All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 25 2013 // Federal regulators must account for response times in the data they collect from transmission operators on natural gas pipeline incidents, a congressional watchdog agency said this week.The U.S. Government Accountability...
Jan 23 2013 // The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is planning a $30 million expansion at its Ruckersville campus.Chief administrative officer Joe Nolan tells The Daily Progress that the project includes a new, larger outdoor test...
Jan 14 2013 // P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho...
Jan 9 2013 // Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced on Jan. 8 that the commission has approved revisions to the premium levels charged for the state’s workers’ compensation insurance.The National...
Jan 7 2013 // If you are mad as hell about a consumer experience you’ve had, you may want to exercise your right of free speech to express your dismay in a public forum – these days, by posting a negative review on a site...
Jan 4 2013 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, said its Fredericksburg, Va., regional office is recruiting college graduates for its “Supervisor Leadership Program.” The...
Jan 2 2013 // A longtime mine inspector and safety official will now head such efforts in West Virginia, after Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointed Eugene White as director for the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training.White...
Dec 31 2012 // A Kanawha County judge has granted Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s request for a permanent injunction against an insurance company and a St. Albans body shop owner accused of illegally installing junkyard parts on...
Dec 27 2012 // On-road driving tests, a rite of passage for high school students, could soon join eight-track tape players and bench seats in automotive obsolescence.Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are...
Dec 27 2012 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, recently named Jeremy Connor as assistant vice president of regional claims operations at GEICO’s regional office in Fredericksburg,...
Dec 26 2012 // A West Virginia radiologist and two Pennsylvania attorneys who were involved in thousands of asbestos lawsuits have been found guilty of civil racketeering for conspiring to fabricate claims against CSX Transportation.The...
Dec 14 2012 // Nearly 15,000 miles of natural gas pipeline stretch across West Virginia, and as residents of this community north of Charleston now know, devastating explosions can happen without warning.Federal regulators say there have...
Nov 30 2012 // Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men have widened their net, filing criminal charges against a longtime Massey Energy executive who worked closely with former CEO Don...
Nov 29 2012 // President Barack Obama has issued a disaster declaration to help 18 counties recover from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. The declaration announced Tuesday by the White House makes federal funding available to eligible...
Nov 29 2012 // WellPoint Inc. can move forward with its $4.5 billion purchase of health insurance rival Amerigroup Corp after Amerigroup alleviated antitrust concerns by selling operations in Virginia, the U.S. Justice Department said on...
Nov 26 2012 // David Huffman has helped thousands of military veterans seeking disability benefits navigate the complex, often slow and at times frustrating claims process. The Wood County, West Virginia lawyer can relate: he was a...
Nov 19 2012 // A jury in West Virginia’s Kanawha County has concluded that members of a Charleston after school program rescinded a job offer to a woman after they discovered she is a lesbian.The jurors reached their verdict Friday...
Nov 19 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
Nov 8 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices, including where Republicans, business groups and others targeted the judges for defeat. However, two incumbents on Ohio’s...
Nov 8 2012 // Neil Alldredge has been searching for the unifying “theme” in the results of Nov. 6 state elections around the country but he says it has not been easy to identify one.As senior vice president for state and...