All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 13 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers on Monday heard public comments on two proposed rules – one focusing on proposed risk pools for self-insured employers and the other on a mandatory...
Apr 8 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) reported it will dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s counter-signature requirements for out-of-state insurance brokers because the state has...
Apr 1 2004 // Executive Director Gregory Burton said four measures approved this week by West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers represent important building blocks for the Commission’s future...
Apr 1 2004 // Doctors believe that frivolous lawsuits are increasing the cost of healthcare and West Virginia patients are paying the price, according to a survey released (See National News) by the American Tort Reform Association...
Mar 19 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said that its member companies were pleased that before West Virginia lawmakers adjourned Saturday they enacted House Bill 4004, an omnibus insurance bill that...
Mar 18 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) on Thursday sent a letter to West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise urging him to sign legislation approved by the West Virginia House and Senate repealing that state’s...
Mar 8 2004 // While not the biggest state in the southeastern region, West Virginia like all other states has its insurance issues.Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast...
Mar 8 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the population of the State of West Virginia at 1,808,344. Approximately 72 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 15 percent had earned...
Mar 4 2004 // The West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency is applauding McDonald’s for the company’s recent decision to phase out the “Supersize” portions from its menu.Tom Susman, PEIA Director said,...
Feb 26 2004 // While not the biggest state in the southeastern region, West Virginia like all other states has its insurance issues.Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast...
Jan 26 2004 // Like many other parts of the country, West Virginia is looking to answers to improve tort reform in the state.Recently, Insurance Journal Southeast spoke with Randy Cox, American Insurance Association West Virginia...
Jan 26 2004 // Having first looked at efforts to pass more tort reform in Mississippi (Jan. 12, “Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State”) and now reporting on efforts in West Virginia in this issue, one...
Jan 26 2004 // When asked about a recent report from the American Tort Reform Association that singled out West Virginia as the only statewide “judicial hellhole” in a related report, Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes...
Jan 13 2004 // The Jacobson Group assisted another insurance organization in its quest for talent by placing David Remmells, as Chief Financial Officer at West Virginia National Auto Insurance Company of Morgantown, W.Va. “We have...
Jan 12 2004 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) singled out West Virginia as the only statewide “judicial hellhole” in their recently released report, Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes 2003. The designation...
Dec 29 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from A- (Excellent) of Medical Assurance of West Virginia, Inc., (Charleston, WV) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medical Assurance Company Inc. (MAI),...
Dec 22 2003 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) singled out West Virginia as the only statewide “Judicial Hellhole” in their recently released report, “Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes™...
Dec 2 2003 // The National Foundation for Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation (National Foundation) published its annual report on workers’ compensation in the United States, and reportedly finds West Virginia as the...
Oct 14 2003 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane Cline, announced recently that along with the fall season comes an increase in the number of auto related accidents involving deer and other wildlife. This increase occurs during...
Aug 4 2003 // This year has been the busiest for enactment of state civil justice reform legislation since 1995, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). At mid-year, 20 states already have enacted laws; 19 laws were...