All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
Oct 31 2012 // State records in Georgia show that about 50 drivers a month have been convicted of texting and driving in the two years since a law to ban texting went into effect. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that as of...
Oct 8 2012 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) remind homeowners that Fire Prevention Week is October 7-13. The theme this year is, “Have Two Ways...
Sep 25 2012 // Food manufacturers in Georgia may be dodging a first-of-its-kind law requiring that they inform state food inspectors when their products test positive for contamination, according to an audit of the state’s food...
Sep 20 2012 // A worker who unintentionally shot a co-worker can be sued in civil court since his actions were outside the scope of his normal duties and despite the fact the employer treated the shooting like a workers’...
Sep 18 2012 // Home Value Insurance Co. was ordered into rehabilitation by an Ohio court on Aug. 31, 2012, and has been prohibited from selling insurance in the state due to its failure to maintain minimum capital and surplus.The...
Aug 28 2012 // Coastal Alabama is under a mandatory evacuation order as Isaac churns through the Gulf of Mexico.Gov. Robert Bentley ordered residents of southern Baldwin and Mobile counties to begin evacuating starting 8 a.m. Monday, and...
Aug 6 2012 // Keystone; Burch, Worth, ZornKeystone Insurers Group has added three agency partners in Georgia, bringing its total in the state to five. They newest partners are Burch Insurance Agency of Hiawassee; Worth Insurance Agency...
Aug 2 2012 // MetLife has acquired one of Georgia’s largest resort and golf communities.The insurer has acquired Reynolds Plantation that includes The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, six golf courses, four marina, and nearly 5,000 acres of...
Jul 31 2012 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ office announced that in the first six months of 2012, state regulators assisted 4,100 Georgia consumers settle disputes with their insurance companies, returning $4...