Latest Georgia Headlines
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Democrats Seize on Koch Brothers, Republican Opposition to Flood Insurance
Apr 20 2014 // 17 Apr 2014 09:00 Democrats are exploring a new attack line against the Koch brothers and Republican allies, telling voters the billionaire energy executives want to let home flood insurance premiums soar to help corporate...
Former Georgia Agency Owner Charged With Insurance Fraud
Apr 10 2014 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced this week that a former insurance agent from Franklin County has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud. Officials said James Travis Williams was arrested and...
Georgia Firefighters Say Their Cars Are Robbed During Calls
Apr 8 2014 // Firefighters near Atlanta believe their personal cars are being targeted by thieves while they’re away fighting fires and responding to emergencies. Wayne Hines of the Fulton County Professional Firefighters’...
Georgia Beauty Salons Seek to Reduce Hazardous Chemical Exposure
Apr 2 2014 // Federal officials and Georgia beauty professionals have formed an alliance to reduce exposure to hazardous chemicals. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the...
Republicans Vying for Georgia’s Senate Debate Flood Insurance, Port Development
Mar 31 2014 // Republican candidates for Georgia’s open U.S. Senate seat debated Saturday whether Congress has pushed hard enough for deepening the Savannah harbor and whether the federal government should keep giving homeowners a...
Georgia Regulators Order Liquidation of Georgia Mutual
Mar 24 2014 // A Georgia superior court judge has given regulators approval to liquidate a former automobile insurer. Cynthia Write, judge of the superior court of Fulton County, signed-off on an order in February that will allow...
How Local Bank Failures Crippled Georgia Economy
Mar 19 2014 // Georgia homebuilder Blankenship Homes lost its source of loans for new construction after four local community banks failed since 2009. “The economy just shut down,” said owner Johnny Blankenship, 54, a builder...
Georgia Lawyer Dug Deep to Bring Case Against General Motors
Mar 18 2014 // Six days after General Motors Co. recalled almost 800,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s for a defect that could cause surprise engine shutdowns, lawyer Lance Cooper, a solo practitioner in Georgia, sent government...
Supreme Court Nixes Suit Against Officer Brought in Another State
Feb 28 2014 // The Supreme Court ruled this week that a Georgia police officer could not be sued in Nevada over the seizure of money from two travelers at an Atlanta airport. In a unanimous decision, the justices said a lawsuit against...
GEICO Appoints Assistant VP in Georgia
Feb 27 2014 // Chevy Chase, Md.-based auto insurance giant GEICO announced Lona Montgomery has been named assistant vice president of centralized services in the company’s Macon, Ga., regional office. Montgomery previously served...
Georgia Recovers $1M from Drivers, Insurers for Damage to State Property
Feb 27 2014 // State transportation officials say an initiative to recover money to pay for damage to state property in traffic accidents has netted the agency more than $1 million. GDOT officials say annual damages to state property —...
Georgia House Passes Insurance E-Commerce Bill
Feb 20 2014 // The Georgia House recently passed legislation allowing insurance companies to conduct all policyholder transactions over the internet instead of by mail as long as the consumer consents. The bill also allows policy...
Georgia’s Latest Winter Storm Brought $25M in Damage: Hudgens
Feb 20 2014 // The latest winter storm to pound Georgia with ice and snow caused an estimated $25 million in damage. State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said that’s the dollar amount of claims filed with property/casualty...
EPIC Adds Atkinson to Georgia Risk Management Team
Feb 6 2014 // Retail insurance agency EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center ) said it has added Don Atkinson to its risk management consulting practice in its Southeast region, The McCart Group, in Duluth, Georgia. Atkinson brings 29...
Georgia Estimates Snowstorm Claims at $10M
Feb 5 2014 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said Georgians have already filed more than an estimated $10 million in claims related to last week’s snow storm. Hudgens said in a statement that insured losses include...
Georgia Lawmakers Eye Regulations for Drones
Feb 5 2014 // Georgia would take the first steps to regulating the use of drones through legislation under consideration in the General Assembly. Rep. Harry Geisinger, R-Roswell, has sponsored a bill that would provide for the lawful...
Georgia Cold Spell Leads to $75M in Claims
Jan 16 2014 // State officials say Georgians filed claims for an estimated $75 million in insured losses after temperatures in the region dropped well below freezing. Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said in a statement that...
California’s EPIC Acquires Georgia’s McCart Group as Part of National Expansion
Jan 9 2014 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant based in San Francisco, said it has acquired The McCart Group of Duluth, Georgia. The McCart Group...
Georgia Agriculture Chief Urges Changes in Federal Food Safety Rules
Dec 27 2013 // New food safety rules proposed by the federal government could prove cumbersome and costly for Georgia farmers, the state’s agriculture commissioner said. Gary Black, a Republican, was among many who asked the U.S....
United Property & Casualty Approved to Write in Georgia
Dec 20 2013 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has approved United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPC) to write property/casualty insurance in the state as an admitted carrier. This brings the total number of states in the...
