Latest Georgia Headlines
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Oakbridge Insurance Agency Partners with The Greer Agency of Georgia
May 10 2021 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency LLC, an independent insurance and risk management advisor, has formed a partnership with The Greer Agency, Inc of Georgia. Oakbridge and Greer closed the transaction on May 3, 2021, and terms of...
Positive Physicians Insurance Co. Expands Med Mal Coverage into Florida, Georgia
May 7 2021 // Positive Physicians Insurance Co. has been approved by the Florida and Georgia departments of insurance to offer medical malpractice insurance within their respective states. The company obtained admitted status in Florida...
GEICO Looks to Add 500 Employees in Georgia
May 5 2021 // Middle Georgia’s largest private employer says it’s trying to hire another 500 workers. GEICO, the Maryland-based insurance company owned by financial conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, says it’s trying to...
Crews Battle Large Warehouse Fire at Georgia Wood Pellet Plant
May 4 2021 // Firefighters in coastal Georgia are battling a large fire that ignited inside a warehouse filled with wood pellets. The blaze erupted Sunday night at the Port of Brunswick, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of...
Governor Lifts Most COVID Restrictions on Georgia Businesses
May 3 2021 // Georgia’s governor is removing many remaining requirements for social distancing and masked employees from businesses, saying that the state’s efforts to control COVID-19 have been successful even as its...
Democrat State Rep. Wilson to Run for Georgia Insurance Commissioner
Apr 30 2021 // A Democratic state House member announced on Wednesday that he’s running for Georgia insurance commissioner, aiming to defeat appointed Republican incumbent John King. Rep. Matthew Wilson of Brookhaven said he will...
Halfway Done, Georgia Shipwreck Demolition Still Months Away from Completion
Apr 29 2021 // Demolition of a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast reached the halfway mark Monday as a towering crane lifted the vessel’s engine room section away from the rest of the shipwreck for removal by...
Georgia Sheriff Accused of Civil Rights Violations in Federal Indictment
Apr 29 2021 // An Atlanta-area sheriff who’s no stranger to controversy is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency’s custody by ordering that they be unnecessarily strapped into a restraint chair...
GEICO Must Pay $2.7M After Failing to Accept $30K Offer: Georgia Supreme Court
Apr 27 2021 // GEICO Indemnity Co.’s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under a ruling last week by the Georgia Supreme Court. The high court’s 7-0 decision answered three...
Fiery Crash on Georgia Interstate Causes At Least 6 Deaths
Apr 26 2021 // At least six people died and several others were hurt in an interstate crash in Georgia that left a passenger van engulfed in flames and rolled on its side, police said. Passersby stopped to pull people from the burning...
Insurer for Georgia City to Pay $1.7M to Business Owner in Harassment Suit
Apr 20 2021 // A suburban Atlanta barbecue restaurant owner will get $1.7 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming he was harassed by government officials and employees. The city of Stockbridge’s insurer will pay the money to...
Floor Collapses During Huge Party Near University of Georgia
Apr 19 2021 // At least 25 people were hurt when a floor collapsed during a massive party at a two-story house near the University of Georgia. Athens Clarke-County police said the incident happened around 1 a.m. Friday in Athens. Police...
3 House Fires in Savannah, Georgia Linked to Arsons
Apr 19 2021 // Three houses that burned in Savannah earlier this month are believed to have been set on fire by burglars. Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said Thursday that investigators have ruled the fires to be arsons and...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner King to Seek Re-Election
Apr 14 2021 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King on Monday launched his 2022 election campaign. King is a Republican. He was the Doraville police chief and had no insurance experience when Gov. Brian Kemp named him commissioner in...
26 Georgia Troopers Fired in Cheating Scandal Reach Settlement
Apr 6 2021 // The Georgia Department of Public Safety has settled with 26 of the troopers it fired after they were accused of cheating on an exam. All but two of these former troopers were offered their jobs back as part of the...
Some Georgia Schools to Remain Closed for 2 Weeks After EF-4 Tornado
Apr 5 2021 // Some schools in a county hard-hit by recent storms will remain closed for a couple of weeks as cleanup continues, school officials said. The entire district remained closed, Coweta County Superintendent Evan Horton said...
Gas Leak Forces Evacuation in Georgia Amid Storm Cleanup
Mar 29 2021 // A gas leak forced officials Sunday to evacuate some residents in Newnan, a Georgia city cleaning up after a powerful tornado days earlier ripped roofs off numerous homes and buildings. Newnan city officials ordered...
Crews Remove 3rd Giant Piece of Shipwreck off Georgia Coast
Mar 23 2021 // Salvage crews cutting a wrecked cargo ship into giant chunks along the Georgia coast last week lifted away the third big section to be severed from the vessel since demolition began four months ago. The South Korean...
Southeast Storms Spawned EF2 Tornadoes in Alabama, Miss., EF1 in Georgia
Mar 22 2021 // At least 10 tornadoes struck Alabama and Mississippi this week during a severe weather outbreak that could have been worse if temperatures hadn’t remained relatively low, forecasters said. Teams from the National...
Georgia City Resident Sues Over Chemical Discharge in Water
Mar 17 2021 // A Georgia city, a textile manufacturer and others are being sued by a former Summerville, Georgia, city council member over a water crisis that forced Summerville to distribute bottled water for weeks and still could cost...
