Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Launches Online Workers’ Comp Validation System
Oct 17 2006 // Instantaneous validation of employer workers’ compensation coverage is now available online in West Virginia. The Coverage Validation System (CVS) provides government agencies, contractors and other businesses that...
Figures
Oct 9 2006 // $1.2 million The number of motor vehicles thefts nationwide in 2005. That’s about 416.7 motor vehicles stolen for every 100,000 inhabitants. $7.6 billion The estimated total property losses due to motor vehicle theft...
Gateway Purchases Va.-Based Insurance Center
Oct 4 2006 // Gateway Bank & Trust Co., the banking subsidiary of Gateway Financial Holdings Inc., announced that its subsidiary, Gateway Insurance Services, Inc., is acquiring Insurance Center, Inc., an insurance agency based in...
New D.C.-Md.-Va. Regional Emergency Facility Officially Dedicated
Sep 29 2006 // District of Columbia, regional and federal officials this week introduced a state-of-the-art communications center that will serve as a command post in the event of a regional emergency. The 127,000 square-foot center,...
Va. bird flu impact
Sep 25 2006 // A bird flu pandemic would kill nearly 700 people in Virginia’s Fairfax County, forcing hospitals, nursing homes and other medical centers to set up temporary morgues and stockpile body bags to handle the deaths,...
West Virginia county courthouse fire reveals gaps in insurance coverage
Sep 25 2006 // The fire that destroyed the Morgan County, W. Va., courthouse last month has raised questions about whether other counties are insuring buildings adequately. Only 24 of 55 counties insure their courthouses through the...
Virginia broker goes green: first ‘carbon neutral footprint’
Sep 25 2006 // Rutherfoord, a Roanoke, Va., insurance broker, says it is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and has become the first in the U.S. insurance industry to establish a carbon neutral footprint in response to...
Insurers Lowering Car Insurance Rates in Virginia
Sep 25 2006 // Some of the top auto insurers in the nation are reducing rates in Virginia. The reasons range from high gas prices to more sophisticated technology with which companies can calculate the risks of insuring particular...
GEICO Adds 800 Jobs in Virginia
Sep 21 2006 // GEICO insurance company announced it would add nearly 800 jobs at its regional headquarters in Stafford County. The facility, one of seven regional offices, employs about 3,000 people and already is one of the...
Lawyers Seek to Lift W. Va. Ban on Certain Bad Faith Suits
Sep 19 2006 // While West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and the insurance industry credit last year’s ban on “third party, bad faith” lawsuits for $77 million in policy rate cuts, Jenny Bonham believes it helped one insurer...
Fairfax, Va. Report: Severe Bird Flu Would Affect One-Third, Kill 700
Sep 18 2006 // A bird flu pandemic would kill nearly 700 people in Virginia’s Fairfax County, forcing hospitals, nursing homes and other makeshift medical centers to set up temporary morgues and stockpile body bags to handle the...
Lawsuit in Va. Boating Deaths Settled for $2.75M
Sep 18 2006 // A man who pleaded guilty to causing the boat accident that killed a couple on Smith Mountain Lake has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against him by their estates. Mark de Tournillon Sr. agreed Friday to a $2.75 million...
Courthouse Fire in W. Va. Reveals Insurance Gap
Sep 15 2006 // The fire that destroyed the Morgan County, W. Va., courthouse last month has prompted lawmakers to question whether other counties are insuring such buildings adequately. Only 24 of 55 counties insure their courthouses...
Va. Governor Seeks Disaster Aid for 25 Towns Hit by Ernesto
Sep 10 2006 // Twenty-five Virginia localities need federal disaster declarations entitling them to government aid for damage from Tropical Depression Ernesto, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said in a letter to President Bush. Virginia incurred...
Jury Awards $10M Against W. Va. Hospital
Sep 8 2006 // A Morgantown, West Virginia, woman has won a $10 million verdict against Ruby Memorial Hospital for pain and suffering caused by an infection she contracted during a 1995 knee operation. The hospital plans to ask...
Ernesto Toll in Virginia: 6 Deaths, $33 Million Damages
Sep 5 2006 // Death toll at six; preliminary damage estimate $33 million Received by Newsfinder from AP Sep 3, 2006 19:16 Eastern Time...
Va. Insurance Broker’s Big Step: First ‘Carbon Neutral Footprint’
Sep 5 2006 // Rutherfoord, a Roanoke, Va. insurance broker, says it is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and has become the first in the U.S. insurance industry to establish a carbon neutral footprint in response to the...
W. Va. Grapples with ATV Safety
Sep 5 2006 // While the number of adult males dying in all-terrain vehicle accidents in West Virginia continues to rise, legislators still think the focus of their safety efforts should be on children. “In some way, we need to...
UPDATE 5: Ernesto Strikes Carolinas; Heads Northwest
Sep 1 2006 // Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall near Cape Fear along the coast of North Carolina at around 11:30 p.m. last night, lashing the region with high winds and heavy rains. More than eight inches/20.32 cms of rain reportedly...
Virginia Steps Up Efforts to Curb Drunk Driving with Checkpoints
Aug 25 2006 // Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced the start of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign, a statewide initiative to raise public awareness about drunk driving. The kick-off of the five-month, million-dollar campaign...
