March 29, 2010
Desima James would seem to be the unluckiest man in America. In 2005 and 2006 alone, he suffered through three devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes, a tornado in Indiana and flooding in New Hampshire. Or so he told the Federal Emergency …
March 26, 2010
The Georgia Senate this week revived and approved a proposal that would force pickup truck drivers to wear their seat belts. The bill passed with a vote of 45-2. Bill sponsor Sen. Don Thomas, a physician and Republican from Dalton, …
March 24, 2010
He bills himself as Atlanta’s “only live insurance agent” — and he brings insurance to life on his Atlanta Insurance Live video blog and Web site at atlantainsurancelive.com. Insurance entrepreneur Chris Jordan has been profiled by Inc. magazine in a …
March 23, 2010
Many U.S. states are worried that the healthcare overhaul plan approved by the U.S. House of Representatives will usurp their sovereignty and impose more spending on their already stretched budgets. Republican attorneys general in at least 12 states announced on …
March 23, 2010
Chad Kerr has joined Fort Worth, Texas-based InsureZone/AgentSecure as vice president of Business Development. Kerr will manage multiple facets of business development including the agencies affiliated with the recent CMS acquisition, the top tier of existing AgentSecure agents, and book …
March 23, 2010
Jay Patel stands behind the counter at his Discount Liquors store here on Lake Weiss, waiting as a customer tries to decide just how much Jack Daniels he can afford. “Not that one,” the young man says as Patel reaches …
March 23, 2010
21st Century Holding Co. has agreed to acquire HomeWise Insurance Co. and HomeWise Management Co. from HomeWise Holdings Inc. The agreement also includes renewal rights to certain insurance policies from HomeWise Preferred Insurance Co. Terms of the proposed transaction were …
March 22, 2010
The Georgia Supreme Court has struck a cap on medical malpractice awards imposed in 2005 as part of a package of legislative tort reforms. The state’s high court said the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases violates the …
March 22, 2010
He bills himself as Atlanta’s “only live insurance agent” – and he brings insurance to life on his Atlanta Insurance Live video blog and Web site at atlantainsurancelive.com. Insurance entrepreneur Chris Jordan has been profiled by Inc. Magazine in a …
March 22, 2010
Kentucky Shock “Shame on you for the blatant, arrogant, self-effacing abuses. Equally shocking is for the board to allow executives involved in the oversight of such abuses to remain.” —Cold Spring Mayor Mark Stoeber in a letter to the Kentucky …