U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that a Chinese drywall company’s defective product wrecked homes, and a company that failed to show up in court must pay $2.7 million for damage to seven Virginia couples, a federal appeals court in …
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled last week that home damages that were allegedly caused by Chinese drywall are excluded from TravCo Insurance Co.’s “all risk” homeowners insurance policy. TravCo Insurance is part of The Travelers Companies. The Virginia Supreme Court’s …
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 become the 45th state to license public …
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 new Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is scheduled …
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 insurance. NCCI has proposed a decrease …
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 unsealed last week following the defendant’s …
A safety crackdown on five Virginia interstates yielded more than 3,000 citations for speeding, reckless driving and other traffic offenses. Virginia State Police troopers also arrested three motorists on drunken driving charges and 11 others on felony and drug charges. …
A Richmond woman has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for health care fraud and other offenses. A federal judge last Thursday also ordered Veronica Sharon Cunningham to pay more than $6.6 million in restitution to …
Insurance giant GEICO is going to become a lot more familiar to travelers who visit Virginia’s 43 Interstate rest stops, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced last Thursday. The company has signed on to sponsor “safe phone zones” at the …
A Schuyler, Virginia, woman convicted of selling fake insurance policies will spend more than two years in prison.Forty-year-old Mae Anne Fattaleh also must pay more than $100,000 in restitution.
