Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Man Charged with Depriving Liberty Mutual of $9M in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Jan 2 2024 // Georgia authorities last week announced the arrest of a contractor charged with underreporting payroll and defrauding Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. of more than $9 million in premiums. Jose Martinez, 56, of Grayson, was...
Top Southeast Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
Dec 29 2023 // Outside of the turbulent state of Florida, the Southeastern U.S. saw its share of insurance issues, from carriers pulling out of Georgia to roof-matching requirements in Kentucky to liquor liability problems in South...
Answering the 3 Big Questions About Citizenship Affidavits in Insurance Licensing
Dec 27 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. An insurance license can be the doorway to a rewarding and lucrative career. You might even say insurance is a field ripe for the making of the American Dream. So, how...
Oakbridge Acquires Akin Insurance Agency in Georgia
Dec 26 2023 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency, calling itself one of the largest independent agencies with partnerships around the country, has acquired another Georgia company. Shan Akin Akin Insurance Agency, with offices in Vienna and...
Georgia Lawnmower Man Wanted on Charges of Filing False Claim on ‘Stolen’ Mower
Dec 26 2023 // Georgia authorities were searching for an Atlanta-area landscaper who has been charged with falsely claiming that one of his commercial-grade lawnmowers had been stolen, then collecting $19,000 from his insurance...
Safety Board: Chemical Leak That Killed 6 Georgia Poultry Workers Was Preventable
Dec 18 2023 // A chemical leak that killed six workers at a Georgia poultry plant in 2021 resulted from a poorly designed freezer that spilled deadly liquid nitrogen as well as a failure by the plant`s owner to install safety equipment...
Oakbridge Expands with M D Iverson Group in Georgia
Dec 15 2023 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency has continued its expansion plans with the acquisition of M D Iverson Group, an Atlanta-area agency and brokerage that focuses on commercial products and high-net-worth individuals. M D Iverson...
Former Georgia Insurance Agent Wanted on Charges of Pocketing Premium Payment
Dec 13 2023 // A former Georgia insurance agent was missing Wednesday after he was charged with diverting a premium payment to his own bank account. Michael Durrell Preston Jr., 42, of Woodstock and Canton, was charged with insurance...
Judge Gives Early Nod to GEICO’s $5M Settlement in Georgia Class Action
Dec 8 2023 // GEICO Indemnity Co. has agreed and a federal court in Georgia has given approval to a preliminary settlement of $5.1 million in a class-action lawsuit in which plaintiffs said the insurer had shorted them on ad valorem...
Historic Theater Fighting Plans for New Courthouse in Georgia’s 2nd-Largest City
Nov 27 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A historic theater is fighting a plan for Georgia`s second- largest city to build a new courthouse, saying the new tower could harm the theater`s building and programming. The Springer Opera...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 20 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Georgia Fires Kill 3, Destroy Historic Home in Stone Mountain Park
Nov 17 2023 // A house fire in northeast Georgia that killed three people last week was found to be accidental in nature, linked to a clothes dryer that was running overnight. And a blaze that burned a 180-year-old, historic home in...
Higginbotham Expands Collegiate Athletics Investment With LEARFIELD, Adds 10 Southern Universities to Portfolio
Nov 9 2023 // Higginbotham announced the expansion of its multi-year investment in collegiate athletics to include ten universities in the southern region of the United States through its continued sponsorship agreement with LEARFIELD,...
‘Black Panther’ Stuntman Mourned After Georgia Crash that Killed Him and Children
Nov 8 2023 // A stuntman in “Black Panther” and “Avengers” movies was remembered by loved ones after he and three of his children were killed in a car crash last week in Georgia. Atlanta TV station WSB, the New...
Georgia Law Officers Call for Full Salary Benefits Under Workers’ Comp
Nov 7 2023 // Georgia law enforcement leaders are urging state lawmakers to grant injured officers their full salaries while they recover, a move that could significantly alter the nature of workers’ compensation insurance. News...
Georgia Condo Association Leaders Charged with Taking Insurance Proceeds After Fire
Nov 6 2023 // Police in South Fulton, Georgia, have charged the president and treasurer of a large condominium association with stealing more than $1.5 million in insurance payouts after two fires in 2020 destroyed a building. Multiple...
Business Moves
Nov 6 2023 // East World Insurance Associates, Oakwood Insurance Agency World Insurance Associates has acquired the business of Oakwood Insurance Agency LLC, also doing business as Insure Big Rig, of Califon, New Jersey. Oakwood has...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Georgia Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 3 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Med Sterilization Company Settles Georgia Exposure Lawsuits for $35 Million
Oct 23 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A medical sterilization company has agreed to settle nearly 80 lawsuits alleging people were exposed to a cancer-causing chemical, ethylene oxide, emitted from its plant outside of Atlanta. Details of...
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Sentenced Reduced, Due to Guidelines
Oct 17 2023 // A federal judge has trimmed nine months off former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck’s prison sentence for embezzlement, not because of his good behavior in jail, but because he has no prior criminal...
