Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia, North Carolina Move to Beef up Benefits for First Responders
Nov 30 2021 // Two Southern states have taken steps to provide improved benefits for first responders who suffer from mental conditions and from cancers that may be linked to workplace hazards. In North Carolina, lawmakers approved a...
Georgia High Court Leaves Truck Insurer on the Hook for Accident
Nov 24 2021 // If the owner of a trucking company drives one of his company’s trucks to a friend’s house for free repairs, is that considered a business use of the truck, or personal use? The Georgia Supreme Court effectively...
Warrants Issued for Woman After False Claims Filed in Georgia
Nov 23 2021 // Georgia authorities are searching for a Virginia woman wanted for insurance fraud after she allegedly filed false claims on personal property. Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said in a bulletin that warrants had...
Georgia Man Wanted for Submitting Fake Police Report on Insurance Claim
Nov 16 2021 // Georgia authorities are on the lookout for a man who they say submitted false insurance claims for $42,000 in personal property that was never stolen. Arrest warrants have been issued for Tyrone Bernard Briscoe, 35, of...
Insurers for High Crime Areas on Notice after Georgia Court Affirms $43M Verdict
Nov 12 2021 // A Georgia appeals court has upheld a $43 million premises liability verdict against the CVS Pharmacy chain, ruling that the company failed to take security measures to prevent the shooting of a patron in 2012. The case is...
Venbrook Acquires Georgia E&S MGA
Nov 10 2021 // Venbrook Group, an independent insurance distribution and services firm, has acquired Alpharetta Underwriters, a specialty managing general agent that offers excess and surplus coverage for the construction...
Kaiser Workers Set to Strike in Georgia This Week
Nov 3 2021 // Health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in Georgia have voted to strike over Kaiser’s changes in pay and benefits. The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1996 voted over the last week to authorize...
Orion180 Expands Home Insurtech Model Into Georgia, South Carolina
Nov 3 2021 // Orion 180, a homeowners’ insurtech company, has expanded into Georgia and will soon move into South Carolina, the company said this week. Orion, based in Melbourne, Florida, uses technology to allow homeowners to...
Purchase of Insurance Does Not Waive Sovereign Immunity, Georgia Court Finds
Oct 29 2021 // The city of Alpharetta, Georgia, did not waive its sovereign immunity when it obtained an insurance policy, an appeals court said Thursday, two years after a man drowned in a city pool. In Sharma vs. City of Alpharetta,...
Georgia to Hold Hearing on Insurance Rule Changes
Oct 28 2021 // The Georgia insurance commissioner is proposing a wide range of rule changes for insurance and fire safety. A hearing will be held Nov. 22, and written comments can be submitted by Nov. 15, the office said in a...
Georgia Court Says No Double Dip on Auto Policies After Accident
Oct 27 2021 // The injured party in an automobile collision cannot double-dip on insurance coverage simply because she calls the payment from the other driver’s policy “punitive damages,” a Georgia appeals court has...
Georgia Can’t Pursue Ethics Charges Against Former Insurance Commissioner Oxendine
Oct 25 2021 // A judge has thrown out ethics charges against former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, saying state officials waited too long to pursue action. Oxendine was accused of illegally using campaign funds from his...
Wright National Offers ‘Pinpoint’ Flood Insurance Policies in Georgia
Oct 21 2021 // Georgia homeowners now have another choice in flood insurance. Wright National Flood Insurance Services, underwritten by Zurich American, announced it has begun offering policies in the state. Using model-based rating...
Georgia to Pay $870,000 to Whistleblowers Fired by Beck
Oct 20 2021 // The state of Georgia has settled a whistleblower lawsuit brought by three Insurance Department employees who reportedly leaked information about disgraced former Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck. “I think the primary...
Georgia Regulators Can’t Track Overdue Elevator Inspections
Oct 20 2021 // Elevators across Georgia may be long overdue for safety inspections, but regulators have no way to know, thanks to a poorly set up computer database and a system that relies on self-policing. The revelations came to light...
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Sentenced to 7 Years
Oct 12 2021 // A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck to seven years in prison and ordered him to pay $2.6 million in restitution for diverting funds from a homeowners’ insurer of last...
Judge Says Evidence Destroyed in Georgia Poultry Plant Deaths
Oct 11 2021 // The Georgia judge overseeing lawsuits brought after workers were killed at a chicken processing plant is weighing sanctions against a freezer manufacturer after crucial evidence was thrown away. “It makes your client...
Number of Georgia Highway Chases Double Since 2019
Oct 4 2021 // The number of Georgia highway chases involving state law enforcement officers increased dramatically from 2019 to 2020, resulting in hundreds of injuries and a number of deaths. The Georgia Department of Public Safety said...
Final Chunk of Wrecked Cargo Ship Awaits Removal off Georgia Coast
Sep 29 2021 // The final chunk of a cargo ship that capsized two years ago along the Georgia coast is awaiting removal from the water. Salvage crews have worked since November to cut the South Korean freighter Golden Ray into eight giant...
Glynn County, Georgia Officials Propose Rules Allowing Buildings Closer to Sand Dunes
Sep 28 2021 // Leaders on one of Georgia’s most popular coastal islands are considering letting developers build closer to sand dunes. The Brunswick News reports that a planning commission that governs construction on St. Simons...
