 million The insurance limit of the Lloyd’s of London policy covering the smile of America Ferrara, star of the TV show “Ugly Betty.” 79.97% The independent agency system’s commercial lines market share in 2005, according the annual report from …
May 21, 2007
West Virginia-based Summit Financial Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire Kelly Insurance Agency, Inc. and Kelly Property and Casualty Inc. headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia for $6.2 million in stock. The acquisition of the Kelly Agencies will serve to expand significantly …
May 21, 2007
The second vehicle crash on the pedestrian-only campus of the West Virginia Capitol Complex is probably not going to prove as costly to repair as one that occurred in March, state officials said. Robert Davis, 76, apparently steered his Plymouth …
May 18, 2007
Gov. Joe Manchin extended the state of emergency he declared April 15 in response to flooding, landslides, mudslides, heavy rain and high winds that affected 18 West Virginia counties between April 14 and April 18. The 18 counties affected are: …
May 15, 2007
West Virginia coal producer Massey Energy Co. and its subsidiaries have illegally poured pollutants into West Virginia and Kentucky waterways 4,633 times within the last six years, federal prosecutors allege in a case brought under the Clean Water Act. The …
May 14, 2007
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has added 11 West Virginia counties to an earlier disaster declaration by President Bush stemming from last month’s flooding. The additional counties that can seek federal funds to help clean up damage to public facilities …
May 11, 2007
A West Virginia University professor who examined 21 years of NASCAR accident reports and made a comparison to introductions of safety requirements, has concluded that more safety regulations in the popular sport has led to an increase in accidents. In …
May 10, 2007
Federal investigators will issue their report Wednesday on the Sago Mine disaster, which killed 12 West Virginia coal miners in a January 2006 explosion and prolonged entrapment underground. Mine Safety and Health Administration chief Richard E. Stickler and lead investigator …