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Georgia Home Depot Customer Injured By Forklift Awarded $1.5 Million

A Georgia jury has awarded a Home Depot customer and his wife $1.5 million in a lawsuit stemming from a forklift accident at a store. The complaint by 58-year-old Larry Reece says a pallet of plywood fell on him from …

Georgia Warns Insurance Agents of Possible Identity Theft Scam

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said insurance agents in several states have been called by scammers posing as insurance regulators in order to collect personal data that would make I.D. theft possible. “While we haven’t had any cases of …

TAPCO Underwiters Now Offering E&S Services to Mississippi Agents

TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., a Burlington, North Carolina-based excess and surplus lines managing general agency, is now offering its services to retail insurance agents in Mississippi. TAPCO is known for its unique service model that allows for coverage to be bound …

State Senator Hudgens Joins Race to Be Georgia Insurance Commissioner

Republican State Senator and businessman Ralph Hudgens, who is Senate chairman of the Insurance and Labor Committee, is running to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner. Hudgens, of Hull, was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1996 where …

Swett & Crawford, CNA to Offer Equipment Breakdown Program

The Swett & Crawford Underwriting Practice Group, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., and CNA have collaborated in the development of a new nationwide program for equipment breakdown coverage open to more than 450 eligible classes. Written on a comprehensive form, the …

Veterans Denied Damages from Government Computer Breach

Two Vietnam veterans are not entitled to damages from a 2007 Department of Veterans Affairs computer security breach in Birmingham, Ala., a federal appeals court panel in Georgia has ruled. Jim Henry Perkins and Jessie Frank Qualls had to prove …

Best Raises ProAssurance Ratings

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of ProAssurance Group and its group rated members. Best also upgraded the ICR to “bbb” …

Florida Bans Municipalities From Charging First Responder Fees

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed into law legislation blocking local governments from billing motorists for emergency response services at the scene of an automobile accident. SB 2282, sponsored by Sen. Mike Bennett (R.-Bradenton) prohibits local governments from levying additional …

People

Burns & Wilcox reported that Kendra Corman has joined the company as its new marketing director. Corman is responsible for managing the company’s advertising and marketing initiatives, which includes overseeing new product launches and developing e-mail marketing strategies, agent incentive …