ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of firefighters. Atlanta Fire Rescue Chief Roderick Smith told a City Council committee of the …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine of South Carolina`s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly for election. All six of the …
Alliant Insurance Services, a distributor based in California, said it has named Scott Myers vice president of its employee benefits group. Myers is based in West Palm Beach. He has 15 years’ experience and has worked as a benefits consultant …
Brown & Brown Inc. (BRO on NYSE) this week reported third-quarter earnings of $175.9 million. The Daytona Beach, Florida-based brokerage said it had net income of 62 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 71 cents per …
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Incomplete homicide autopsy reports have continued to pile up in Mississippi – despite tough-on-crime talk by state leaders ahead of the Nov. 7 general election. Police officers and prosecutors rely on medical examiners` autopsy reports to …
The story of disbarred Florida plaintiffs’ attorney Scot Strems has been told, in bits and pieces, in this publication and others over the last six years. But the saga and Strems’ alleged actions and the havoc they caused in the …
Four Miami insurance agents have been charged with submitting false life insurance applications and collecting commissions from John Hancock Life Insurance Co., state officials said Monday. Alexander Faneites, Nicolas Giraldo Gutierrez, Yuriatsi Carrasco and Yanet Hernandez Suarez gained about $38,000 …
Matching requirements for roofs and interior furnishings have been a tough issue in the property insurance industry for years. Recent developments show how insurers and regulators in different Southeast states are managing the mandates. In Kentucky last week, the state …
The Alabama Supreme Court has handed down two decisions that could have an impact on uninsured motorist claim payouts and on how construction surety bonds and contracts are defended. In MSE Building Co. vs. Stewart/Perry Co., Buc-ee’s Ltd. and Philadelphia …
As expected, a federal judge has postponed Greg Lindberg’s second trial on bribery charges until sometime next spring. Lindberg was convicted in 2020 of attempting to bribe North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey in return for allowing lower reserve levels …
