All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 12 2006 // More West Virginians without health insurance and longtime problems with smoking and obesity have led a national group to drop the Mountain State’s ranking to 43rd healthiest in the country.That’s a drop of two...
Dec 12 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during last week’s winter meeting in San Antonio.Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...
Dec 8 2006 // After nearly a year of studying the Sago Mine disaster, West Virginia state investigators have concluded that an unusually powerful lightning strike somehow ignited methane gas underground, a United Mine Workers official...
Nov 29 2006 // Policyholders of Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. have approved the previously announced plan of conversion with Alfa Corp., the companies reported.Under the agreement, Virginia Mutual will convert from a mutual company to a...
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Nov 27 2006 // The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners installed its Management Committee and elected a Committee chair, vice-chair and treasurer recently...
Nov 22 2006 // A Virginia attorney has refiled a $20 million lawsuit that blames the city of Newport News for flooding during Hurricane Floyd in 1999.The suit is on behalf of residents of the Denbigh area of the city, and follows a...
Nov 17 2006 // Ohio and West Virginia residents who sued DuPont over a chemical used to produce Teflon may have to wait up to five years before learning if their health has been adversely affected by the substance, members of a science...
Nov 16 2006 // Construction has started on a new state fire academy in Lewis County, West Virginia.The $6.3 million building, scheduled to be finished in June near the Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Conference Center, will replace the...
Nov 15 2006 // Interstate Insurance Management (IIM) and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance are expannding their insurance program for the trucking industry into Virginia and Indiana. The program, which has been in operation since...
Nov 15 2006 // State and federal regulators failed to find safety violations that contributed to the deaths of two miners in a conveyor belt fire at an underground coal mine in January, according to an independent report.But J. Davitt...
Nov 15 2006 // Medical malpractice insurance in West Virginia, once a money-losing business, has become a profit machine for insurers as the number of lawsuits filed against doctors has declined, a report by the state Insurance...
Nov 5 2006 // Aon, Old Republic Insurance Co.Chicago-based Aon has taken further steps to exit the property and casualty underwriting business by moving to sell its Construction Program Group (CPG). Aon also announced that it would...
Nov 5 2006 // Affirmative Insurance Holdings, USAgenciesAffirmative Insurance Holdings Inc., Addison, Texas, and privately-held USAgencies L.L.C., based in Baton Rouge, La., announced a definitive agreement under which Affirmative will...
Nov 5 2006 // Aon, Old Republic Insurance Co.Chicago-based Aon has taken steps to exit the property and casualty underwriting business by moving to sell its Construction Program Group (CPG). Aon also announced that it would strengthen...
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Oct 25 2006 // Chicago, Illinois and Salt Lake City, Utah – Prime Holdings Insurance Services, Inc. (“Prime Holdings”) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (“Prime”), received approval to...
Oct 25 2006 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. today announced that it has taken further steps to exit its property & casualty underwriting business by signing a letter of intent for the sale of its Construction Program Group (CPG). Aon...
Oct 23 2006 // Virginia flooding“I really feel for the business owners in the heart of downtown who have fought so hard to come back after Floyd in 1999.” Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine in declaring a statewide emergency...
Oct 23 2006 // Narragansett Bay, HanoverNarragansett Bay Insurance Co., a member of Pawtucket Insurance Group, has agreed to take over the Rhode Island homeowners insurance business of Hanover Insurance Co. The transaction involves...