Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tyler County, W. Va. Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Aug 4 2006 // West Virginia officials say a longtime Tyler County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to fraud. Sistersville resident Bennie H. Kile Jr. of the Kile Insurance Agency admitted he took money and promised customers insurance...
W. Va. Now Requires Certification, Insurance for Home Inspectors
Aug 3 2006 // To help protect consumers against fraud, all West Virginia home inspectors will have to be certified by the State Fire Commission. The new law went into effect August 1. Under the new state law passed in April, all...
W. Va. Employers Face BrickStreet Deadline Today
Aug 1 2006 // West Virginia employers who haven’t made a premium payment for the second half of 2006 to insurer BrickStreet have one last opportunity to retain workers’ compensation coverage. BrickStreet mailed more than...
BrickStreet Vows to Audit Every W. Va. Employer for Workers’ Comp
Aug 1 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance provider has a lofty goal: to audit every one of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year. That would require an unprecedented 200 audits a day, and may...
W. Va. Begins Tagging Firms Lacking Workers’ Comp
Jul 30 2006 // West Virginia businesses that choose to operate without workers’ compensation insurance will be tagged with yellow signs. Investigators with the state Insurance Commission started posting yellow warning signs on the...
Va. Officials to Review Bridge Project’s Role in Flooding
Jul 27 2006 // The Virginia Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced plans to investigate whether the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project contributed to flooding last month that seriously damaged about 150 homes in Fairfax...
5,450 W.Va. Employers Delinquent, Owe $11.4M in Workers’ Comp Payments
Jul 25 2006 // West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner...
News Briefs
Jul 24 2006 // Virginia targets dogs, underage drinking Owners of dangerous dogs face tougher penalties and adults who serve booze to underage guests are targeted under new state laws that took effect July 1 in Virginia. The dog-mauling...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
W.Va. Claimant Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 21 2006 // Jerry Lee McClelland Jr. has been arrested on one felony count of receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a term longer than he was entitled, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L....
Former W.Va. Agent Sentenced for Embezzlement
Jul 20 2006 // Shawn Edwin Linger, a former insurance agent in Clarksburg, W.Va. has been sentenced to one felony count of embezzlement according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Linger was sentenced July 6 to one to 10 years in...
W.Va. Slates Workers’ Compliance Assistance Seminar
Jul 14 2006 // A free compliance assistance seminar focusing on laws that cover health benefits will take place July 19-20 at the Marriott Charleston Town Center in Charleston, W.Va. The seminar is sponsored by the Employee Benefits...
W.Va. Insurance Commission Acting Against Uninsured Employers
Jul 6 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on the estimated 2,000 employers in the state that do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
New Virginia Laws Address Vicious Dogs, Underage Drinking
Jul 5 2006 // Owners of dangerous dogs face tougher penalties and adults who serve booze to underage guests are targeted under new state laws taking effect in Virginia. Although the 2006 General Assembly was dominated by a budget...
Former W.Va. Agent Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Jul 5 2006 // A former Montgomery, W.Va. insurance agent has pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement. Brenda G. Valentine was scheduled to go to trial in Fayette County Circuit Court June 30 on six felony counts, four of forgery and...
RTW Rehab Pays W.Va. Commission $40,000 Restitution, Fined $50,000
Jun 29 2006 // RTW Rehabilitation Services Inc. of Baltimore, Md. has pleaded guilty to one charge of mail fraud in federal court in Charleston, W.Va. and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution to the West Virginia Offices of the...
Floods, Mudslides Alter Busy Routines in D.C.-Maryland Area
Jun 28 2006 // In Washington, D.C., a city that always seems to be in a hurry, this week’s soggy weather forced almost everyone to slow down. Water and mudslides blocked highways. Commuter rail lines sputtered. Some federal office...
Baltimore Company Admits Defrauding W.Va. Workers’ Comp Agency
Jun 26 2006 // A defunct Baltimore company has pleaded guilty in Charleston, W. Va. to a federal fraud charge for billing the state of Workers’ Compensation Division for services that were never provided. RTW Rehabilitation...
Virginia Insurance Bureau to License Home Service Contract Providers
Jun 22 2006 // Effective July 1, 2006, the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Bureau of Insurance in Virginia will have the authority to license entities as home service contract providers. A new law adopted by the 2006 General...
