Southeast News for October 2023
- Florida Senator Raising Eyebrows with Pitch for Investment in New Insurance Company
- People Moves: NFP Appoints McSherry to Lead Atlantic Region P&C
- Lighthouse Insurance Misled Hedge Funds Before it Collapsed in 2022, Lawsuit Claims
- Florida Appeals Court Ruling Puts New Scrutiny on Wind Experts’ Credibility
- Duke Energy Plans Green Hydrogen Project in Florida
- Tennessee DCI Holds Webinar on Changes in Licensing Exam Program
- South Carolina Seeing Record Number of Insurance Fraud Complaints
- Universal Ready to Add Florida Policies Again, Contemplates Potential Rate Cuts
- People Moves: FSLA Names DeMott New President, Adds Board Members
- TWFG Acquires Jeff Kincaid Agency in North Carolina
- Appeals Court Upholds $12M Verdict in Fatal Keys Crash; Insurer Facing Bad-Faith Claim
- Kentucky Approves 18th-straight Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
- FEMA Raises Federal Cost Share to 90% of Eligible Hurricane Ian Recovery in Florida
- People Moves: XPT Taps Jones as VP, to Head Orlando Office
- Atlanta Temporarily Closes 3 Fire Stations Amid Firefighter, Truck Shortage
- South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges
- People: Myers Named Benefits Group VP at Alliant
- Florida-based Brown & Brown Beats Expectations with Earnings, Dividends
- Delayed Autopsies Pile Up in Mississippi, Complicating Insurance, Legal Questions
- Six Years After They Began, Strems’ Massive Litigation Actions Detailed in Book
- 4 Miami Agents Charged With Getting Commissions on False Life Insurance Policies
- Kentucky Clarifies Matching Law While Florida Insurers Get Limits on Replacement
- Contributory Doesn’t Nix Subsequent Negligence, Alabama Court Says in UM Case
- Lindberg’s 2nd Bribery Trial Delayed Until Spring
- Med Sterilization Company Settles Georgia Exposure Lawsuits for $35 Million
- Hurricanes Now Twice as Likely to Spin Up From Minor to Whopper, Study Says
- Two Children Die in Middle Tennessee House Fire
- Florida Special Session Called to Punish Iran…and Help Floridians with Wind Mitigation
- Suspended Miami City Commissioner Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering Charges
- Horse Racing, Boat Manufacturer Announce Major Expansions in TN, KY
- Music Publishers File Suit in Tennessee Against AI Company Over Song Lyrics
- Ameris Bank Agrees to Invest $9M in Jacksonville, Settling DOJ Redlining Charges
- What’s Changed and What Hasn’t a Year After Mississippi Capital’s Water Crisis
- Autopsies Delayed as WV Pathologists Asked to Do Double the Industry Standard
- Recalled Dehumidifiers Rich Ground for Subrogation Actions, the Latest in NC
- Tennessee DCI Mediation Process Results in Record $13 Million to Insureds
- King Insurance Partners Acquires Nashville’s Thetford Brokerage
- Authorities Still Digging After Brazen Heist of $1.6M in Liquor From Florida Warehouse
- 17 Florida Sheriff’s Deputies Charged with Stealing $500,000 in Pandemic Relief Funds
- Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Sentenced Reduced, Due to Guidelines
- 1 Global Capital CEO Pleads to Using Investor $ for Cars, Artwork Insurance
- NFP Acquires Florida Broker
- Filing a Day Late Leaves Insurer Short Under Mississippi’s Statute of Limitations
- Florida Citrus Forecast Improves Over Last Year When Hurricanes Hit State
- Catastrophe Bond Market Defies Global Selloff With Record Returns
- Slide Assumes 86,000 Farmers Policies in Florida, Offers Appointments to Agents
- Mississippi Sheriff Claims Immunity to Federal Lawsuit Over Torture of Black Men
- Florida Supreme Court Declines to Rehear Med Mal Case that Changed Rule on Experts
- Possible Tornadoes Cause Damage in Parts of Florida
- Woman Charged After Three Stabbed at Atlanta Airport
- Higginbotham Teams up with Employee Benefits Firm in Atlanta
- Integris Expands out of New England, Acquires MedMal Direct in Florida
- Atlanta Police Chief Fires Officer Who Used Stun Gun on Man, Causing Death
- Wrong-way Driver Causes Fiery Wreck in Georgia, Killing 3
- Walmart to Build $350M Milk Plant in Georgia to Expand Control of Dairy Supply
- People Moves: Alliant Names Two to Leadership Roles in Southeast States
- When Florida Insurers Go Bust, it Means Changes in North Carolina Insurance Law
- How Alleged Florida Theft Ring Led to Pastor’s ‘Anointed Liquidator’ eBay Account
- King Insurance Picks up DMA Agency in North Carolina
- Florida Settles Lawsuit, Must Provide Denied COVID Data on Deaths, Vaccines
- Despite Reform Laws, Florida Premiums Won’t Drop, Karen Clark & Co. Says
- Less Red Ink in Florida, 2 New Insurers, and Citizens Wants Commercial Take-outs
- Police Didn’t Give Alabama Homeowner Time to Respond Before Firing, Lawyer Says
- Is Mar-a-Lago Worth $1 Billion? Valuations at the Core of Trump’s Fraud Trial
- Georgia Power to Pay $413M to Settle Lawsuit over Nuke Plant Cost Overruns
- Sarasota and Ocala Named Florida Housing Hot Spots — Ocala Due to Lower Insurance
- Lindberg’s Retrial, Set for Nov. 6, Could be Delayed Due to Co-Defendant’s Motion
- Atlanta to Pay $3.75M to Family of Man Who Died After Being Handcuffed and Held Down
- Are Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Getting Too Low? Roofers, Insurer Urge Freeze
- CRC Group Names Three to Leadership Roles
- Tennessee Comptroller Wants More-Frequent Property Appraisals
- Renaissance Alliance Buys Agency Network in Georgia
- Florida OIR Approves Another 153,000 Citizens Takeouts; Assumption Rate is Low
- Georgia Woman Charged with Forging Hospital Invoices in $1.5M Insurance Fraud
- Gallagher Buys Louisville-based Altman Insurance Services
- People Moves: One Call Makes Cutler Chief Strategy Officer
- Is Industry Prepared? Hail, Convective Storms, Population Now Driving Billions in Losses
- Alliant Names Griggs SVP of Americas Division, Based in Tennessee
- Bill Gates-Backed Florida Startup Aims to Turn Oil-Drilling Gas into Useful Methanol
- Video Shows Officers Surrounding Bloodied Man During Florida Traffic Stop
- Georgia Group Launches Ad Campaign Pushing Kemp’s Tort Reform
- Progressive Drops Some Agents, Non-Renews 100,000 HO and DP Policies in Florida
- FEMA Sets Up Free Legal Help for Florida Idalia Victims
- NSM Buys Student Insurance Provider Envisage, Based in Florida
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