All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 21 2018 // Georgia’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have criminalized unauthorized computer access after receiving blowback from the state’s booming cybersecurity industry.The bill, vetoed by Republican Gov. Nathan...
May 17 2018 // A Georgia beekeeper says thieves stole dozens of hives, taking off with up to $20,000 worth of equipment.Don Kuchenmeister tells WSB-TV the hives disappeared Sunday morning. With more than five decades of experience in...
May 16 2018 // Georgia has become the latest state to ban the use of handheld devices while behind the wheel.Gov. Nathan Deal signed H.B. 673 into law on May 2, making Georgia the 16th state to ban using a cellphone, including texting,...
May 15 2018 // Two theme park employees were hurt when a fire broke out in a train engine at Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday. The park said in a statement that no guests were on the train, and the flames were quickly contained. WSB-TV...
May 10 2018 // Georgia’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have criminalized unauthorized computer access after receiving blowback from the state’s booming cybersecurity industry.The bill, vetoed by Republican Gov. Nathan...
May 8 2018 // INSUREtrust has added Brady Kinkade as a Professional Lines account manager on the production team of Executive Vice President Christiaan Durdaller.Kinkade’s experience in the insurance industry comes from his tenure...
May 4 2018 // Tech giants Google and Microsoft have joined a chorus or cybersecurity experts urging Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to veto a bill that makes unauthorized computer access a crime punishable by up to a year in prison.The...
May 4 2018 // A Georgia school system has decided to allow its employees to carry guns.The Laurens County school board has approved a policy allowing select staff to carry guns on school property, in vehicles and at school functions,...
May 3 2018 // A historic covered bridge near Atlanta that was rebuilt after being burned down during the Civil War now faces a different foe: GPS systems.WABE-FM reports that five vehicles since December have rammed into the top of the...
May 2 2018 // Authorities believe a serial arsonist is targeting vacant homes in a Georgia city. Macon-Bibb Fire Department Capt. Michael Williamson tells The Telegraph that two vacant homes were destroyed by fires on Sunday. He says...
May 1 2018 // InsuranceHub has chosen Diane Woody, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in customer service management, to lead its sales and customer service teams for the consumer division. Assuming the role of...
Apr 18 2018 // This weekend was really good one for one of my sons. He got the all-too-rare opportunity to go see his girlfriend (who lives almost 350 miles from us). They both work and go to school, so their time is super tight. Before...
Apr 9 2018 // A tour bus headed to the Masters golf tournament flipped over on a Georgia interstate on Thursday, injuring at least a dozen people and snarling traffic as scores of fans made the pilgrimage to one of golf’s premier...
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Apr 3 2018 // Alternative Service Concepts, a national third party claims administrator (TPA), has added Jim Matthews as a national account executive in its Norcross, Ga., office. As a national account executive, Matthews will assume a...
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Mar 27 2018 // Georgia is one step closer to joining 15 other states that have already made it illegal to hold a cellphone while driving.By a non-unanimous voice vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a bill by...
Mar 23 2018 // Trinity Underwriting Managers (TUMI), a division of Worldwide Facilities, has added Bill Acevedo as claims manager and Nick Blankenship as broker. The two will be based in its offices in Savannah, Ga.Acevedo, a former...
Mar 22 2018 // With violent weather plowing through the Southeast, the kitchen windows exploded at Richard Brasher’s home in eastern Alabama.Using couch cushions for protection, Brasher hid in the bathtub with his wife, daughter...
Mar 21 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has named Sheldon Palefsky as Georgia state vice president. Mike Reddy, Keystone’s employee benefits division president and leader of field operations, said Palefsky joins Keystone’s...