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West Virginia issues stay at home order
On March 23, the West Virginia governor issued a stay at home order requiring non-essential businesses and operations to temporarily cease operations. Essential businesses and operations include financial and insurance institutions, including banks and banking services such as ATM services, currency exchanges, consumer lenders, credit unions, appraisers, title companies, financial markets, trading and futures exchanges, payday lenders, affiliates of financial institutions, professional debt collectors and related creditor service workers, workers engaged in payment clearing and settlement, wholesale funding, and capital markets activities, entities that issue bonds, related financial institutions, institutions selling financial products, insurance companies, underwriters, agents, brokers, and related insurance claims and agency services. Additionally, essential businesses and operations include those businesses that sell, manufacture, or supply other essential businesses and operations with the support of materials necessary to operate. The order becomes effective at 8:00 PM on March 24, 2020, and remains in effect until terminated by subsequent executive order.