Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Agent Thompson Wins Georgia State Senate Election
Dec 5 2013 // Northwest Georgia insurance agent Bruce Thompson has been elected to represent District 14 in the Georgia state Senate. Thompson won about 68 percent of votes in Tuesday’s general election runoff over Cartersville...
Old Republic Insurance Sues Georgia City Over Runway Construction
Dec 2 2013 // An insurance company is suing the City of Macon, claiming that a corporate jet crashed because the city improperly built the runway it landed on. The Telegraph of Macon reported that Old Republic Insurance Co. is suing the...
Georgia Jury Awards $6.7 Million in Malpractice Case
Nov 18 2013 // A jury in Columbus, Georgia has awarded $6.7 million in a 10-year legal battle involving an Alabama man who said his intestine was punctured during a hernia operation. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that the jury...
Officials Allege Georgia-Florida Football Game Bus Theft Ring
Nov 8 2013 // Investigators have arrested a man who they say was involved in an “elaborate theft ring” operating in northeast Florida and south Georgia. The Florida Times-Union reported that investigators tracked two stolen...
Georgia Regulator Blasts Rocky Health Care Rollout, Federal Website Glitches
Nov 6 2013 // Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens criticized the rocky rollout of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in a recent interview with a local TV news station. Commissioner Hudgens, a...
Georgia-Based AutoTown Insurance Acquires Fling Insurance Agency
Nov 5 2013 // AutoTown Insurance, an independent agency based in Norcross, Georgia, announced its acquisition of Fling Insurance Agency in Lagrange, Georgia. AutoTown said the acquisition highlights the firm’s expansion plans...
State Farm Building National Operations Center in Georgia
Nov 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. The facility will be built on a nearly four-acre site across from the Dunwoody MARTA station. City officials said the...
Study Suggests Topography Can Strengthen Tornadoes
Oct 25 2013 // The Georgia town of Trenton seems to fit the model. Two people died there about a block from each other. Ringgold, Ga., does, too. Death toll there: 8. In both cases, National Weather Service maps that tracked the April...
State Farm to Build Operations Center in Georgia
Oct 20 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. Dunwoody city officials announced the plans last Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the facility...
Georgia Auto Parts Plant Cited 18 Times by OSHA Since 2009: Report
Oct 9 2013 // Representatives of a car parts manufacturing company say they’ve remedied several issues and have increased training after receiving the most federal safety violations in Georgia. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
Georgia Considers Special Board for Medical Malpractice Claims
Oct 7 2013 // Georgia lawmakers are considering whether to overhaul the state’s medical malpractice system. A Senate panel heard testimony recently on Senate Bill 141, the Patient Injury Act, which would move medical malpractice...
Police Offer Plan for Guns in Georgia Schools
Oct 2 2013 // Under a plan being discussed by a northeast Georgia school district, Colt 6920 M4 carbine rifles would be stored in safes inside schools to defend students in a school shooting. The weapons — one for each school...
Georgia Studies Moving Malpractice Claims from Court to Review Panel
Sep 26 2013 // A panel of state lawmakers is studying a Senate bill that would overhaul Georgia’s medical malpractice system, with groups such as the Medical Association of Georgia and the State Bar of Georgia lining up against...
Georgia’s Kingston Brought His CPCU to House, Now Eyes Senate
Sep 23 2013 // Jack Kingston is U.S. Representative for the First Congressional District of Georgia, which encompasses 17 counties in Southeast Georgia including the entirety of the state’s coastline. He has represented the...
Georgia County Cuts Back on Accident Investigations
Sep 19 2013 // Georgia’s Richmond County Sheriff’s Department will no longer respond to most traffic accidents on private property, including parking lots, according to officials. Lt. Lewis Blanchard said the change is to...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Georgia’s Kingston Brought His CPCU to Congress
Sep 10 2013 // Jack Kingston is U.S. Representative for the First Congressional District of Georgia, which encompasses 17 counties in Southeast Georgia including the entirety of the state’s coastline. He has represented the...
Plan Would Place Rifles in Georgia Schools
Sep 5 2013 // A Georgia school system is considering the idea of storing rifles in safes inside school offices in case they’re needed to defend students in a school shooting. Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Merrianne Dyer...
Georgia Woman Hit by Tree Limb Awarded $12 Million for Injuries
Aug 27 2013 // A state court has awarded a woman $12 million from the City of Savannah for injuries she suffered when a tree limb fell on her. A Chatham County State Court jury said that the city should pay 31-year-old Shanta Greene for...
Most, Least Expensive States to Own a Car
Aug 21 2013 // Georgia is the most expensive state to operate a motor vehicle and Oregon is the cheapest, according to a Bankrate.com report that considers the costs of gasoline, insurance, repairs, taxes and fees. In Georgia, a typical...
Georgia Southern University Using Helmet Sensors to Detect Concussions
Aug 20 2013 // In one football practice, some players may take several hits, while others take a few big blows. For coaches and trainers, keeping track of it all can be difficult. “A lot of times when we’re on the field,...
