All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 2 2013 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael Browne, president and chief operating officer of the Harleysville Insurance, a member of the Nationwide family of companies, will retire effective May 1,...
Nov 25 2013 // The state Supreme Court has upheld a judge’s approval of Monsanto Co.’s massive settlement with thousands of West Virginia residents.In a 4-1 decision last Friday, the court affirmed a January ruling approving...
Nov 21 2013 // Four percent of underground equipment in West Virginia coal mines are fitted with detectors that automatically shut down mobile machinery when people get too close, according to a state survey.The Charleston Gazette...
Nov 18 2013 // State Specialists are often an independent agent’s most reliable and consistent market. These companies are focused on a specific geographic area, understand it and consistently strive to serve it.The Demotech...
Nov 15 2013 // The Insurance Fraud Program of the Virginia State Police recently completed a state-wide research project on Virginians’ attitudes regarding insurance fraud.The study, designed to track attitude changes since...
Nov 14 2013 // Darlene Price Wells has been named executive vice president and general manager of the Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance and CEO of Countryway Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual...
Nov 12 2013 // A unique smartphone app was launched geared at keeping Cabell and Wayne county residents aware of local emergencies, from small traffic problems or school closings to nation-threatening crises.The Heads Up Huntington app...
Nov 7 2013 // K&B Underwriters, a program administrator and wholesale brokerage serving agents and brokers for senior living facilities, hired Paul Marshall as director of senior living programs. Marshall has 23 years of experience...
Nov 6 2013 // West Virginia Department of Agriculture issued an insurance reminder for the state’s fruit producers, citing USDA Risk Management Agency’s announcement that the final date for West Virginia apple and peach...
Nov 5 2013 // People living in flood-prone communities in the Dunloup Creek flood plain in West Virginia have another opportunity to sell their properties to the government.The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources...
Nov 4 2013 // A federal investigation into a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation scheme extended to the Bank of Mingo in West Virginia, where authorities seized computer drives and documents.FBI Special Agent James Lafferty...
Nov 1 2013 // Nine Ohio and West Virginia residents who have cancer and other diseases have filed federal lawsuits this month against chemical giant DuPont Co.The lawsuits accuse the Wilmington, Del.-based company of knowingly...
Oct 31 2013 // Virginia Tech University couldn’t have foreseen the rampage of a lone gunman who initially shot two people to death and later killed 30 more, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled, reversing a wrongful death verdict...
Oct 30 2013 // President Barack Obama’s advisers deliberately crafted his signature healthcare law to fulfill his oft-repeated promise: those who like their insurance can keep it.Even with that provision, Obama administration...
Oct 29 2013 // State regulators are investigating spills from a drilling operation in West Virginia’s Ohio County that damaged a house and entered a creek.More than 6,000 gallons of water and a non-toxic clay mixture called...
Oct 28 2013 // D.A. Gohil’s family is still rebuilding its convenience store business in Nicholas County, a year after Superstorm Sandy buried parts of West Virginia in wet, heavy snow that collapsed roofs and pulled down power...
Oct 21 2013 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer asked a federal appeals court on Oct. 9 to overturn a judge’s ruling that U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that its defective product wrecked thousands of homes.A three-judge...
Oct 17 2013 // A federal investigation into a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation scheme extended to the Bank of Mingo in southern West Virginia, where authorities seized computer hard drives and documents.FBI Special Agent...
Oct 11 2013 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer asked a federal appeals court on Oct. 9 to overturn a judge’s ruling that U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that its defective product wrecked thousands of homes.A three-judge...
Oct 10 2013 // A $1 million malpractice civil lawsuit against a prominent Culpeper doctor has resulted in a hung jury.Jurors told the Culpeper County Circuit Court judge on Oct. 3 that they were at a standstill after 11 hours of...