All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 2013 // Transportation specialist Trinity Underwriting Managers Inc. (TUMI), based in Pooler, Georgia, has named Stephen Standing as senior vice president.Standing started his professional life in 1996 as an underwriter for...
Jan 14 2013 // P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho...
Jan 14 2013 // Markel, AlterraSpecialty insurer Markel Corp. agreed to acquire Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. for $3.1 billion in cash and stock to increase its diversification and expand into reinsurance. The transaction is expected to...
Jan 8 2013 // Skelton-Morris Associates, a Hartwell, Ga.-based insurance agency, is the eleventh Keystone Insurers Group partner in Georgia. Skelton-Morris Associates has offices in Toccoa, Ga., Lavonia, Ga., and Anderson, S.C. The...
Dec 31 2012 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has signed an order allowing insurance companies to begin selling individual policies for children next year. Hudgens says people who are uninsured or whose employers do not...
Dec 20 2012 // Keystone Insurers Group announced the addition of two independent agencies in Georgia to its franchise business for a total of 10 in the state. The new franchise partners are Jowers-Sklar Insurance and The Harbin Agency....
Dec 20 2012 // The state of Georgia said it is meeting federal requirements for new citizen identification cards.States have until Jan. 15 to fulfill requirements for issuing a national ID. Requirements for individuals to actually carry...
Dec 19 2012 // AmWINS Group Inc. — the largest wholesale insurance brokerage in the U.S. by premiums placed — announced that it reached a definitive agreement to acquire Gresham & Associates Inc. Gresham &...
Dec 17 2012 // This issue identifies certain developments insurance professionals can expect in the new year. Beyond those mentioned in the articles in this issue, there is one thing everyone can expect that would require its own...
Dec 12 2012 // A mock city designed to help emergency workers train for disasters is now open for business in central Georgia. The Telegraph reported that the first exercises are being held at the Guardian Centers at the former Northrop...
Dec 6 2012 // Keystone Insurers Group has added two new franchise partners in Georgia: Boswell Insurance Group of Athens and Ash/Welborn Insurance of Cornelia. About the new Keystone partners: Boswell Insurance Group – Formerly...
Dec 3 2012 // Georgia physicians are debating whether to push for a state constitutional amendment to reinstate a $350,000 cap on medical malpractice non-economic damages or scrap the current tort driven system in favor of a scheme...
Nov 28 2012 // Georgia’s Attorney General Sam Olens issued a consumer alert notice last week, warning consumers who are in the market for used cars to beware of flood-damaged vehicles in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.Attorney...
Nov 27 2012 // Business owners in Georgia can now purchase commercial auto insurance directly from GEICO. By purchasing commercial coverage directly through the company, business owners can see significantly lower premium rates....
Nov 21 2012 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has confirmed that 28,467 households in the state could be affected by an online security breach involving Nationwide Insurance Co.Hudgens said the company notified him that a...
Nov 20 2012 // Georgia physicians are debating whether to push for a state constitutional amendment to reinstate a $350,000 cap on medical malpractice non-economic damages or scrap the current tort driven system in favor of a scheme...
Nov 13 2012 // An Atlanta suburb might scrap its red light cameras, which are designed to nab motorists who run red lights.Roswell transportation director Steven Acenbrak told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the number of crashes...
Nov 9 2012 // A day after Barack Obama’s re-election, Gov. Nathan Deal suggested that he will not implement a Georgia health insurance exchange as part of the 2010 federal health care overhaul that ranks as the president signature...
Nov 6 2012 // The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled against a company accused of partnering with a Texas firm to send more than 300,000 junk faxes to metro Atlanta homes and businesses, meaning it could be liable for a $459 million...
Nov 5 2012 // Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed the wife of a high-ranking state official to the Board of Workers’ Compensation.Deal released an executive order Friday naming Elizabeth Gobeil to replace former GOP state Rep....