Latest Virginia Headlines
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Workers at West Virginia Poultry Processing Plant to be Tested for Virus
May 12 2020 // The West Virginia National Guard will assist in conducting tests for the coronavirus starting Monday at a poultry processing plant in a small county where cases have increased, authorities said. Testing at the...
W. Va. Gov. Justice’s Coal Firms to Pay $1M in Fines, Penalties in Mine Contract Dispute
Apr 28 2020 // A federal judge in Kentucky has ordered companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay more than $1 million in fees and expenses in a lawsuit that accused them of defaulting on a mining contract. U.S. District...
Three More Lawsuits Filed Against Virginia Tech in Hazing Case
Apr 27 2020 // Three Virginia Tech students are suing the university in federal court over how it handled allegations that they were involved in hazing. The lawsuits were filed last week by former Corps of Cadets members who say they...
New Jersey-Based AIG Director Delaney Joins Board for Virginia’s Invest
Apr 22 2020 // Invest, an insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, has named Diane Delaney, assistant vice president and sales and marketing director for AIG Private Client Group, as its newest board member. Delaney is...
Rising Sea Levels Could Double Extreme Flooding Events on Coastline, Report States
Apr 16 2020 // “Sea-level rise will radically redefine the coastline of the 21st century.” That’s from a new study that shows rising sea levels could lead to extreme flooding events in some U.S. coastal areas doubling...
Virginia Workplace Safety Regulators Field Virus-Related Complaints
Apr 14 2020 // State regulators have received more than 150 complaints about insufficient precautions being taken against coronavirus at Virginia workplaces. The Department of Labor and Industry has contacted the employer in most of the...
Virginia Authorities Warn of Scams Targeting Relief Checks
Apr 8 2020 // Officials in Virginia are warning of possible scams related to the coronavirus epidemic. And they’re particularly worried about the $1,200 checks that many Americans will receive from the federal government in the...
West Virginia Governor’s Coal Companies to Pay $5M in Fines for Safety Violations
Apr 6 2020 // Billionaire West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies have agreed to pay more than $5 million for thousands of mine safety violations, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The civil case brought by prosecutors...
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Involving Wyoming Coal Workers
Apr 6 2020 // Attorneys representing Wyoming coal miners reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit against a bankrupt coal operator. The settlement with Blackjewel LLC of West Virginia requires final approval by a federal judge,...
West Virginia Nursing Home Now ‘Ground Zero’ for Virus
Mar 27 2020 // A West Virginia nursing home with at least 20 coronavirus cases has become “ground zero” for the state’s growing virus caseload, officials said Wednesday. Carl Shrader, medical director for the Sundale...
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Involving Wyoming Coal Workers
Mar 26 2020 // Attorneys representing Wyoming coal miners reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit against a bankrupt coal operator. The settlement with Blackjewel LLC of West Virginia requires final approval by a federal judge,...
Freeborn & Peters LLP Hires Gould in Virginia
Mar 26 2020 // Freeborn & Peters LLP has hired Beth Gould as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Insurance/Reinsurance Industry team. Prior to joining the firm, Gould was an associate at Kalbaugh, Pfund...
What State Insurance Regulators Have Asked of P/C Insurers to Address Coronavirus
Mar 25 2020 // As state insurance regulators monitor and respond to the coronavirus impact on insurance, property/casualty insurers are calling on them to coordinate their requests for data and ease up on some requirements. David A....
World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia Insurance Partners
Mar 24 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Virginia Insurance Partners (VIP). The transaction was effective February 1, 2020, and terms of the deal were not disclosed. VIP is an independent insurance agency that...
West Virginia Couple Get 3 Years in Renter’s Insurance Fraud Case
Mar 24 2020 // A West Virginia couple were sentenced to more than three years each after pleading guilty in a scheme to fraudulently collect renter’s insurance benefits. Jimmie Thompson, 27, and Thanikwa Thompson, 25, of...
Virginia’s Kinsale Capital Group Announces Underwriting Promotions
Mar 20 2020 // Kinsale Capital Group Inc. has announced four underwriting promotions. Patrick L. Dalton was named senior vice president of Casualty, John R. Bowen Jr. was named vice president of Construction, Jason E. Hoover was named...
Southeast Insurance Regulators Issue Industry Guidance for Coronavirus Outbreak
Mar 20 2020 // Insurance departments across the Southeast are notifying industry representatives of updated procedures and expectations in response to the coronavirus outbreak, while also acknowledging the potential for a serious impact...
Virginia’s Kinsale Capital Group Promotes Haney, Petrucelli, Marson
Mar 17 2020 // Kinsale Capital Group Inc. has promoted Brian D. Haney to executive vice president and chief operating officer, Bryan P. Petrucelli to executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, and Ann Marie Marson...
Driver Injured in Accident Not Eligible for Workers’ Comp After Failing to Wear Seat Belt
Mar 16 2020 // The Court of Appeals of Virginia has upheld a Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission decision that workers’ comp benefits cannot be awarded to a truck driver injured in an accident after failing to wear a...
West Virginia Lawmaker Loses Suit Blaming Indiana Bar for Blindness
Mar 12 2020 // The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled against a lawsuit filed by a West Virginia delegate over a 2006 parking lot brawl that left him blinded years before he was elected to office. The lawsuit said Cavanaugh’s Sports...
