All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 19 2024 // Personal E&S “I wish we could serve this customer base on an admitted basis to give them what they need and what they want to buy.”— Remarked Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg, referring to the...
Feb 16 2024 // Georgia law enforcement authorities were searching for a Lawrenceville woman who allegedly submitted fabricated medical records in an auto insurance claim in an effort to collect $15,000, the state insurance commissioner...
Feb 15 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are moving to limit the ability of people to sue insurance companies directly in lawsuits over trucking accidents.The Senate voted 46-2 on Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 426, sending it the...
Feb 13 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company’s plan to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge neared final approval Friday as Georgia regulators released draft permits for...
Feb 12 2024 // Prime Insurance Co. is not liable for $60 million in damages after two patients died following liposuction at a Georgia clinic, thanks in part to the clear wording of the insurance policy and timely action by the insurer,...
Feb 6 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday refused to dismiss a Georgia doctor’s lawsuit claiming that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, the latest setback in the German company’s efforts to fend off...
Feb 5 2024 // A report from the South Carolina Department of Insurance confirms what insurers and bars and restaurants have said for the past few years: Liquor liability coverage in the state is “extremely unprofitable” for...
Feb 1 2024 // Atlanta-based PointeNorth Insurance Group, one of the larger independent agencies in the Southeast, has continued its streak of acquisitions with the addition of Valdosta Insurance Services and Southern Insurance Advisors...
Feb 1 2024 // A cyberattack disrupted the court systems in Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump faces a criminal case for allegedly interfering with the 2020 election results.Officials earlier this week were...
Feb 1 2024 // After three years of starts and stops, a bill is moving through the Georgia legislature that would provide mental stress benefits for first responders – not through workers’ compensation but through a relatively...
Feb 1 2024 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Georgia plumbing contractor more than $184,000 for failing to take safety measures to prevent a fatal fall last summer.Robert Hall, a 34-year-old father of...
Jan 31 2024 // This year could be the year that Georgia joins most other states and repeals its direct-action law that has reportedly caused severe problems for trucking companies needing liability insurance.Several Georgia Republican...
Jan 30 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A once-prominent labor and employment attorney who fatally shot his wife in 2016 as they rode in an SUV pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years in prison as...
Jan 29 2024 // BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia.Opponents recently urged the Bainbridge City Council to block plans by a...
Jan 26 2024 // Property insurers in Georgia would be required to provide premium discounts for not only residential, but also for commercial structures that are built or retrofitted to resist wind damage, if a bill approved by a Senate...
Jan 23 2024 // Law enforcement officials on Monday were looking for a Georgia woman who allegedly gained almost $45,000 from fraudulent pet insurance claims, from 2019 through 2022.Amanda Lindley, 39, of Paulding County, northwest of...
Jan 18 2024 // Georgia was, by far, the state with the most frozen pipe and water damage claims, State Farm Insurance reported as much of the country faces the first deep freeze for winter 2024.The insurer said in an article on its...
Jan 11 2024 // Orion180 announced the expansion of its homeowners insurance products to the states of Georgia and Indiana.Underwriting through Orion180 Select Insurance Co., an admitted insurance company domiciled in Indiana, Orion180...
Jan 11 2024 // A report from the South Carolina Department of Insurance confirms what insurers and bars and restaurants have said for the past few years: Liquor liability coverage in the state is “extremely unprofitable” for...
Jan 5 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday it has chosen a general contractor to oversee a $189 million project to raise Savannah`s towering suspension bridge so that larger cargo...