Latest Virginia Headlines
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Operator Killed When Crane Falls into Virginia Lake
Oct 7 2009 // A crane operator has been killed after his machine fell off a barge into Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. Capt. Patrick Meeks of Franklin County’s Department of Public Safety says divers recovered the body of...
Virginia Woman Sentenced for Staging Auto Crashes
Oct 7 2009 // A Norfolk, Virginia woman will spend seven years in prison for staging auto accidents to collect insurance money. Teresa R. Gallop was sentenced in federal court Monday. The 41-year-old had 60 prior felony convictions,...
People
Oct 5 2009 // W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Carol J. LaPunzina as senior vice president of human resources. In her newly established position, she will oversee human resource operations and personnel development for the company....
Carbon Monoxide Sickens 41 Workers in Virginia
Oct 1 2009 // Officials say carbon monoxide fumes have made ill 41 workers at a banking office in Richmond, Virginia. Ten of the 41 who were examined Monday afternoon by fire officials were taken to area hospitals for additional...
West Virginia Accustomed to Being Leader in Deer Collisions
Sep 30 2009 // In West Virginia, where there’s roughly one deer for every two people and the largest city boasts an annual deer hunt within its boundaries, it’s no surprise the animals pose a common hazard for motorists. This...
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Insurer BrickStreet Free of Debt to State
Sep 30 2009 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance has remitted its final payment to West Virginia for funds it owes the state for aiding its transition from a state-run organization to a private carrier in 2006. Since the end of June when the...
West Virginia Insurance Agents Cancel Convention, Citing Tough Economy
Sep 28 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia has called off its 110th annual convention that was set to kick off on Sept. 30 for a few days at Pipestem State Resort. The association cited the struggling economy as the...
West Virginia Officials Concerned Over Fall Forest Fire Season
Sep 28 2009 // Officials with the West Virginia Division of Forestry are watching the weather with growing concern because a recent dry spell could mean a bad fall forest fire season. A recent dry spell has evaporated 4 to 5 inches of...
Norfolk & Dedham, Rockingam Group Form Mutual Insurance Alliance
Sep 28 2009 // Two East Coast-based mutual insurance companies have formed a mutual alliance that they say allows them to achieve efficiencies, diversification and spread of risk without actually merging their companies. The Norfolk...
Virginia Saw Increase in On-the-Job Fatalities Last Year
Sep 22 2009 // On-the-job fatalities in Virginia increased by 5 percent in 2008, despite declines in several categories. Preliminary figures released Thursday by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry show 154 workers were killed...
Virginia Agents Present Award to Lawmaker
Sep 21 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) has given its Commonwealth Award to Republican lawmaker Frank D. Hargrove Sr. The award recognizes outstanding service for the insurance industry, independent insurance...
Kentucky Among States Considering Ban on Texting While Driving
Sep 15 2009 // Motorists would be forbidden to send text messages while behind the wheel under proposals awaiting legislative action in Kentucky early next year. Two lawmakers have filed bills that would add Kentucky to a growing list of...
West Virginia Governor Expects Insurance Home Rule Agreement
Aug 24 2009 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin believes the parties in a dispute over the state’s home rule experiment are close to resolving their differences. Manchin spokesman Matt Turner says meetings recently convened by the...
Miner Dies in Southwest Virgnia Coal Mine
Aug 24 2009 // Virginia has recorded its first mining death of 2009. A veteran miner was killed early Thursday after coal and rock fell on him while he was working at mine in Wise County near Appalachia. Fifty-eight-year-old William...
Insurance Golfers: Birthplace of U.S. Golf in West Virginia For Sale
Aug 19 2009 // Attention all you insurance industry golfers filling out your gift lists: the birthplace of American golf is up for sale. Lewis Keller, the owner of West Virginia’s Oakhurst Links, says that after 50 years,...
Feds Levy Nearly $1M Fine in Virginia Gas Line Blast
Aug 13 2009 // Federal regulators have fined a gas pipeline company nearly $1 million for safety violations in connection with an explosion in Virginia last year. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous...
Virginia to Consider Increase for Some Workers’ Comp Rates
Aug 12 2009 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission will consider a request to raise workers’ compensation premiums at a meeting in October. The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI), a rate service...
West Virginia Fire Destroys 4 Coal Trucks
Aug 11 2009 // The West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a blaze that destroyed four coal trucks and damaged a fifth truck in McDowell County. State Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Jimmy Gianato...
Alternative Offered to Settle West Virginia Home Rule Spat
Aug 10 2009 // Out of concern that a dispute over a local West Virginia insurance ordinance in the city of Huntington could jeopardize home rule pilot programs across the state, Gov. Joe Manchin met with city, state and insurance...
West Virginia Approves Workers’ Compensation Rate Cut of 6%
Aug 6 2009 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline has approved a loss cost filing by the state’s workers’ compensation insurance companies that will result in an overall six percent decrease. She said more...
