All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 8 2023 // A stuntman in “Black Panther” and “Avengers” movies was remembered by loved ones after he and three of his children were killed in a car crash last week in Georgia. Atlanta TV station WSB, the New...
Nov 7 2023 // Georgia law enforcement leaders are urging state lawmakers to grant injured officers their full salaries while they recover, a move that could significantly alter the nature of workers’ compensation insurance.News...
Nov 6 2023 // Police in South Fulton, Georgia, have charged the president and treasurer of a large condominium association with stealing more than $1.5 million in insurance payouts after two fires in 2020 destroyed a building.Multiple...
Nov 6 2023 // World Insurance Associates, Oakwood Insurance AgencyWorld Insurance Associates has acquired the business of Oakwood Insurance Agency LLC, also doing business as Insure Big Rig, of Califon, New Jersey. Oakwood has been...
Nov 3 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Oct 23 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A medical sterilization company has agreed to settle nearly 80 lawsuits alleging people were exposed to a cancer-causing chemical, ethylene oxide, emitted from its plant outside of Atlanta.Details of...
Oct 17 2023 // A federal judge has trimmed nine months off former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck’s prison sentence for embezzlement, not because of his good behavior in jail, but because he has no prior criminal...
Oct 12 2023 // ROOPVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A driver traveling the wrong way on a four-lane Georgia highway crashed into two other cars, killing all three drivers, state troopers said.The wreck happened Monday night on U.S. 27 near...
Oct 12 2023 // VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Walmart announced it will build a new $350 million milk processing plant in south Georgia, hiring nearly 400 people.Arkansas-based Walmart said the plant will provide milk to more than 750...
Oct 10 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. will pay $413 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the utility of reneging on financial promises to one of its nuclear reactor partners.The payments to Oglethorpe Power Corp.,...
Oct 5 2023 // Renaissance Alliance, a network of independent insurance agencies, has acquired another network – Agency Partners Inc. (API).With headquarters in Alma, Georgia, API has grown rapidly in the last four years to now include...
Oct 4 2023 // A Georgia woman has been charged with faking hospital reports to the tune of $1.5 million in an effort to defraud her insurance companies, authorities said. Denna Rochelle Conaway, 54, of Rome, Georgia, claimed that her...
Oct 3 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A political group linked to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says it is launching an ad campaign backing the Republican`s efforts to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments.The...
Oct 2 2023 // McConkey Insurance & Benefits, Gallen Insurance AgencyMcConkey Insurance & Benefits, an independent insurance agency based in York, Pennsylvania, has acquired Gallen Insurance Agency, located in Berks County....
Sep 21 2023 // The death of a 19-year-old Florida worker could have been prevented if a concrete pipe maker had ensured that employees followed proper safety procedures, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said.OSHA...
Sep 20 2023 // The death of a worker who suffocated in a Georgia grain silo could have been prevented had the employer not violated safety regulations, federal officials say.That finding results from the U.S. Occupational Safety and...
Sep 19 2023 // When the wording of insurance policies conflict with each other and can’t be reconciled, insurers must share defense expenses, a federal appeals court said in a case that stemmed from lawsuits against school...
Sep 18 2023 // The AM Best financial rating firm has slightly downgraded the credit rating outlook for two Farm Bureau companies after weather losses and a rise in reinsurance costs and inflation.The financial strength rating remained at...
Sep 18 2023 // One80 Intermediaries, GMI InsuranceOne80 Intermediaries, a specialty insurance broker headquartered in Boston, has acquired GMI Insurance, a Pennsylvania-based managing general agent specializing in commercial...
Sep 18 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, triggering just a few billion dollars in losses. But regulators have urged insurers to make...