Latest Georgia Headlines
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Georgia Bill Requiring Boat Livery Insurance Waiting on Governor’s Signature
Apr 15 2024 // Boat operators, not properly insured boat rental places, will soon be held liable for injuries or damages caused by negligent operation of water craft if Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill into law. House Bill 994 was...
Georgia Regulator Bars Home Warranty Company for Failing to Secure Bond
Apr 12 2024 // A home warranty firm is now prohibited from doing business in Georgia after a cease-and-desist order was issued, the state insurance commissioner announced. Choice Home Warranty did not secure a $100,000 surety bond as...
Georgia’s Latest Effort on Plaintiff Demands Aims to Deter Bad-Faith Claims
Apr 3 2024 // Georgia lawmakers have approved two bills that could have a significant impact on windstorm and bad-faith claim losses for property insurers. First, the bad-faith reform legislation. Auto insurers have for years fought for...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve PTSD Disability Insurance Bill with Smaller Payout
Apr 1 2024 // The Georgia General Assembly has approved a less-expensive version of a bill that would provide a type of disability insurance for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The state Senate last week...
Baltimore Bridge Collapse to Cause Logistics Headaches, Not Supply Chain Crisis
Mar 29 2024 // The catastrophic bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore to ship traffic on Tuesday is causing some logistics headaches, but is unlikely to trigger a major new U.S. supply chain crisis as competing East Coast...
Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Computers of Georgia City Police and Medical Clinic
Mar 28 2024 // Robert Purbeck, also known as “Lifelock,” and “Studmaster,” who hacked into the computer servers of the police department of Newnan, Georgia and a medical clinic in Griffin, Georgia, has pleaded...
Three Weeks Before Trial, Former Georgia Commissioner Oxendine Pleads Guilty
Mar 25 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea...
New Georgia Regs Would End ‘Half Credits’ for Some Insurance License Courses
Mar 21 2024 // The Georgia insurance commissioner’s office will hold a hearing April 15 on proposed changes to continuing education regulations for insurance agents. The new rules would bring Georgia in line with industry best...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve End to Direct-Action Suits Against Trucking Insurers
Mar 19 2024 // A bill that would end direct-action lawsuits against trucking insurers is rolling toward the governor’s desk after it was approved by the full House of Representatives on Monday. Senate Bill 426, heralded as a way to...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background Part 1: Alabama through Georgia
Mar 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves...
Worker Caught in Conveyor Belt at Georgia Plant While Retrieving Earbuds
Mar 15 2024 // An investigation is underway after a worker at a golf cart manufacturer in Georgia was caught in a conveyor belt and fatally injured. Multiple news reports said a contract worker, Alyssa Drinkard, age 21, had dropped one...
Savannah Planning a Supersized 200th Anniversary of St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Mar 14 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — There was no green beer, no pickup trucks towing parade floats or throngs of tourists in gaudy green outfits. Instead, just a few dozen of Savannah’s early Irish immigrants marched a half-mile...
Oxendine’s Georgia Fraud Trial Must Finally Start April 15, Federal Judge Says
Mar 13 2024 // A former Georgia insurance commissioners’ efforts to dismiss insurance fraud and money laundering charges against him have run their course. John Oxendine must face trial starting April 15, a federal judge has...
Rivian Leaves Georgia’s Dreams of Becoming an EV Hub Uncertain
Mar 12 2024 // (Bloomberg) — Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has appointed himself the figurehead of Rivian Automotive Inc.’s massive $5 billion development outside of Atlanta. In 2023, the first day of March was dubbed...
People Moves: Lerant Joins South & Western; CompSource Mutual Insurance Company Names Ingram CEO; BenefitMall Appoints Long Retention Sales Manager for Georgia and Florida
Mar 6 2024 // Lerant Joins South & Western as Business Development Specialist Lou Lerant recently joined South & Western Insurance as a business development specialist. South & Western Insurance, based in Addison, Texas, is...
Georgia’s Largest County Still Repairing Damage from January Cyberattack
Mar 4 2024 // Georgia’s largest county is still repairing damage inflicted on its government a month ago by hackers who shut down office phone lines, left clerks unable to issue vehicle registrations or marriage licenses and...
Boat Rental Protection, Direct-Action Truck Bills Moving Forward in Georgia Assembly
Mar 1 2024 // Georgia legislation that could have a significant impact on insurance litigation and losses for transportation-related businesses are moving forward in the state General Assembly. The Georgia House of Representatives late...
Georgia House Approves Bill to Let Drivers Refuse to Sign Traffic Tickets
Feb 23 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are seeking to change state law to say that officers don’t have to arrest people who refuse to sign traffic tickets after a church deacon died in August after initially refusing to...
Nonprofits Ensnared in Georgia Push to Restrict Bail Funds
Feb 22 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — When she was behind bars in Georgia, Nia Thomas would use toothpaste to stick handwritten flyers to the wall and spread the word about community bail funds that could pay inmates’ bonds, no strings...
Georgia Sheriff’s Chief Aide Resigns After Indictment on Auto Insurance Fraud
Feb 22 2024 // The former chief of staff for an Atlanta-area sheriff has resigned after he was indicted on auto insurance fraud charges. Braxton Tyree Cotton, 42, top aide to Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens, claimed in 2023 that his...
