All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 29 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, has announced that the Insurance Commission fined 10 companies and nine agents nearly $1 million dollars last year for violations relating to the insurance code of the...
Jun 20 2005 // Three insurance companies have been granted rate decreases by the West Virginia Insurance Comm-ission, including: Erie Insurance Co., 3.1 percent decrease in private passenger auto insurance, goes into effect Aug. 1; State...
Jun 20 2005 // ALABAMADOI Lists Insurance Providers A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties became available June 13, thanks to the...
Jun 16 2005 // Red-light cameras have been criticized as moneymakers masquerading as safety devices. But several Virginia jurisdictions predict their budgets will be better off when Virginia ends the pilot program this...
Jun 15 2005 // An average 3.8 percent increase in rates for private passenger auto policies insured through the Virginia Automobile Insurance Plan is now in effect. The industry had requested an average 5.5 percent rate increase. The...
Jun 6 2005 // FLORIDAFla. CFO: “Prepare Now for Hurricanes” After an un-precedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief...
Jun 6 2005 // There were more than 17.6 million recreational boats in use in the United States in 2004, and an estimated 69 million people involved in boating activities, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. Since...
Jun 2 2005 // West Virginia workers’ compensation reforms, including the privatization of the Workers’ Compensation Commission are a mystery to residents according to the results of a poll released today by RMS Strategies....
May 30 2005 // Five of West Virginia’s largest carriers have pledged to lower premiums by more than $54 million, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline. Within the past month State Farm, Nationwide, Erie, Allstate and...
May 27 2005 // A request by the Erie Insurance Group for a 3.1 percent decrease in its private passenger automobile insurance rates has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The new rates go into effect August 1. The...
May 27 2005 // Hoping to stem the tide of doctors fleeing the nation’s capital for the suburbs, home of cheaper malpractice insurance, the city government is stepping in.The District of Columbia Council is expected to consider...
May 25 2005 // A request by the Westfield Insurance Company for a 7.7 percent decrease in private passenger automobile rates, and a 6 percent decrease in homeowners rates, has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The...
May 23 2005 // A State Farm Insurance request for a 10 percent decrease for private passenger automobile insurance customers has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The request was submitted last month Gov. Joe...
May 23 2005 // As of May 1, State Farm Insur-ance began accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in West Virginia and in the...
May 23 2005 // GEORGIALicensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system.In an effort to be responsive to agent...
May 9 2005 // The West Virginia House of Delegates passed Senate Bill 414 prohibiting third-party bad-faith lawsuits against insurance companies. The bill was part of Gov. Joe Manchin’s insurance and tort reform proposals and has...
May 9 2005 // Crying?? There’s no crying in baseball. — Tom Hanks in A League of Their OwnBill Cadenhead had decided to sell his 73 percent stake in Cadenhead Shreffler Insurance in Bedford, Tex. to insurance giant Brown...
May 5 2005 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit...
May 2 2005 // Insurers in West Virginia, reacting to the legislation singed last week that eliminates third-party, bad-faith lawsuits, have begun to take the first steps toward lowering insurance rates.State Farm Insurance Friday...
Apr 26 2005 // State Farm Insurance has announced that as of May 1 it will begin accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in...