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Oct 2 2017 // Former Florida State Senator John M. McKay has been appointed to the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors by Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, according to an announcement from the Florida...
Explosion at Georgia Chemical Plant Leaves 1 Dead
Sep 29 2017 // A man has died after an explosion at a chemical plant in Georgia. The Augusta Chronicle reports Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen identified Wednesday’s victim as 29-year-old Steven Gonsalves, of Beech Island. Bowen...
Georgia Insured Losses from Hurricane Irma Exceed $300M, And Growing
Sep 29 2017 // The Georgia Office of the Commissioner of Insurance estimates that insured losses in the state from Hurricane Irma have now exceeded $300 million, with more than 50,000 property related insurance claims...
Police Say Drunk Driver Caused Power Outages at Schools in Georgia County
Sep 27 2017 // Power was knocked out to two college campuses and a high school in DeKalb County when a mini-van flipped and hit a utility pole. WSB-TV reports that the Monday morning crash happened in front of Georgia Piedmont Technical...
Georgia Gov Pledges State Funds for Local Community Irma Cleanup
Sep 20 2017 // Describing Hurricane Irma as a “catastrophic event” after viewing its destruction from the air, Gov. Nathan Deal promised last week that the state will pay local governments’ share for cleaning up storm...
Georgia Insurance Head Directs Insurers to Exercise Leniency in Wake of Irma
Sep 18 2017 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner has issued a stern message to the insurance industry in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, saying in a directive to insurance companies on Thursday that they are to exercise leniency in...
Florida Begins Slow Recovery After Irma’s Hard Hit
Sep 13 2017 // In this Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, photo provided by DroneBase, people trudge through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Jacksonville, Fla. In a parting blow to the state, the storm caused record flooding in...
Irma’s Path Through the Southeast Causes Flooding; Kills 2 in Georgia, 2 in South Carolina
Sep 13 2017 // Joey Spalding walks back to his truck down the street where he lives, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, on Tybee Island, Ga. Spalding just finished repairing his house from nine inches of water after Hurricane Matthew passed the...
Florida Residents Return to Irma’s Battered Homes, Flooded Streets, Power Outages
Sep 11 2017 // Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes on Monday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of all state residents without power and city streets underwater from Orlando and...
Irma Update: Tropical Storm Exits Florida for Georgia After Flooding Cities, Cutting Utilities
Sep 10 2017 // Downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, Irma flooded several northern Florida cities with heavy rain and a high storm surge on Monday as it headed out of the state after cutting power to millions and ripping roofs...
Irma Update: Georgia Coast Evacuation Underway; Gas, Water Shortages in Miami
Sep 8 2017 // Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove toward Florida on Friday after lashing the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, killing 19 people and leaving a swathe of...
Fire Risk Rating Decreases for Georgia’s Peach County
Sep 6 2017 // Authorities say a Georgia county’s fire risk rating is dropping, which may mean lower insurance premiums for some. The Telegraph of Macon reports that a release from the Peach County Fire Department says the new...
Beck to Run for Georgia Insurance Commissioner Post
Sep 4 2017 // Jim Beck, a businessman, entrepreneur, and a former deputy insurance commissioner, has announced his candidacy for Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. Beck, a Republican, has more than 30 years of...
Barbour to Take Over as CEO of Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia
Aug 29 2017 // Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG) announced that John Barbour, currently vice president of Governmental Affairs, will serve as its new chief executive officer. Barbour will lead the association beginning Sept....
Georgia Insurance Agent Arrested for Misappropriating Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 25 2017 // An insurance agent in Floyd County, Ga., has been arrested on fraud charges related to the misappropriation of insurance premiums, according to the Georgia Department of Insurance. Marshall Irwin, 56, owner and operator of...
Georgia Truck Driver Gets 2 Years in Prison for Crash That Killed 5
Aug 25 2017 // A Georgia truck driver has been sentenced to prison in a 2015 highway collision that killed five people after the trucker fell asleep at the wheel. A State Court judge in Savannah sentenced 61-year-old David Jerald Gibbons...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Hudgens Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election In 2018
Aug 21 2017 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens will not seek re-election for a third term as Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, according to a statement from the Georgia Department of Insurance. In a...
Georgia Fines Company Behind Deadly Leak at Sperm Bank $302K
Aug 18 2017 // A deadly February 2017 industrial gas leak at a sperm bank in Augusta, Ga. was caused by the over-pressurization of a bulk storage tank, according to findings from an investigation by state inspectors released Thursday by...
Georgia State Senator, Agency VP Martin Elected Chairman of PIA Southern Alliance
Aug 16 2017 // Georgia District 9 State Senator and Vice President of Hood Insurance Agency in Lawrenceville, Ga., P.K. Martin was elected by members of the Professional Insurance Agents Southern Alliance to serve as chairman at their...
Georgia Offers Reward of $10K for Information on 2 Arson Cases
Aug 10 2017 // A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information regarding separate fires that damaged two vacant homes last week in Walker County, Georgia, according to a statement from Georgia’s Deputy Insurance and...
