Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Expects Little Insurance Loss from Earl
Sep 8 2010 // Risk modelers say Hurricane Earl caused extremely minimal damage as it passed by the East Coast and agents in the hardest hit area of the United States, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, are receiving few...
Virginia DMV Seeks New Photos of 4,000 Customers
Sep 7 2010 // More than 4,200 Virginians who applied for driver’s licenses or identification cards on Aug. 25 are being asked to return to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a new photograph. Aug. 25 was the day a state...
People
Sep 6 2010 // Aon Consulting has named Shelly Blackstone as vice president of business development in its Richmond, Virginia office. In her new role, Blackstone will develop new products and services clients in Central and Southern...
Business Moves
Sep 6 2010 // Synergy Benefits, Brown & Brown Florida-based Brown & Brown has acquired Virginia-based benefits firm Synergy Benefits Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Synergy, which has annual revenue of approximately $1.2 million,...
West Virginia Firefighter to Plead in Arson Case
Sep 1 2010 // A Nov. 8 plea hearing is set for a former volunteer firefighter accused of setting a blaze in Berkeley County, W. Va., that injured a firefighter from another department. Berkeley County Prosecutor Pamela Games-Neely told...
Virginia DMV Still Unable to Process Licenses
Aug 31 2010 // Virginia’s governmental computer problems aren’t fixed just yet. The Department of Motor Vehicles said yesterday it could not process driver’s licenses and identification cards. The agency is one of 26...
Surprise Inspections at Appalachian Mines Uncover Safety Violations
Aug 27 2010 // Recent surprise inspections show that increased enforcement isn’t preventing U.S. coal mines from continuing to violate safety laws, the federal Mine Safety & Health Administration said. MSHA inspectors found...
Virginia State Police Report on Weekend Patrols
Aug 25 2010 // The latest Virginia State Police crackdown on speeders and reckless drivers has resulted in more than 4,000 traffic violations. State troopers tallied that impressive number over the weekend on Interstates 64 and 66. The...
Massey Suit Goes Before W.Va. Judge Panel
Aug 24 2010 // Hundreds of southern West Virginia residents who claim Massey Energy Co. poisoned their wells and made them sick by pumping coal slurry underground will get their day in court next year _ and a chance to settle the case...
Virginia Commissioner Gross to Retire
Aug 24 2010 // Virginia Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Gross announced he will retire at the end of the year. Gross, a 30-year veteran of the Bureau of Insurance, has been the commissioner of for 14 years. “It is with mixed...
W.Va. Granted $12 M for June Storms
Aug 20 2010 // More than $12 million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help recovery efforts in four counties in West Virginia hit by severe storms in June. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday that the...
Snapshot: Declarations
Aug 16 2010 // Health Care Challenge “While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a...
Declarations
Aug 16 2010 // Health Care Challenge “While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a citizen’s...
West Virginia Lowers Workers Comp Rates
Aug 11 2010 // Workers’ compensation costs for many employers in West Virginia will drop later this year. Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline’s office recently approved new loss cost rates that are an average 2.9 percent lower...
Aon Consulting Makes Two Appointments in Virginia
Aug 11 2010 // Aon Consulting has named Shelly Blackstone as vice president of business development in its Richmond, Virginia office. Additionally, Paul J. Mack has been promoted to health and benefits practice leader. In her new role,...
West Virginia Says Upper Big Branch Monitors Not Modified
Aug 10 2010 // State mine safety officials say testing shows that methane monitors taken from a West Virginia coal mine where 29 were killed in an explosion were not tampered with. The monitors were taken from a mining machine believed...
State Farm Lowers Rates in West Virginia
Aug 4 2010 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest insurer of autos in West Virginia and in the nation, is decreasing its overall rate level in West Virginia an average of 0.2 percent effective Aug. 30. After this...
Some States Cheered by Virginia Healthcare Decision
Aug 3 2010 // Nearly half of all U.S. states are fighting President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms and those that have taken the battle to court were heartened Monday by a judge’s decision to let Virginia proceed with its...
Grand Jury Weighs Monitor Shutdown at Massey West Virginia Mine
Aug 2 2010 // A federal grand jury looking into an explosion that killed 29 workers at a Massey Energy Co. coal mine in West Virginia heard testimony last week about possible illegal tampering with a mine safety monitor, the Wall Street...
October Hearing Set on Virginia Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 2 2010 // Virginia regulators are planning to hold a hearing in October on proposed adjustments in premiums charged for workers’ compensation insurance. The State Corporation Commission said Friday that it has set an Oct. 26...
