Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
W.Va. School Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Two Counts of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 13 2005 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has pleaded guilty in Kanawha County Circuit Court of two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. According to Insurance Commissioner Janet L. Cline, Villers knowingly...
Northern Va. Police Bust Staged Accident Ringleaders
Oct 12 2005 // Authorities are taking aim at ‘swoop and squat’ accident scams They call it the “swoop and squat’.’ A driver pulls in front of another vehicle and slams on the brakes, deliberately causing an...
W.Va. Indicts Employer, Employee for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Oct 12 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced one employer, Brett A. Starr was indicted last month by a Kanawha County Grand Jury on the felony offense of Workers’ Compensation Fraud. At the same...
Alliance Bankshares Acquires Virginia’s Danaher Agency
Oct 8 2005 // Alliance Bankshares Corp. announced the execution of a definitive agreement for its subsidiary, Alliance Bank Corporation, to acquire the Danaher Insurance Agency of Annandale, Virginia in an all cash transaction. Danaher...
Educational Seminar Kicks Off Big ‘I’ of W.Va.’s Annual Conference
Oct 7 2005 // An educational seminar on “Glitches, Hitches and Fixes,” by Fred Macy of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars kicks off the Friday afternoon opening of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
Horace Mann Corp. Decreases Auto Rates for W. Va. Educators
Oct 4 2005 // Horace Mann Educators Corp. has lowered auto insurance rates for West Virginia consumers an average of 4.4 percent effective Nov. 1, 2005. “We are pleased to reduce rates for educators in West Virginia,” said...
IIABA of W.Va. Conference and Expo in Shepherdstown
Oct 3 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
W.V. Big ‘I’ Convention: Commissioner Cline, Experts to Discuss Workers’ Comp Issues
Sep 27 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
Virginia GOP Figures Could Face Depositions in Suit Against Insurer
Sep 26 2005 // If the Republican Party of Virginia’s lawsuit against its former insurer for refusing to cover a legal battle over the GOP eavesdropping scandal goes to trial, key GOP figures could again be subpoenaed and...
W.V. Homeowner, Tenant, Indicted for Arson, Fraud
Sep 21 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline announced Wednesday that Deborah K. Wildberger and Michael T. Hovermale were indicted by a Morgan County grand jury Sept. 6 on charges of insurance fraud. Wildberger...
West Virginia Circuit Court Convicts Employer for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 15 2005 // Richard J. Custer Jr. has been convicted in Marshall County Circuit Court on felony a felony charge of making a false statement to the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission for providing false information...
Hurricane Ophelia Lashes Cape Lookout, N.C.; Serious Flooding, 11-foot Storm Surge Predicted
Sep 15 2005 // Hurricane warnings are up over a 220 mile stretch of North Carolina’s coast, from Surf City, north of Wilmington to the Virginia line as officials fear serious flooding and a possible 11-foot storm surge. Early...
Taking the Low-Cost Road to Safety Pays Off on Va.’s Leesburg Pike
Sep 5 2005 // Most crash deaths occur on rural roads, but motorists drive two billion miles every day on urban arterial roads where about 8,000 deaths and more than 1 million injuries occur each year. The crashes aren’t occurring...
Taking the Low-Cost Road to Safety Pays Off on Va.’s Leesburg Pike
Sep 5 2005 // Most crash deaths occur on rural roads, but motorists drive two billion miles every day on urban arterial roads where about 8,000 deaths and more than 1 million injuries occur each year. The crashes aren’t occurring...
Eavesdropping Scandal Aftermath Pits Insurer Vs. Virginia GOP
Aug 22 2005 // The Republican Party of Virginia is suing its liability insurance carrier, seeking nearly $1 million in reimbursement for the GOP’s payout to settle a lawsuit over an eavesdropping scandal and attorneys’ fees...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // ALABAMA Hurricane Sales Tax Measure Dies An effort was mounted during Alabama Legislature meetings to grant a sales tax break on necessary supplies to prepare for a hurricane but the measure did not pass. Its sponsor Rep....
Terminated Doc Owes W. Va. WCC More than $1 Million
Aug 19 2005 // The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision to terminate a Beckley physician from the workers’ compensation program was recently upheld by an administrative law judge, resulting in the...
W. Va. WCC Files Suit Against Pair of Employers for Account Defaults
Aug 18 2005 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against two state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
Insurer Rebuts Va. GOP Lawsuit
Aug 7 2005 // A state Republican Party lawsuit seeking nearly $1 million from an insurance company that refused to cover the GOP after Democrats sued over partisan eavesdropping is frivolous, the insurer contends in a court...
Va. Big ‘I’ Breaks New Ground in Hunt for Agency CSRs, Education
Aug 2 2005 // It’s an age-old problem for agency owners: where to find customer service representatives. Ask agency principals to name their biggest challenges and locating CSRs is right up there at the top of most...
