Latest Georgia Headlines
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Higginbotham Adds Another with Acquisition of Holman in Georgia
Aug 11 2022 // Higginbotham, an independent insurance and human resources firm, has kept up its pace of steady growth with the recent acquisition of Georgia-based Holman and Co., a broker of commercial and personal lines property and...
Alera Group Acquires Georgia Agency
Aug 5 2022 // Alera Group, an independent P/C and benefits firm, has acquired Jowers-Sklar Insurance, a Georgia-based independent agency specializing in property and casualty insurance in the Southeast. The agency serves Floyd County,...
Former Students Sue Insurers over Alleged Abuse at Georgia Boarding School
Jul 25 2022 // Twenty men who said they were sexually abused at a prestigious boarding school in Georgia are now suing the school’s insurance companies for $345 million. The insurers argue that their policies did not cover the...
Driver of 18-wheeler Charged After Georgia Crash Kills Two
Jul 20 2022 // An Atlanta truck driver is charged with vehicular homicide after a northwest Georgia wreck left two adults dead and three children injured. Joseph Chislom, 47, remained jailed without bail Sunday in Catoosa County after...
People: Georgia Agents Elect Iverson President
Jul 18 2022 // The Independent Insurance Association of Georgia has installed longtime member Michael Iverson as president of the organization. Iverson is CEO of the M.D. Iverson Group, an insurance agency in Fairburn, Georgia. He has...
Georgia Insurance Office to Hold Hearing on Agency, Fire Safety Rule Changes
Jul 8 2022 // The Georgia Commissioner of Insurance will hold a hearing in August on a slew of proposed rule changes, affecting everything from fire safety at self-serve gas pumps and group homes to insurance agency license...
Georgia Construction Company Must Remain Defendant in Wetlands Suit, Court Finds
Jul 5 2022 // A federal court in Georgia has refused to dismiss a construction company from a lawsuit over wetlands violations, even though the company did not own the property at the time of the alleged dumping of dredge material. The...
New Alabama, Georgia Laws Taking Effect Today Indirectly Affect Insurance
Jul 1 2022 // Several Alabama and Georgia laws that could indirectly affect property, liability and workers’ compensation insurance take effect today, July 1. Alabama House Bill 108 requires the state Elevator Safety Review Board...
Georgia Doc Sentenced in Scheme That Implicated Former Insurance Commissioner
Jun 29 2022 // An Atlanta-area physician and owner of medical clinics has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for defrauding health insurance companies, a scheme that also has led to the indictment of former Georgia Insurance...
Three Teens Arrested in Fire That Burned 3 Historic Homes in Georgia
Jun 14 2022 // Police charged three boys with arson in fires that destroyed three historic homes in an Atlanta suburb over the weekend. Two 14-year-olds and one 15-year-old were arrested Wednesday at their homes in Clayton County,...
1971 Georgia Thiokol Plant Explosion That Killed 29 Now Largely Forgotten
Jun 14 2022 // A half-century ago, an explosion ripped through a Georgia factory that made flares for use by the Army in the Vietnam War, killing 29 workers and injuring 50 more. But today, few people remember the accident in Woodbine,...
OSHA Fines Georgia Pillow Maker $191,000 after Repeated Amputations
Jun 12 2022 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Georgia pillow manufacturer for repeat violations after four accidents that left workers with amputated fingers.. Place Vendome Holding Co., operating as...
Georgia Authorities Investigating Fires that Destroyed Three Historic Homes
Jun 8 2022 // Georgia arson investigators are helping in the probe of a suspicious fire that destroyed three historic homes over the weekend. Insurance Commissioner John King said that investigators examined the remains of the three...
Excluding Sex-Change Surgery from Policy Discriminates, Georgia Federal Court Finds
Jun 6 2022 // A Georgia county and sheriff’s office discriminated when it denied health insurance for a deputy seeking gender reassignment surgery, a federal court decided. U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell last week found that...
Hub Acquires Georgia-based Alexander & Co. Benefits Firm
Jun 6 2022 // Hub International, a global insurance brokerage firm, has acquired Georgia-based Alexander & Co., an employee benefits firm for school districts and local governments. Headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia, the...
Producer License Violation Fines in Georgia, California Adopts NAIC Producer Legislation, Utah DOI Changes Address
Jun 1 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
Seven Die on Georgia Waterways over Memorial Day Weekend
May 31 2022 // Searchers recovered the bodies of three missing boaters Sunday after two vessels collided on a Georgia river, bringing the crash’s death toll to five people. One of the surviving boaters was charged with boating...
King Cruises to Victory over Trump Pick in Georgia Insurance Commissioner Primary
May 26 2022 // Georgia’s incumbent insurance commissioner easily survived a Republican primary challenge from a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The Democratic candidate will be decided by a runoff. Commissioner...
Grand Jury Indicts Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Oxendine on Fraud Charges
May 23 2022 // A former Georgia insurance commissioner has been indicted on federal charges related to an alleged health care scheme. A federal grand jury last Tuesday indicted John Oxendine on charges of conspiracy to commit health care...
Georgia Ethics Agency Settles Case Against Former Insurance Commissioner
May 13 2022 // A long-running investigation into a former Georgia insurance commissioner has finally come to an end. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that former Commissioner John Oxendine agreed to turn over about $128,000 in...
