All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2007 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested.State Insurance Commissioner Jane...
Sep 18 2007 // A worker was killed Sunday in an underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, a state mine safety official said.Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training said one person died...
Sep 17 2007 // A project in Monongalia County is the first to receive a stormwater infrastructure loan from the state’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund since the fund was created by the Legislature in 2001, the state Department of...
Sep 14 2007 // DuPont’s lawyers say the company is a good corporate neighbor but lawyers for 10 West Virginia property owners suing the chemical giant claim it puts profits ahead of community safety.Jurors heard these dueling...
Sep 13 2007 // At least some injured workers and the lawyers who help pursue their claims remain dissatisfied with West Virginia’s workers’ compensation system since it became the private, for-profit BrickStreet Insurance...
Sep 12 2007 // A nonprofit group is offering free assistance to miners who believe they have suffered retaliation from employers for reporting safety problems.The Appalachian Center For the Economy and Environment launched the West...
Sep 12 2007 // From its grassy surface, the 112-acre mound seems harmless, a vast but benign-looking field ringed by hundreds of small homes.But signs wired to the chain-link fence hint at something potentially sinister lurking beneath....
Sep 11 2007 // Owner and operator of West Virginia Concrete Coating and Design in Harrison County pleaded guilty to a felony county of failure to subscribe to the former Workers’ Compensation Commission. Business owner Susan Boram...
Sep 10 2007 // A group that monitors the health of the nation’s rivers is raising concern about West Virginia’s dams, but the manager of the state’s dam safety program says improvements have been made in recent years to...
Sep 7 2007 // A Harrison County, W. Va.court sentenced an insurance agent earlier this week for forging insurance documents for customers and keeping the money they paid for their premiums. Frank Crowder Jr., 47, of Morgantown, W. Va.,...
Sep 5 2007 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested.State Insurance Commissioner Jane...
Sep 5 2007 // A Philippi, West Virginia company that developed a heart and breathing monitor for firefighters and helped NASA research global warming has been hired to create a prototype tracking system to locate miners...
Sep 4 2007 // The head of Nevada’s former monopolistic state workers’ compensation fund said BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. has borne a “unique burden” in helping transition West Virginia’s system to a...
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency forceBoston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency.Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance...
Sep 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency familyWith $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now...
Aug 31 2007 // Underground coal miners in the United States are facing a new and apparently growing safety threat: the theft of emergency air packs.Authorities say the devices have been disappearing from mines, particularly in the state...
Aug 28 2007 // A West Virginia man who previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of insurance fraud, is in a regional jail for committing insurance fraud, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Cline said Bradley...
Aug 27 2007 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to...
Aug 20 2007 // The state Department of Environmental Protection said it is launching a broad review of West Virginia’s 250 or so underground coal mines after one operation mined beyond its permit and – perhaps – inside...