Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Many Georgia Day Cares Fail to Meet Safety Standards: Report
Jan 24 2012 // Almost 2,500 day care programs in Georgia have failed to meet the state’s standards for children’s health and safety at least once in the past four years, according to an analysis of internal records obtained...
Sutter Joins Georgia’s TBM Agency
Jan 19 2012 // Preston Sutter has joined Atlanta insurance agency Tanner, Ballew and Maloof Inc. as an account executive. He will be involved with developing and servicing new risk management and insurance clients for the firm. Sutter...
Georgia Man Sent to Prison for Killing Insurance Agent
Jan 11 2012 // A Savannah man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of killing an insurance agent during a robbery. The Savannah Morning News reported that 41-year-old Pedro Walker was given two consecutive life...
French Broker Gras Savoye Receives License to Operate in Georgia
Jan 10 2012 // France’s Gras Savoye, which is closely associated with Willis, announced that it has received a license to commence brokerage operations in Georgia (the country – not the state), as part of its initiative to expand...
Tornado Causes $1.8M Damage to Georgia Businesses
Jan 2 2012 // A week after a tornado struck northwest Georgia, an examination of damage has resulted in losses estimated at $1.82 million in the Rome area. Floyd County Emergency Management Agency Director Scotty Hancock said two-thirds...
New Georgia Law Requires Safety Features on Golf Carts
Dec 29 2011 // Golf cart owners in Georgia will soon have stricter requirements to follow if they plan to drive their carts on roadways. A new law taking effect Jan. 1 creates a separate classification of personal transportation vehicles...
Air Force Building in Georgia Clears the Air for Workplace Safety
Dec 22 2011 // A year ago, Building 169 at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia was the epicenter of the base’s troubles with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. An inspection of the building by OSHA investigators found...
Appalachian Underwriters Receives New Endorsement in Georgia
Nov 30 2011 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) will be the exclusively endorsed workers’ compensation provider for the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia. This organization includes 660 member agencies. AUI will utilize...
Judge Orders Georgia Tornado-Damaged Hotel Demolished
Nov 29 2011 // A city judge in the northwest Georgia town of Ringgold has ordered a tornado-ravaged hotel to be torn down. Judge Gene Lowery said in a hearing last week that the Baymont Inn & Suites is an eyesore and must be...
Georgia Jury Awards $9.85 Million in Child’s Drowning
Nov 23 2011 // A Gwinnett County jury has awarded $9.85 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by parents of a 2-year-old who died from drowning in a daycare facility in Buford. The child’s parents, Kemi Green and...
Georgia to Get Earthquake Monitors
Nov 22 2011 // Researchers in a nationwide study of earthquakes will soon place instruments beneath the Georgia red clay and in other eastern states as they seek to learn more about what causes them and where they might...
Georgia Factory Worker Sues After Being Fired for Refusal to Wear ‘666’
Nov 21 2011 // A Georgia factory worker claims in a federal lawsuit that he was fired after he refused to wear a `666′ sticker he feared would doom him to eternal damnation. Billy E. Hyatt claims he was fired from Pliant Corp., a...
Contractors, Agents Fight to Stay Afloat in Distressed Construction Market
Nov 21 2011 // Some Signs Point to Better Times Ahead, Experts Say The construction market is showing hints of improvement, if only slightly, according to insurance specialists for this market. The contractor class has been one of the...
Georgia to Phase-In Medical Loss Ratio
Nov 21 2011 // Health insurers in Georgia have been granted a waiver to a new federal requirement that they spend certain minimums on patient care and quality. Georgia is the eighth state to get such an exemption from what is known as...
Georgia Allowed to Phase-In Healthcare Law’s Medical Loss Ratio
Nov 9 2011 // Health insurers in Georgia have been granted a waiver to a new federal requirement that they spend certain minimums on patient care and quality. U.S. officials on Tuesday announced that Georgia is the eighth state to get...
Georgia Gator Case
Nov 7 2011 // A divided Georgia Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments in a case involving a woman found dead in a lagoon that was home to an eight-foot alligator in a subdivision near Savannah. Heirs of 83-year-old Gwyneth...
Business Moves
Nov 7 2011 // The Doctors Co., FPIC Insurance Medical liability insurer The Doctors Co. has completed its previously-announced acquisition of FPIC Insurance Group Inc., a major provider of health care liability insurance in Florida,...
Florida, Georgia Agree on Catastrophe Cooperation Plan
Nov 2 2011 // Florida and Georgia have renewed their partnership to provide services in the event a catastrophe compromises their ability to respond to a disaster. First drafted in 2009, the updated plan is designed to ensure a...
Georgia Court to Weigh Alligator Claim Against Homeowners Association
Oct 21 2011 // A divided Georgia Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments in a case involving a woman found dead in a lagoon that was home to an eight-foot alligator in a subdivision near Savannah. Heirs of 83-year-old Gwyneth...
Georgia Walkway Settlement
Oct 17 2011 // An attorney for workers who sued over the collapse of an elevated walkway under construction in the treetops at the Atlanta Botanical Garden said settlements totaling more than $15 million have been reached in the case. A...
