All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2016 // Farm losses from a series of tornadoes that battered Virginia last month stand at $1.6 million and counting.The Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. says it has received 126 claims since the twisters swirled from...
Feb 24 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced that it has acquired PriMed Consulting, an independent agency in Ocean Township, New Jersey. The deal represents The Hilb...
Feb 18 2016 // An executive who appeared unsympathetic when he spoke to the public after a chemical spill sullied tap water for 300,000 people in West Virginia was sentenced to one month in federal prison Wednesday.Ex-Freedom Industries...
Feb 17 2016 // West Virginia is a step closer to letting Uber and similar companies offer rides in the state.The bill passed the House of Delegates by a 94-4 margin Monday. It next moves to the Senate. The proposal would apply to Uber,...
Feb 17 2016 // A former Freedom Industries executive was sentenced Feb. 11 to one month in federal prison for a chemical spill that fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 West Virginians.Dennis Farrell also was fined $20,000 in U.S....
Feb 16 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company (WVMIC)...
Feb 10 2016 // After the bill was vetoed last year, a proposal to allow carrying a concealed gun without a permit in West Virginia passed its first major test this week.The Republican-led House of Delegates voted 68-31 on the concealed...
Feb 9 2016 // Legislation to make drug makers reveal how much they spend marketing high-priced drugs has stalled in the Virginia General Assembly, at least for this year.Virginia state senators said the bill wasn’t ready for prime...
Feb 9 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Dowling & O’Neil, an independent agency in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction...
Feb 9 2016 // Henrico County, Virginia-based insurance company Genworth Financial Inc. has announced it would eliminate 330 positions in a cost-cutting move.Media outlets report that the latest job cuts were disclosed on Friday, Feb. 5,...
Feb 8 2016 // Allison W. Barefoot Ames & Gough, a specialty insurance broker based in McLean, Virginia, has promoted Allison W. Barefoot to vice president from assistant vice president. She is based in the firm’s McLean...
Feb 8 2016 // A bankrupt chemical company responsible for a spill that contaminated a West Virginia river and fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 residents was fined $900,000 on pollution charges Feb. 4, with a judge noting that...
Feb 5 2016 // What a difference a year makes in the world of ridesharing. Just 18 months ago, only one state (Colorado) had passed comprehensive legislation legalizing and regulating the emerging market of transportation network...
Feb 3 2016 // A former environmental consultant at a chemical distributor was sentenced to three years’ probation and fined $10,000 Monday for a 2014 chemical spill that fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 West...
Jan 31 2016 // The Jan. 22-24 blizzard was the fourth most powerful snowstorm to hit the Northeast in at least 66 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.The agency gave the storm a rating of 7.66 on the...
Jan 29 2016 // Patriot National Inc., a workers’ compensation outsourcing services firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced that it has acquired Mid Atlantic Insurance Services, a wholesale commercial insurance broker and...
Jan 29 2016 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has lifted a state of emergency in 51 of West Virginia’s 55 counties following cleanup of the recent winter storm.Tomblin says the declaration issued last week will continue until Friday evening...
Jan 28 2016 // A single Ohio County, West Virginia Marcellus Shale well yielded enough natural gas in 2014 to provide electricity for 24,315 homes, according to new numbers released by the West Virginia Geological & Economic...
Jan 27 2016 // After more than three days with life at a virtual standstill in the nation’s capital and elsewhere up and down the East Coast, the cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm were getting closer to their normal...
Jan 27 2016 // It wasn’t quite like winning Powerball, yet the small West Virginia town of Glengary is getting a lot of attention for receiving the most snow from the recent storm: 42 inches.“Yeah, it’s cool....