Personal and commercial property insurers in the State of Georgia have until Oct. 30 to respond to a Data Call from the Georgia Insurance Department. The bulletin for the data call, issued in August, states the information is necessary in …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced that Bibb County, Georgia, resident William Emerson Scruggs, 54, pleaded guilty to 23 counts of insurance fraud. Bibb County Superior Court sentenced Scruggs to three years confinement to be served with a separate federal …
On August 24, investigators from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ Fraud division, with assistance from Bibb County Sherriff David Davis and his deputies, arrested six Macon, Ga., residents on charges of insurance fraud. Five more Bibb County residents have outstanding …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced that a Bibb County Grand Jury indicted Roswell chiropractor Victor L. Dees for 12 counts of insurance fraud based off an investigation conducted by the Department of Insurance’s Fraud division. Subsequent to the indictment, …
The Georgia Insurance Commissioner said consumers have reported multimillion dollar insured losses from a storm that included several tornadoes. Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said that reported damage from last week’s storm is estimated to be roughly $6 million. Hudgens said consumers …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said his department’s consumer services division helped Georgians receive more than $2 million in claims settlement disputes with insurance companies. Commissioner Hudgens said his department’s consumer services specialists have answered 4,046 complaints and helped consumers …
A former insurance agent who has been active in Democratic Party politics has won her party’s primary for the Georgia insurance commissioner post and will face off against the incumbent Republican in the November election. Another former insurance agent did …
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 Republican and a staunch opponent of the federal health care overhaul, …
Gov. Nathan Deal’s executive order seems simple: Employees in Georgia’s executive branch should not accept gifts worth more than $25, particularly from lobbyists and vendors. In reality, the policy is more complicated. Lobbyists have spent more than $25 on executive …
Georgia’s top insurance regulator and two senior staffers accepted $100-per-head meals and, in one case, a round of golf last month funded by the industry they oversee, according to recent financial disclosures. That spending is legal under Georgia law, though …
