All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2020 // The Georgia Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that could lead the state to taking a hands-off approach to the regulation of electric scooters.Senate Bill 159 would define electric scooters in state law but do nothing else,...
Feb 7 2020 // A powerful winter storm raked across the Deep South early Thursday, with high winds and flooding causing damage that killed one person, injured several others and littered at least 10 states. Rescue crews repeatedly pulled...
Feb 5 2020 // Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of websites, marketing, comparative rating and management software and services, has acquired Agency Matrix, an insurance technology provider headquartered in...
Feb 4 2020 // The salvage team in charge of removing a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast nearly five months ago wants to surround it with a giant mesh screen to contain any loose debris as the vessel gets cut into pieces.A...
Jan 28 2020 // The Georgia Department of Insurance’s multiple enforcement divisions worked on behalf of insurance consumers to combat fraud, return insurance premiums, and approve insurance licenses in 2019, according to a...
Jan 21 2020 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Ironwood Insurance Services, LLC, an independent broker in the Southeast. Terms of the transaction were not...
Jan 13 2020 // A Texas-based salvage company will cut up and remove a 656-foot (200- meter) shipwreck from St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia.The Coast Guard’s Unified Command has hired T&T Salvage LLC of Galveston to...
Jan 3 2020 // Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has added Erik Ledna as an account manager in Georgia. Erik Ledna Before joining INSUREtrust, Ledna worked as an assistant underwriter in Large Casualty for Zurich where he was responsible for...
Jan 2 2020 // It was a relatively quiet year for the Southeast in terms of major catastrophes compared with 2018 when Hurricane’s Michael and Florence caused major damage in the region. This year, Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the...
Dec 30 2019 // Georgia State Police announced Friday that 14 people were killed in car crashes over the Christmas holiday spanning from Tuesday evening to Thursday night.Last year, the number of fatalities were the same, although last...
Dec 30 2019 // A new Georgia board has begun working to create rules and a distribution network for the sale of medical marijuana oil.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission held...
Dec 27 2019 // A company has agreed to pay the state of Georgia $4 million for environmental cleanup of a former chemical plant.The Brunswick News reports Honeywell International has filed the settlement with the state Department of...
Dec 23 2019 // A Georgia jury has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a stuntman killed during the production of a “Walking Dead” episode in 2017.The Daily Report reports the verdict Thursday comes after a weeklong trial...
Dec 17 2019 // Georgia’s governor has issued an emergency declaration because of capacity issues at Atlanta-area hospitals after a flooding incident at the state’s largest trauma center last week.Grady Memorial Hospital in...
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Dec 16 2019 // Crews have finished draining all of the fuel from an overturned cargo ship three months after it capsized off the coast of Georgia, the team overseeing salvage operations said Thursday.Divers and other workers removed more...
Dec 12 2019 // Ten former National Football League (NFL) players have been charged for their alleged roles in a nationwide fraud on a health care benefit program for retired NFL players, the Department of Justice said.The alleged fraud...
Dec 10 2019 // Two Georgia cemetery employees have been charged with stealing dozens of bronze memorial markers and selling them at a recycling center for about $300,000. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office responded to complaints...
Dec 9 2019 // More property owners in coastal Georgia’s largest county will be billed for fire protection after a change by a local fire department.Chatham Fire Department provides fire protection in unincorporated areas outside...
Dec 9 2019 // Firefighters battled hot spots at a south Georgia peanut warehouse on Thursday, more than a day after the blaze began.Coffee County Fire Chief Steve Carver told The Associated Press that firefighters arrived at the...