Latest Virginia Headlines
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CIAB PROCEEDS TO DISMISS W. VA. LAWSUIT AFTER STATE’S DECISION:
May 3 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) reported it would dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s counter-signature requirements for out-of-state insurance brokers because the state has...
BB&T Finalizes Acquisition of Capitol Premium Plan
May 3 2004 // North Carolina-based BB&T Corporation has completed its acquisition of insurance premium finance company Capitol Premium Plan Inc. of Charlotte, N.C. BB&T has combined the 43-year-old firm with Prime Rate Premium...
W. Va. WCC Files Injunctions Against Pair of Employers
Apr 28 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against two state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. The injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
West Virginia Gets Insurance Fraud Bureau Later This Year
Apr 19 2004 // Having put pen to paper, West Virginia Governor Bob Wise recently signed the state’s first insurance fraud bureau into law, ushering in a new era of stepped-up crackdowns on industry fraud. State Insurance...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Commission Files Injunction Against Kanawha County Employer
Apr 14 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed an injunction against a state employer whose account with the Commission is in default. The injunction was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Board of Managers Gets Feedback on Pair of Proposed Rules
Apr 13 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers on Monday heard public comments on two proposed rules – one focusing on proposed risk pools for self-insured employers and the other on a mandatory...
W. Virginia WCC Files Injunctions Against Trio of State Employers; Ordered to Cease Business
Apr 8 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. The injunctions were filed in Kanawha...
CIAB Proceeds to Dismiss W. Virginia Lawsuit Following State Overturn of Counter-Signature Statute
Apr 8 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) reported it will dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s counter-signature requirements for out-of-state insurance brokers because the state has...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Board of Managers Gives Approval to New Rules, Resolutions
Apr 1 2004 // Executive Director Gregory Burton said four measures approved this week by West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers represent important building blocks for the Commission’s future...
W. Va. Medical Liability System Shows Continuing Problems; 5 Counties Considered Real Challenges
Apr 1 2004 // Doctors believe that frivolous lawsuits are increasing the cost of healthcare and West Virginia patients are paying the price, according to a survey released (See National News) by the American Tort Reform Association...
Report Backs Government Role in Malpractice Insurance
Mar 19 2004 // A convincing case can be made for government involvement in providing medical malpractice insurance for high-cost claims and shortcomings in some such arrangements, such as Pennsylvania’s Mcare fund, are due to...
NAMIC Praises W. Va. Anti-Fraud Bill Enactment
Mar 19 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said that its member companies were pleased that before West Virginia lawmakers adjourned Saturday they enacted House Bill 4004, an omnibus insurance bill that...
CIAB Urges W. Va. Governor to Ink Legislation Repealing Counter-Signature Statute
Mar 18 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) on Thursday sent a letter to West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise urging him to sign legislation approved by the West Virginia House and Senate repealing that state’s...
Virginia Advances State Insurance Plan for Physicians
Mar 16 2004 // Virginia has moved closer to allowing physicians and hospitals to purchase medical malpractice insurance from the state’s risk management office. A measure, SB601, has passed initial rounds in the General Assembly...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Virginia: George Washington, Tobacco and the Pentagon
Mar 8 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Virginia at 7,078,515. Approximately 82 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 30 percent had...
Mountaineer State Faces Many of the Nation’s Same Issues
Mar 8 2004 // While not the biggest state in the southeastern region, West Virginia like all other states has its insurance issues. Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast...
West Virginia Proves More than Forests and State Sales Tax
Mar 8 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the population of the State of West Virginia at 1,808,344. Approximately 72 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 15 percent had earned...
W. Va. State Insurer Sizes Up McDonald’s Decision
Mar 4 2004 // The West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency is applauding McDonald’s for the company’s recent decision to phase out the “Supersize” portions from its menu. Tom Susman, PEIA Director said,...
Mountaineer State Faces Many of the Nation’s Same Issues
Feb 26 2004 // While not the biggest state in the southeastern region, West Virginia like all other states has its insurance issues. Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast...
