Latest Virginia Headlines
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BrickStreet Still No. 1 in West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Market
Nov 5 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies. The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Sandy Claims Continue to Pour In at Quick Pace
Nov 2 2012 // Insurers said Sandy-related claims have been pouring in at a rapid pace in the immediate days after the storm — and that as some sense of normalcy returns, many more claims are expected. The Progressive Corp. CEO...
Report Links DuPont West Virginia Plant Chemical, Residents’ High Cholesterol
Oct 30 2012 // A science panel said it has found probable links between high cholesterol in mid-Ohio Valley residents and their exposure to a chemical used by a DuPont plant in West Virginia. The C8 Science Panel released its final...
Hurricane Sandy Expected Ashore Monday Night; Could Be Biggest to Hit U.S. Mainland
Oct 29 2012 // • Hurricane expected ashore Monday evening in New Jersey • Could be biggest to hit U.S. mainland • New York, Philadelphia and Washington in its path • New York Stock Exchange closed Monday and Tuesday • Early...
Hurricane Sandy Forces Evacuations, Shutdowns on East Coast
Oct 28 2012 // Tens of millions of East Coast residents scrambled on Sunday to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which could make landfall as the largest storm to hit the United States, bringing battering winds, flooding and even heavy...
Update: Hurricane Sandy Death Toll at 41; ‘Super Storm’ Eyes East Coast
Oct 26 2012 // Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the U.S. East Coast on Friday after killing at least 41 people as it cut across the Caribbean. Forecasters...
Virginia to Start Licensing, Regulating Public Adjusters in 2013
Oct 26 2012 // Virginia regulators announced that beginning Jan. 1, 2013, all individuals and business entities doing business in the state as a public adjuster must be licensed by the State Corporation Commission. Virginia will now...
West Virginia Tops State Farm’s Deer-Vehicle Crash List
Oct 25 2012 // State Farm says West Virginia continues to be the state where a vehicle is most likely to hit a deer. The Mountain State tops State Farm’s annual list for the sixth consecutive year. The Bloomington, Ill.-based...
FEMA OKs Storm Recovery Aid for 16 W.Va. Counties
Oct 25 2012 // Federal disaster assistance is available for residents and business owners in 16 West Virginia counties hit by a June windstorm. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the individual assistance can be used to pay for...
Rebuilding of Quake-Damaged Virginia School to Begin
Oct 24 2012 // Louisa County, Va., officials are preparing to break ground for a new elementary school that will replace one severely damaged by the 2011 earthquake. The Richmond Times-Dispatch says the groundbreaking ceremony for the...
Supreme Court Hears West Virginia Mine Widows’ Plea
Oct 19 2012 // Federal inspectors must share the blame — and therefore face a lawsuit — for a 2006 West Virginia coal mine fire that killed two miners, a lawyer for their widows argued at the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. Lawyer...
Nearly 600,000 in Virginia Sign Up for Earthquake Drill
Oct 16 2012 // Nearly 600,000 Virginia residents are expected to participate in a multistate earthquake drill this week. Gov. Bob McDonnell says many people didn’t know about earthquake safety when a magnitude-5.8 quake hit Louisa...
Markel Announces New Director of Casualty Facultative in Virginia
Oct 16 2012 // Richmond, Va.-headquartered Markel Corporation appointed Ann Marie O’Flynn director and underwriter within its casualty facultative product line.Ann Marie O'FlynnO’Flynn has over 15 years of casualty...
West Virginia Supreme Court Candidates Mindful of Critics
Oct 16 2012 // The four candidates for two seats on West Virginia’s Supreme Court differ on how to respond to criticism of the state’s judicial system from some business groups and others, each told The Associated...
Wal-Mart to Pay for Heart, Spine Surgery for Employees
Oct 11 2012 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is offering its U.S. employees and their families free heart and spine surgeries at six major health centers at no cost to the retailer’s workers, as it tries to find better ways to cover costly,...
West Virginia to Open Business Court
Oct 8 2012 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that the newly created business court division will be headquartered in Martinsburg. The business court will focus on complex issues that arise in commercial litigation such as...
Virginia Regulators Set Hearing on WC Premium Level Adjustments
Oct 5 2012 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission has scheduled a hearing for Oct. 16 to consider a request filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. to adjust the premium levels charged for workers’ comp...
Virginia Agent Arrested for Allegedly Embezzling Premium Payments
Oct 3 2012 // Virginia authorities announced a local insurance agent is facing a handful of federal charges related to fraud. Graham Hutson Messer, 32, of Bremo Bluff, Va., was charged in a sealed indictment returned Sept.12, 2012 and...
BrickStreet Remains Biggest Workers’ Compensation Writer in West Virginia
Oct 2 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies. The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Virginia’s Markel Names 2 Executives in Product Line Leadership Group
Sep 27 2012 // Richmond, Va.-headquartered Markel Corporation announced two appointments within its product line leadership group. Michael Vought, managing director of excess & umbrella within Markel’s product line leadership...
