All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Mar 10 2008 // West Virginians could wield deadly force against intruders or attackers under a measure now before the governor. The House approved a Senate-passed bill that embraces the so-called “Castle Doctrine,” which...
Mar 7 2008 // If you’ve ever said you’d give $5 to avoid the lines at the DMV, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is.The Senate voted 35 to four Wednesday to charge those who go into a Department of Motor...
Mar 6 2008 // Elevator safety and licensing rules recommended by a recent legislative audit and passed by the West Virginia House disguise a bid by the industry’s union to preserve and enhance its share of the market, the...
Mar 6 2008 // West Virginia’s spring forest fire season is under way.Through May 31, outdoor burning is prohibited between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. The chances of a fire escaping in the evening and overnight hours is reduced...
Mar 6 2008 // Emergency officials are keeping an eye on the Greenbrier and Ohio rivers after heavy rains moved across West Virginia.The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Greenbrier River at Alderson from Wednesday...
Mar 4 2008 // West Virginia officials arrested a Crown City, Ohio, man on one felony count of filing a fraudulent claim with an insurance company, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline.Cline said Christopher S. Drummond,...
Mar 3 2008 // Investigators with the West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office were sifting through ashes, trying to determine what sparked a fire that severely damaged the oldest house in Greenbrier County.The fire broke out around 7...
Feb 28 2008 // The West Virginia Senate has agreed to help cities and towns with their police and firefighter pension funds, partly by reversing a recent tax break on consumer insurance costs.The state would restore a 1 percent surcharge...
Feb 27 2008 // A circuit judge in West Virginia has upheld a $196.2 million punitive damages award against DuPont in a class-action pollution case.Harrison County Circuit Court Chief Judge Thomas A. Bedell also ordered the Wilmington,...
Feb 26 2008 // Two weeks into spring fire season, the Virginia Department of Forestry already has spent its entire 2008 funds for firefighting.Spokesman John Campbell tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that early estimates suggest the...
Feb 26 2008 // Virginia insurance regulators have has dismissed the claims of three insolvent Tennessee risk retention groups against Reciprocal of America (ROA).The State Corporation Commission said it determined that, as reinsureds of...
Feb 25 2008 // Daniel Wilson, a former insurance defense attorney, has been named legal specialist for the Insurance Fraud Program of the Virginia State Police in Richmond.Wilson’s responsibilities include acting as a liaison...
Feb 21 2008 // A Kanawha County, W. Va., man, who was indicted on a felony count of submitting a fraudulent insurance claim to an insurance company pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud, according...
Feb 15 2008 // W. Va. Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline announced that a West Hamlin man who was indicted on several felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud, pleaded guilty to the charges in Kanawha County Circuit...
Feb 14 2008 // The earthen seal at a former underground coal mine in Delbarton, W. Va., sprung a leak, sending thousands of gallons of water through the yards of several homes and onto a state highway, officials said Tuesday.The seal was...
Feb 14 2008 // Virginia State Police hope some new statistics mean drivers are being more cautious on highways statewide.Officials say the most recent highway safety crackdown produced the lowest numbers of traffic summonses and criminal...
Feb 12 2008 // Wind-whipped wildfires chased churchgoers from worship, forced hundreds of residents to flee homes and closed highways across the rain-starved Carolinas and Virginia on Sunday.Twelve small structures, including at least...
Feb 10 2008 // The Virginia Senate has passed its bill to repeal high fees on bad drivers by resolving a partisan impasse over how to rebate fees courts already imposed.The 39-0 vote marks the first passage by the House or the Senate of...
Feb 4 2008 // A Montgomery County jury has awarded $350,000 to a woman involved in a crash that killed a bicyclist during a triathlon in 2000.Sharon Knight had sued the town of Blacksburg and Beverly Biancur, the director of the third...