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May 21 2007 // Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coast Inmates from the Georgia Department of Corrections use Class A foam and rakes Tuesday, May 1, 2007 to extinguish the remains of a fire in Waycross, Ga. As part of a...
Hundreds of Florida Wildfire Evacuees Still Waiting to Go Home
May 16 2007 // Higher winds were expected to fan the flames of the large fire burning in southeast Georgia and Florida on Monday. The wildfire that raced through the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia and into Florida was started by...
Wildfires Burn More than 330,000 Acres in Georgia, Florida
May 14 2007 // Officials closed a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida state line to Lake City, Fla., as well as a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 10, from U.S. 90 to U.S. 129, as a gigantic wildfire approached them...
Spring Wildfires, Floods Wreak Havoc from Coast to Coast
May 11 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest. And...
Ga. Commissioner Charges Columbus Agent with Fraud
May 8 2007 // A Columbus, Ga., insurance agent has been charged with three counts of insurance fraud for allegedly keeping premiums paid to her for property and taxicab liability coverage instead of forwarding the payments to an...
Gov. Perdue Signs Bill Limiting Asbestos Lawsuits in Georgia
May 3 2007 // Only those who’ve become sick through exposure to asbestos would be able to sue companies that used the material, under a bill signed into law by Ga. Gov. Sonny Perdue. The new law would require a person filing a...
Gov. Perdue Declares State of Emergency in Southeast Georgia
May 3 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue today issued an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency in 21 counties in southeast Georgia. The affected counties face severe drought conditions, which have created an extreme and widespread...
Ga. Firefighters Struggle to Extinguish Spot Fires Near Wildifre
May 1 2007 // Several rural homes were evacuated in southeastern Georgia after spot fires ignited across a highway from a massive wildfire, and firefighters struggled to put them out before they could spread in the miles of tinder-dry...
Additional Federal Funds Approved For Southeast Georgia Wildfires
Apr 30 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue said additional federal funds were authorized to assist in fighting the “Kneeknocker Fire” that has flared up again in Georgia’s Brantley County, just outside the city limits of...
P/C Insurers to Pay $1.2 Billion in 1st Quarter Home, Business Catastrophe Claims
Apr 25 2007 // Severe tornadoes in several southern states helped push catastrophe losses to more than $1.2 billion during the first quarter of 2007, according to the industry’s Property Claim Services (PCS), a unit of Insurance...
Ga. Claims Firm Engle Martin Acquires Litigation Management Services
Apr 24 2007 // Engle Martin & Associates, Inc., an Atlanta-based multi-line insurance claims administration and adjusting company, has acquired the specialty fraternal and not-for-profit services of Litigation Management Services,...
Ga. Commissioner: Uninsured Motorist Bill Would Cost $400 Million
Apr 17 2007 // Georgia’s top insurance regulator is warning that auto insurance costs could go up $400 million if lawmakers pass a bill changing uninsured motorist insurance. The legislation, Senate Bill 276, has been working its...
Georgia House Panel OKs Uninsured Motorist Change Despite Warnings
Apr 16 2007 // The Georgia House Judiciary Committee gave the green light last week to a measure that would overhaul the way insurance companies pay for accidents involving underinsured drivers, despite warnings from Georgia’s top...
Ga. court cites ‘continuous employment’ in workers’ comp award
Apr 9 2007 // In approving workers’ compensation benefits for the family of deceased Florida resident Howard King, the Georgia Supreme Court cited a doctrine of “continuous employment” in its 4-3 decision, voiding two...
Ga. court cites ‘continuous employment’ in workers’ comp award
Apr 9 2007 // News Currents In approving workers’ compensation benefits for the family of deceased Florida resident Howard King, the Georgia Supreme Court cited a doctrine of “continuous employment” in its 4-3...
Georgia Towns Hit by Storms Receive Additional Federal Aid
Apr 2 2007 // President Bush has authorized additional relief for Georgia communities hit by tornadoes and severe storms earlier this month, saying the federal government would pick up the full tab for debris removal and other eligible...
Ga. Supreme Court Cites ‘Continuous Employment’ in Workers Comp Award
Apr 2 2007 // In a narrow margin to approve workers compensation benefits for the family of deceased Florida resident Howard King, the Georgia Supreme Court cited a doctrine of “continuous employment” in its 4-3 decision,...
Georgia Considers Scrapping Immunity for Emergency Doctors
Mar 20 2007 // Families like the Fretwells seem to be forgotten in the annual turf war between doctors and lawyers in Georgia’s Capitol over who should be protected from malpractice lawsuits. Like others, Rodney and Sherry Fretwell...
Ga. GOP Leaders Propose Temporary PeachCare Fix
Mar 14 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue and Republican legislative leaders have agreed to a temporary fix for PeachCare, allowing some 273,000 poor children in Georgia to continue receiving health insurance even as federal dollars dry...
Multistate natural disaster proposal garners mixed reaction
Mar 12 2007 // News Currents Insurance officials in Florida, where a spate of hurricanes have set the industry into turmoil, pitched the idea recently of multistate insurance pools for natural disasters to their colleagues from across...
