Latest Georgia Headlines
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Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Appoints New Chief of Staff, Deputy Commissioners
Aug 3 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has appointed Michael Yaworsky as the new chief of staff for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), replacing former Chief of Staff Belinda Miller, who retired at...
Reward Offered by Musicians After Popular Georgia Music Venue Burglarized
Aug 2 2017 // Musicians are offering a reward for information about a burglary at a popular music venue in Georgia. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Athens-Clarke County police spokesman Sgt. Jim Schultz says the 40 Watt Club in...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire N-Surance Outlets of Georgia
Jul 25 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire N-Surance Outlets (NSO), a wholesale insurance brokerage and binding authority operation headquartered in Roswell, Ga. NSO will become...
A.M. Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Georgia Farm Bureau Group Members
Jul 24 2017 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” of Georgia Farm Bureau...
Report: Head-First Fall Onto Concrete Killed ‘Walking Dead’ Stuntman on Georgia Set
Jul 20 2017 // A stuntman fatally injured during production of “The Walking Dead” fell head-first onto concrete about 22 feet (7 meters) below after appearing to try to grab a railing to stop his fall, an assistant director...
CSX Ordered to Pay $3.9M in Georgia Train Death of Allman Film Crew Member
Jul 20 2017 // A railroad owner plans to appeal a jury’s decision that it must pay $3.9 million to the family of a movie worker killed on a Georgia railroad trestle in 2014, a spokesman for the company said. The jury in Savannah...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Hudgens to Step Down at End of Term In 2018
Jul 18 2017 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens will not seek re-election for a third term as Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, according to a statement from the Georgia Department of Insurance. In a...
5 Southeast States Hold Coordinated Safe Driving Campaign
Jul 18 2017 // Police in five Southeastern states are launching a weeklong program to reduce summertime wrecks and traffic deaths. “Operation Southern Shield” started Monday in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and...
Stuntman For TV’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Dies On Set in Georgia
Jul 17 2017 // A stuntman for “The Walking Dead” has died from injuries suffered in a fall on the Georgia set of the hit television show, the first on-set death in the U.S. in three years. Coweta County Coroner Richard Hawk...
Civil Trial to Decide CSX Role in Georgia Train Death of Allman Movie Crew Member
Jul 13 2017 // A movie director served jail time for trespassing onto a Georgia railroad bridge and putting his film crew in the path of a freight train that slammed into the group and killed a young camera assistant. Now the dead...
InsuranceHub Merges with CoverYou Insurance of Georgia
Jul 6 2017 // Gwinnett, Ga.-based InsuranceHub has merged with CoverYou Insurance, a tech-driven insurance agency located in nearby Lawrenceville. As a result of the merger, CoverYou’s five employees have moved to...
A.M. Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Georgia Farm Bureau Group Members
Jun 28 2017 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” of Georgia Farm Bureau...
Regulators Fine Georgia County $294K for Sewage Spills
Jun 27 2017 // DeKalb County in Georgia has been fined $294,000 for spilling sewage into public waterways and underreporting the number of spills to environmental regulators. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the fines were levied...
Nearly 80% of Georgia Peach Crop Wiped Out by Weather
Jun 20 2017 // Georgia’s peach crop is suffering much worse than expected after an overly warm winter and a hard freeze in early spring. Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the end of May...
Bynum Elected President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia
Jun 16 2017 // Thad Bynum of Bynum Insurance Agency, a Trusted Choice agency in Clayton, Ga., was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAGA), on June 10 during the association’s 120th annual...
8-Vehicle Collision in Georgia Kills 1 Person, Injures 17
Jun 15 2017 // An eight-vehicle crash in Georgia has killed one person and injured 17 others. Gwinnett County Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge says in a news release that a vehicle trapped beneath a tractor-trailer was on fire when crews...
Georgia Doctor Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Trucker Safety Exams
Jun 15 2017 // An Atlanta doctor has pleaded guilty to falsifying medical examination records for commercial truck drivers. Court records show 72-year-old Dr. Anthony Lefteris pleaded guilty last week to counts of falsifying documents...
Rains Nearly Extinguish Vast Georgia Wildfire Burning Since April
Jun 14 2017 // A wildfire that burned vast acreage and at one point threatened hundreds of homes near the Georgia-Florida state line has been nearly extinguished after steady rains soaked the Okefenokee Swamp over the past week. The team...
26 People Wanted in Georgia Over $155K Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
Jun 9 2017 // Arrest warrants were issued this week for 26 suspects in connection with an automobile insurance fraud ring centered in the Columbus, Georgia area, according to a statement from Insurance Commissioner Ralph...
Georgia High Court Rules Six Flags to Pay $35M to Man Beaten Near Park
Jun 7 2017 // The Georgia Supreme Court says a man who was severely beaten while leaving Six Flags Over Georgia a decade ago can collect $35 million in legal damages from the amusement park and his attackers. The ruling by...
