Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia CPA Arrested for Falsifying Insurance Apps, Taking $11K in Benefits
Nov 16 2017 // A certified public accountant (CPA) in Georgia has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud by Special Fraud Investigators from the Georgia Department of Insurance (GADOI), according to a statement from Georgia...
Georgia College Expanding Commercial Truck Driver Training Program
Nov 16 2017 // A Georgia college is expanding its training program for commercial truck drivers as the U.S. faces a national trucker shortage. WALB-TV reports Albany Technical College plans to increase the number of seats in its...
9 Injured in 10-Car, Tractor-Trailer Crash in Georgia
Nov 15 2017 // Authorities say nine people were taken to a hospital after a tractor-trailer smashed into cars stopped at a red-light on a Georgia parkway. Gainesville police Cpl. Jessica Van told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the big...
Worried About Hackers, States Turn to Cyber Insurance
Nov 13 2017 // As the threat from hackers and cybercriminals intensifies, a growing number of states are buying cyber insurance to protect themselves — and taxpayers. “It’s expensive. It’s a big budget item for us....
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Nov 6 2017 // Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG) announced that John Barbour, formerly vice president of Governmental Affairs, was chosen to serve as new chief executive officer. Barbour began leading the association on...
Georgia Estimates $550M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Irma
Nov 6 2017 // Georgia’s estimated insured losses from Hurricane Irma have climbed to more than $550 million, with insurers reporting approximately 103,163 claims filed as of October, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner...
Worker Killed at Berkshire Hathaway Manufacturing Subsidiary in Georgia
Nov 3 2017 // Authorities in Georgia say a man is dead after being caught in a piece of machinery at a plant in north Georgia. Whitfield County Coroner Greg Bates told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 51-year-old Jesus Pimentel was...
Georgia Pharmacy Owners Ordered to Pay $5M for Illegal Pain Med Sales
Nov 2 2017 // A husband and wife who owned an Atlanta pharmacy accused of supplying drugs to pill mill patients have been ordered to pay $5 million to state agencies that offer substance abuse treatment and victim assistance. Rosemary...
PointeNorth Insurance Group Acquires Georgia Agencies Benton & Parker, Cord & Wilburn
Oct 31 2017 // PointeNorth Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency in the Southeast with local ownership, has acquired Benton & Parker Insurance Services, a commercial truck insurer headquartered in Georgia. The company also...
Experts: Georgia Getting Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis
Oct 27 2017 // The nation’s deepening opioid epidemic is hitting Georgia harder than most states, experts say. That’s one of the messages that came out of a recent conference at the University of Georgia. Some of the highest...
Georgia Reports $4.7M Recovered for Insurance Consumers So Far in 2017
Oct 24 2017 // The Georgia Department of Insurance’s Consumer Services Division answered more than 8,778 complaints and helped consumers receive $4,828,385 million in claims settlements through the first three quarters of 2017,...
Judge Orders Georgia Vidalia Onion Farmer to Pay $1.4M in Overtime Suit
Oct 23 2017 // One of the largest producers of Georgia’s famous Vidalia onions must pay $1.4 million in damages and unpaid overtime owed to hundreds of workers, a federal judge ruled. A U.S. District Court judge found that Bland...
Georgia Estimates $550M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Irma
Oct 18 2017 // Georgia’s estimated insured losses from Hurricane Irma have climbed to more than $550 million, with insurers reporting approximately 103,163 claims filed so far, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph...
INSUREtrust of Georgia Promotes Tschetter to Professional Lines Broker
Oct 16 2017 // INSUREtrust has promoted Will Tschetter to Professional Lines broker. In his new role, Tschetter will specifically focus on new broker production, and will be brokering cyber insurance, technology errors and omissions...
New Flood Maps Coming to Georgia Coast, but Flood Risk Remains
Oct 10 2017 // Experts say a new federal flood map of Glynn County along Georgia’s coast may lower insurance premiums next year – but not the risk of flooding. The updated Flood Insurance Rate Map, drawn by the Federal...
Freight Train Derails in Georgia, Crashes Into Home
Oct 9 2017 // Authorities say a freight train derailed and crashed into a home in Atlanta, knocking it askew and injuring a man. Atlanta Fire Rescue officials said in a brief statement that “multiple cars” had derailed about...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of Capitol Special Risks of Georgia
Oct 6 2017 // Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a holding company for specialty brokerage, contract binding, and insurance underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Capitol Special Risks, Inc. (CSR). Terms of the acquisition...
Georgia Insurance Agent Arrested For Pocketing $2K in Client Premiums
Oct 5 2017 // A Georgia insurance agent has been arrested on seven counts of insurance fraud and three counts of forgery in the first-degree for taking insurance premiums from her clients and issuing them fraudulent payment receipts,...
INSUREtrust of Georgia Promotes Durdaller to Executive Vice President
Oct 5 2017 // INSUREtrust has announced the promotion of Christiaan Durdaller to executive vice president. In his new role, Durdaller will develop and grow INSUREtrust’s strategic partnerships in select cities across the...
Officials: Irma Dealt Devastating Blow to Georgia’s Jekyll Island
Oct 2 2017 // Though many of Georgia’s coastal communities took a harder hit during Hurricane Matthew last year, officials assessing the damage of Tropical Storm Irma say it carved a devastating path across Jekyll Island. The...
