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People – Southeast
Dec 1 2014 // Aubie W. Knight has officially assumed the position of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC), the group announced. Knight comes to IIANC with 21 years experience in the...
Family Settles Suit in Death of Georgia Worker on Allman Film
Nov 24 2014 // The family of a film worker who was killed in a train accident while shooting a movie near Savannah has reached a settlement with several defendants in a civil suit. A statement from the Harris Penn Lowry law firm last...
Georgia Lawmaker Files Medical Marijuana Bill
Nov 18 2014 // A top state lawmaker has filed an early bill that would allow for the limited use of medical cannabis in Georgia. Republican Rep. Allen Peake, who serves as part of the House leadership team, filed the legislation known as...
Collins Named Managing Partner at Willis of Georgia
Nov 13 2014 // Insurance broker Willis North America has appointed Paul Collins as managing partner with Willis Insurance Services of Georgia Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2015. Collins has more than 17 years of experience in the insurance...
Knight Takes Helm at North Carolina Big ‘I’ Association
Nov 13 2014 // Aubie W. Knight has officially assumed the position of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC), the group announced. Knight comes to IIANC with 21 years experience in the...
Georgia City Police Settles for $1M Over Stun Gun Death
Nov 9 2014 // Attorneys say an Atlanta-area city has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a man who died after police officers used stun guns on him. Chris Stewart, a lawyer for the family of Gregory Towns Jr., said the city of...
NCCI Proposes Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Georgia
Nov 7 2014 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost and assigned risk rate filing to the Georgia Department of Insurance. Based upon its review of the most...
AIG to Close Georgia Shared Service Center; Closure to Affect 420 Workers
Nov 7 2014 // American International Group Inc. said the company plans to close its Shared Service Center located in Alpharetta, Georgia next year. The move is expected to affect approximately 420 employees, AIG told Insurance...
Hudgens Re-Elected as Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner
Nov 5 2014 // Republican Ralph Hudgens has been elected to a second term as Georgia’s insurance and safety fire commissioner in Tuesday’s midterm election. “Serving as Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner has been a...
Allman Dropped from Georgia Lawsuit Over Movie Crew Train Crash
Nov 3 2014 // Gregg Allman has been dropped from a lawsuit by the family of a film worker killed by a train during shooting of a biographical movie about the Allman Brothers Band singer, attorneys said last week. Lawyers for the parents...
Georgia Estimates Insured Storm Damage at $6 Million
Oct 22 2014 // The Georgia Insurance Commissioner said consumers have reported multimillion dollar insured losses from a storm that included several tornadoes. Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said that reported damage from last week’s...
Georgia Regulators Recovered $4.7M for Consumers in First 9 Months of 2014
Oct 10 2014 // The Georgia Department of Insurance announced that consumers who filed complaints with the department during the first nine months of 2014 have received more than $4.7 million from insurance companies as a result of the...
Ex-U.S. Security Chief Ridge, Guy Carpenter, Lloyd’s Launch Cyber Policy
Oct 7 2014 // Reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. is launching a new cyber privacy and network protection product with Ridge Insurance Solutions Co., a new Lloyd’s managing agency led by Tom Ridge, former U.S. secretary...
North Carolina Big ‘I’ Names Georgia’s Knight As CEO
Sep 30 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) has named Aubie W. Knight as its new chief executive officer. Knight, currently CEO of a neighboring Big “I” association, the Independent Insurance...
Major League Baseball Balks at Foul Ball Safety Measures
Sep 12 2014 // From his perch in the Atlanta Braves infield on May 20, third baseman Chris Johnson heard what sounded to him like the crack of two bats in quick succession. The first was a line drive off the bat of Milwaukee Brewers...
Georgia Sees Fewer Boating Accidents But More Drownings
Sep 5 2014 // Tougher laws have led to a decline in boating accidents and incident-related fatalities in Georgia for a second straight year, but not all the numbers are promising. Boating under the influence citations are up, and...
Report Faults Georgia Child Care Centers on Disaster Readiness
Sep 4 2014 // Georgia is among 21 states failing to protect kids during natural disasters, particularly those who spend their days at child care centers throughout the state, according to a new report from a child aid organization...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds Georgia’s Moore Insurance Agency
Aug 27 2014 // Keystone Insurers Group has added Perry, Georgia-based Moore Insurance Agency as its 18th franchise partner in the state. The announcement was made by Moore Insurance Agency President Mike Moore and Keystone’s...
Audit Says Georgia’s Cobb County Owes FEMA $558,000
Aug 25 2014 // A federal audit says Cobb County in Georgia must repay about $558,000 it received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a severe storm in 2009. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the audit found the...
Georgia Peanut Plant Manager Cites Mold, Mildew During Salmonella Trial
Aug 13 2014 // A Georgia food processor linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak shipped thousands of pounds of peanut products after learning its products were contaminated and cheated on testing, a former plant manager testified this...
