All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2011 // Long term care liability costs are rising because the average claim size is increasing even as claim frequency declines.There has been a four percent increase in the average claim size, according to research by Aon Risk...
Jun 17 2011 // State figures show the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety had the worst workers’ compensation record among state agencies over the past five years.The department had $10.8 million in...
Jun 9 2011 // Coal industry officials this week roundly criticized two sets of new safety rules proposed by federal regulators following an explosion that killed 29 West Virginia miners last year.The West Virginia Coal Association and...
Jun 6 2011 // The company that owned the coal mine where 29 miners died in the worst U.S. mining disaster in four decades concluded the explosion was the result of unpreventable natural gas buildup and not coal dust, contradicting the...
Jun 6 2011 // West Virginia is soliciting bids from workers’ compensation insurers to provide coverage for its state employees.The insurance department posted the request for proposals on its website on May 23. The winning bidder...
May 27 2011 // DuPont wants a judge to deny plaintiffs in a West Virginia personal injury case the right to enroll in a related, court-administered medical monitoring program, arguing there’s no point in testing for early detection...
May 26 2011 // Monetary claims awarded against the state of West Virginia more than doubled in the past year.The state Court of Claims says in its 2011 annual report that it approved $8.4 million worth of awards, compared to $3.8 million...
May 23 2011 // Black lung disease, long a killer of coal miners, is on the rise again after retreating in the 30 years since Congress passed tougher mine safety laws, health and safety experts said Friday.The renewed appearance of the...
May 20 2011 // West Virginia is prepared to solicit bids from workers’ compensation insurers to provide coverage for its state employees.The West Virginia insurance department is scheduled to post the request for proposals on its...
May 19 2011 // The worst U.S. coal mine accident in four decades, in which 29 miners died, was “man-made” and could have been avoided if the mine owner, Massey Energy Co , had followed basic safety measures, an independent...
May 19 2011 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline will retire after 10 years on the job.Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Cline’s retirement will become effective June 30, 2011 and that he will name a replacement in the...
May 17 2011 // West Virginia’s volunteer fire departments are in financial trouble, forcing some to close, because annual fees aren’t keeping pace with the costs of firefighting, the state fire marshal says.“We used to...
May 5 2011 // The families of four people killed in a fatal drunken driving accident in West Virginia have won a $2.69 million verdict in their lawsuit stemming from the crash.The Herald-Dispatch reports that a Wayne County Circuit...
Apr 25 2011 // Five former members of a volunteer fire department in Jefferson County, West Virginia have been charged with arson and conspiracy. The Journal reported that a grand jury indicted the men last week. One former firefighter...
Apr 18 2011 // West Virginia has agreed to provide $5 million to help subsidize the state’s volunteer fire departments’ workers’ compensation costs.West Virginia Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has sign the subsidy...
Apr 8 2011 // The doors of West Virginia volunteer fire departments will stay open thanks to a new law that will help offset their workers’ compensation costs.West Virginia Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has sign into law the...
Apr 4 2011 // A West Virginia risk pool created to provide property and liability coverage to counties around the state is looking to expand into workers’ compensation. The West Virginia Counties Group Self-Insurance Risk Pool,...
Mar 29 2011 // A West Virginia risk pool created to provide property and liability coverage to counties around the state is looking to expand into workers’ compensation. The West Virginia Counties Group Self-Insurance Risk Pool...
Mar 22 2011 // Federal prosecutors want to block Massey Energy Co. shareholders from reviewing documents gathered during civil and criminal investigations into last April’s deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West...
Mar 21 2011 // Soft Ending“For commercial lines, what we’re seeing is we’re still seeing declines in premiums year-over-year, but what we’re looking at is a point and a half whereas a year ago we might have been...