Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tall Trucks Threatening Historic Georgia Bridge
May 3 2018 // A historic covered bridge near Atlanta that was rebuilt after being burned down during the Civil War now faces a different foe: GPS systems. WABE-FM reports that five vehicles since December have rammed into the top of the...
Investigators Say Serial Arsonist Likely Behind Vacant House Fires in Georgia
May 2 2018 // Authorities believe a serial arsonist is targeting vacant homes in a Georgia city. Macon-Bibb Fire Department Capt. Michael Williamson tells The Telegraph that two vacant homes were destroyed by fires on Sunday. He says...
Georgia’s InsuranceHub Hires Woody to Lead Consumer Division
May 1 2018 // InsuranceHub has chosen Diane Woody, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in customer service management, to lead its sales and customer service teams for the consumer division. Assuming the role of...
The Reason You Only Need One Auto Policy
Apr 18 2018 // This weekend was really good one for one of my sons. He got the all-too-rare opportunity to go see his girlfriend (who lives almost 350 miles from us). They both work and go to school, so their time is super tight. Before...
Tour Bus in Georgia Overturns On Way To Masters Golf Tournament
Apr 9 2018 // A tour bus headed to the Masters golf tournament flipped over on a Georgia interstate on Thursday, injuring at least a dozen people and snarling traffic as scores of fans made the pilgrimage to one of golf’s premier...
Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Matthews Joins Alternative Service Concepts in Georgia
Apr 3 2018 // Alternative Service Concepts, a national third party claims administrator (TPA), has added Jim Matthews as a national account executive in its Norcross, Ga., office. As a national account executive, Matthews will assume a...
Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Georgia Close to Passing Distracted Driving Bill
Mar 27 2018 // Georgia is one step closer to joining 15 other states that have already made it illegal to hold a cellphone while driving. By a non-unanimous voice vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a bill by...
Worldwide Facilities Hires New Broker, Claims Manager to TUMI Division in Georgia
Mar 23 2018 // Trinity Underwriting Managers (TUMI), a division of Worldwide Facilities, has added Bill Acevedo as claims manager and Nick Blankenship as broker. The two will be based in its offices in Savannah, Ga. Acevedo, a former...
Storms Leave Trail of Damage Across Southeast
Mar 22 2018 // With violent weather plowing through the Southeast, the kitchen windows exploded at Richard Brasher’s home in eastern Alabama. Using couch cushions for protection, Brasher hid in the bathtub with his wife, daughter...
Keystone Names Palefsky Georgia State Vice President
Mar 21 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has named Sheldon Palefsky as Georgia state vice president. Mike Reddy, Keystone’s employee benefits division president and leader of field operations, said Palefsky joins Keystone’s...
Georgia Insurance Agent Faces 28 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Mar 5 2018 // A Georgia insurance agent from Pierce County has been arrested and charged with 28 counts of insurance fraud, according to a statement from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Dana Larson Bowen, 52, of...
More Than $8M Recovered for Georgia Insurance Consumers in 2017
Mar 1 2018 // More than $8 million was secured for thousands of individuals, families, and businesses who filed complaints against insurance companies in 2017 through help from the Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Office,...
Georgia Lawmakers Consider Sweeping Georgia Cybercrime Bill
Feb 28 2018 // Lying about your weight on an online dating site? Checking out who won the Falcons game from your work computer? Using your computer hacking knowledge as an “ethical hacker?” Those actions may become illegal if...
Arson Caused Georgia Fire That Destroyed 5 Homes, Damaged 14
Feb 23 2018 // Investigators ruled arson was to blame for a fire that started in a Georgia home and rapidly spread throughout a subdivision, destroying five houses and damaging at least 14 others before firefighters could extinguish all...
Government Servers in Savannah, Georgia Hit by Malware Attack
Feb 21 2018 // Officials in Savannah, Ga., are taking extra precautions to protect employees’ email accounts and government computer servers as Savannah City Hall recovers from a malware virus attack. Local officials said in a news...
Georgia Insurance Agent Faces 28 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Feb 16 2018 // A Georgia insurance agent from Pierce County has been arrested and charged with 28 counts of insurance fraud, according to a statement from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Dana Larson Bowen, 52, of...
Georgia Considering Commercial Truck-Only Highway
Feb 14 2018 // Georgia transportation officials are exploring the idea of a separate highway for trucks only. It would be the first highway of its kind in the United States, said John Hibbard, the Georgia Department of...
10 Years Later: The Aftermath of Georgia Imperial Sugar Explosion That Killed 14
Feb 12 2018 // Broken equipment inside a steel conveyor belt sparked the first explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth on a mild winter night 10 years ago. The initial blast rocked the building, jolting more dust into...
