Latest West Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
W.Va. Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Decrease 10 Percent
Jun 13 2006 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline has announced that the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner have approved an overall 10 percent decrease in loss costs for workers’ compensation rates. Loss cost...
Fairmont, W. Va. Agent Pleads Guilty to One Embezzlement Count
May 13 2006 // Shawn Edwin Linger, of Fairmont, W.Va. has pleaded guilty to one felony count of embezzlement, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Linger admitted to taking more than $18,000 in premium payments made to his...
Enrollment in W.Va.’s High-Risk Health Insurance Plan Growing
May 2 2006 // More than 200 West Virginians who have had difficulty obtaining health insurance in the regular market are now insured through AccessWV, the state’s high-risk health insurance plan, according to Insurance...
W.Va.’s Reversal of Workers’ Comp Policy Could Increase Rates
Apr 17 2006 // The sole workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia says it will seek a rate increase as a result of Gov. Joe Manchin’s reversal of a state policy that limited benefits to widows and widowers of people who...
W.Va. Schedules April Workers’ Comp Informational Meetings
Apr 5 2006 // Informational meetings describing West Virginia’s transition to the National Council on Compensation Insurance system of workers’ compensation have been scheduled in eight locations from April 10 to 20,...
W.Va. Commissioner Joins ‘Insure U’ Education Program
Mar 28 2006 // An ambitious national public education program on insurance issues, under the banner of Insure U, has been joined in by West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline and 19 other state insurance...
W.Va.: $1.89M in workers’ comp claims outstanding
Mar 20 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission released statistics indicating more than $1.89 million in workers’ compensation payments are outstanding from employers in the state. The commission mailed out notices asking...
Progressive drives into W.Va.
Mar 20 2006 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has announced it is now offering commercial auto insurance in West Virginia. While Progressive’s commercial coverages are available directly to consumers by phone and over...
W.Va.: $1.89M in workers’ comp claims outstanding
Mar 19 2006 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline issued a reminder to West Virginia employers last week saying they will be subject to penalties and repercussions if they fail to pay workers’ compensation...
News Currents
Mar 19 2006 // Progressive drives into W.Va. The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has announced it is now offering commercial auto insurance in West Virginia. While Progressive’s commercial coverages are available directly...
W.Va. Commissioner Cline Tells Big ‘I’ about Fraud Unit’s status; group hears catastrophe tips
Mar 19 2006 // David Daniel gives tips about how independent agents can prepare for disasters. The Insurance Commission’s status was discussed by Commissioner Jane Cline, and J. David Daniel, a member of the Big “I”...
W.Va. Suspect Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 9 2006 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today that Paul V. Dixon was indicted this week on one felony count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits. Dixon was allegedly injured at...
Progressive Drives Commercial Auto Into W.Va.
Mar 2 2006 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has announced it is now offering commercial auto insurance in West Virginia. While Progressive’s commercial coverages are available directly to consumers by phone and over...
