Latest Georgia Headlines
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People: Georgia-Based Oakbridge Names Kiser Senior VP
May 5 2022 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency in Atlanta has named Scott Kiser as senior vice president ant private client group practice leader. Kiser Kiser, with 28 years in the property-casualty insurance business, was previously head of...
Black Neighborhood Lost $5M When Homes Taken by Georgia Authorities in 1960s
May 3 2022 // Residents of a Black neighborhood in north Georgia lost more than $5 million on their properties when their homes were destroyed and replaced with university dorms and parking lots more than 50 years ago, according to an...
Georgia Insurance Owner Sentenced for Bankruptcy Violations
Apr 15 2022 // A Georgia insurance company owner has been sentenced to eight months in prison after prosecutors said he lied in bankruptcy court and on his federal tax returns. Jacques Andres Frym, 53, who owned businesses in the...
Georgia Authorities Looking for Insurance Agent after $32,000 Goes Missing
Apr 12 2022 // Georgia authorities were searching for a South Georgia insurance agent who allegedly absconded with thousands of dollars in premium payments but never provided insurance policies. Georgia’s insurance...
Storms Kill One in Georgia, Cause Damage Across South
Apr 7 2022 // Violent storms killed three people in the South Tuesday, including one in Georgia, as another swarm of tornadoes and hailstorms tore across the region. A woman died Tuesday evening in Pembroke, Georgia, where a suspected...
Georgia Lawmakers Adopt NAIC Rules on Group Capital, Stress Tests
Apr 7 2022 // The Georgia General Assembly this week passed a bill that adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ recommendations for insurance holding companies, including calculations for group capital and a...
Georgia Jury Grants $2M to Daughter of Street Sweeper Driver Crushed by Machine
Apr 5 2022 // Four years after the operator of a street sweeper was crushed by the machine, a Georgia jury has awarded the man’s family $2.2 million in damages from the manufacturer. The jury in Gwinnett County awarded a total of...
Alabama, Georgia Lawmakers Make Uber, Grubhub Drivers Independent Contractors
Apr 5 2022 // Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees...
Georgia Tree Company Supervisor Pleads Guilty in Murder of Whistleblowing Worker
Mar 30 2022 // A man who helped supply undocumented and uninsured immigrant labor to a tree removal company in Georgia has pleaded guilty to aiding in the 2017 murder of a worker who tried to blow the whistle on the practices. Federal...
Georgia Commissioner Directs Insurers to Pay Full Amount of Taxes on Totaled Vehicles
Mar 29 2022 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner has issued a directive to auto insurers to include the full amount of sales tax when settling a total-loss vehicle claim. “When calculating taxes to be paid to an insured on a...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Urges Insurers to Divest Their Russian Assets
Mar 18 2022 // King The Georgia insurance commissioner has joined his California counterpart in calling on insurers to divest their Russian business interests in the midst of the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine. “The fact that...
Georgia Bill Granting Comp Benefits for Mental Stress for Responders Dies
Mar 17 2022 // A plan to make mental stress a compensable condition for Georgia’s first responders never made it out of committee in the Georgia General Assembly. House Bill 855, sponsored by Rep. Gregg Kennard and others, would...
Georgia Court: Despite Policy Payout, Settlement Offer Not Enforceable
Mar 16 2022 // A payment of the policy limits is not always enough to settle a vehicle accident. The insurer must also agree to all other requirements in a settlement offer for an agreement to be enforceable, the Georgia Court of Appeals...
Georgia High Court Finds Retailers May be Liable for Securing Loads on Vehicles
Mar 14 2022 // Georgia shoppers who are unable to load bulky purchases onto their vehicles by themselves might find store employees less willing to help — or at least being more vigilant if they do lend a hand. The Georgia Supreme...
In Rift with Kemp, Trump Picks Own Man for Georgia Insurance Post
Mar 14 2022 // Former President Donald Trump’s reported grudge against Georgia’s Republican governor has reached downballot, with Trump endorsing a candidate for insurance commissioner who only entered the race last week. The...
Georgia Bill Would Require Full Replacement for Some Types of Roofs
Mar 9 2022 // Georgia homeowners and roofers are urging lawmakers to take up a bill that would require insurers to provide full replacement of some types of roofs even when only a few shingles are damaged. Supporters of House Bill 1310...
Openly Moves into Georgia with 15-Second Homeowners Quote Platform
Mar 2 2022 // Openly, a data-focused homeowners insurer based in Boston, announced that it has expanded into Georgia. The Deep South state is the 17th for the rapidly growing company, which was launched in 2017 and says its platform can...
Georgia Insurance Commish Candidates Want Different Solutions to Elevator Inspections
Feb 23 2022 // Candidates for the office of Georgia insurance commissioner have offered differing solutions to faulty elevators and inspections, six months after an 18-year-old football player was killed when he was pinned in an elevator...
Declarations
Feb 21 2022 // Space Junk “We’ve been concerned with having these large numbers of satellites that interfere with astronomical observations … I think we need a little more experience with the several thousand operating...
Jersey DOL Cites 5 Southeast Contractors for Misclassifying Workers
Feb 17 2022 // Contractors based in Florida, North Carolina and Georgia have been ordered to stop work in New Jersey and now face penalties for allegedly misclassifying workers. The New Jersey Department of Labor said it had issued the...
