All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2019 // A natural gas pipeline construction management company has been ordered to pay $3.7 million in back wages and damages to safety inspectors for failing to pay overtime wages. The U.S. Labor Department says in a news release...
Mar 18 2019 // Years ago, insurance consumer advocates in the states were most often focused on getting consumers access to insurance at fair prices. They still advocate on those issues, of course, but today some are looking beyond these...
Mar 18 2019 // Aon, Willis Towers WatsonAon Plc said it’s no longer pursuing a combination with rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc, a day after confirming that it was considering a merger. The company reported it...
Mar 14 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” for the members of the Virginia Farm Bureau...
Mar 13 2019 // Veterans applying for insurance licenses with the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) are now eligible for reimbursement of the required exam fees.The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs recently approved the...
Mar 13 2019 // A company has announced the layoff of about 80 employees, including 35 in a Virginia city.The News & Advance reported Monday that Genworth Financial announced the layoffs of 35 people in Lynchburg, Va., and 21 people...
Mar 12 2019 // Towne Insurance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TowneBank, has acquired Straus, Itzkowitz & LeCompte Insurance, a full-service, independent agency located in Richmond, Va. Straus, Itzkowitz & LeCompte is led by...
Mar 7 2019 // A jury in West Virginia has returned a nearly $17 million verdict after a woman was injured when staffers tried to detain a shoplifter in Walmart.Jurors in Wood County, West Virginia, issued the verdict Monday. A lawyer...
Mar 4 2019 // The Virginia House of Delegates passed a joint resolution that would designate the first full week in March each year as Trusted Choice Independent Insurance Agents Week beginning in 2019.HJ 703, introduced by Del. Buddy...
Feb 20 2019 // West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has appointed James A. Dodrill as insurance commissioner, effective March 4, 2019.Dodrill succeeds Allen McVey, who was appointed earlier this year as secretary of the West Virginia...
Feb 15 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company will cut its rates in Virginia for the second time in two years. As a result, its overall personal auto rate will drop by 4.9 percent. The total state-wide expected impact for...
Feb 15 2019 // A Colorado-based natural gas producer has agreed to pay a $3.15 million civil penalty to resolve pollution violations at 32 drilling sites in West Virginia. The U.S. Department of Justice says in a news release the agency...
Feb 12 2019 // The Virginia House of Delegates passed a joint resolution that would designate the first full week in March each year as Trusted Choice Independent Insurance Agents Week beginning in 2019.HJ 703, introduced by Del. Buddy...
Feb 11 2019 // A West Virginia lawmaker says the state has been paying insurance on thousands of vehicles than it doesn’t actually own.House of Delegates committee on government organization chairman Gary Howell announced last week...
Feb 11 2019 // Firefighters in West Virginia are investigating two more suspicious blazes in Huntington, for a total of 13 since the beginning of the year. The Herald-Dispatch reports one fire reported on Thursday occurred at a home...
Feb 11 2019 // New research suggests that drivers who use hands-free electronic devices, as opposed to handheld ones, are not increasing their risk of getting into a crash.According to the research from Virginia Tech Transportation...
Feb 8 2019 // Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of LRS&C.Brown & Brown Inc. is an insurance brokerage firm providing risk...
Feb 8 2019 // Five former volunteer fighters in West Virginia have been charged with arson following a two-year investigation by the state fire marshal’s office.The office says in a news release that the former Cabell County...
Feb 6 2019 // West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has appointed Erin K. Hunter as acting insurance commissioner for the state, effective Jan. 25, 2019.She takes over for Allan McVey who was appointed by Justice last month as Secretary of...
Feb 5 2019 // Fire officials say they’re investigating after responding to nearly a dozen structure fires in five weeks.According to Huntington Fire Marshal Captain Matt Winters tells WCHS-TV that there have been 11 fires so far...