All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 25 2012 // Keystone Insurers Group has named Kaye Garruto as its new Georgia state vice president. A 22-year veteran of the insurance industry, Garruto most recently was the vice president of operations for FCCI’s Insurance...
Jul 25 2012 // Trucking companies in Georgia that run afoul of safety rules can simply shut down and reopen with a name change.The barriers to starting a trucking company are low, according to a review by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
Jul 19 2012 // Keystone 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 of Sylvester; and Zorn &...
Jul 9 2012 // A new requirement for those seeking to get or renew a Georgia driver’s license caused long lines and frustration in its first week of implementation.By 7:30 a.m. Friday, hundreds of people had lined up at the...
Jun 25 2012 // Safety advocates are continuing to push for a lower legal limit for boaters who consume alcohol on Georgia’s lakes and rivers.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that most states require the blood-alcohol...
Jun 18 2012 // Before Georgia began its current streak of 114 years without a major hurricane, the state’s coastline was a fairly frequent target in the 1800s.At least six big storms, some of them responsible for violent death...
Jun 7 2012 // Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, say a woman has admitted to collecting more than $151,000 on a fraudulent insurance policy she took out in her dead son’s name.Donna Ellis Gibbs was sentenced to 20 years’...
Jun 4 2012 // A federal judge sided with Georgia State University on a range of copyright infringement claims filed by three publishing houses in a ruling that administrators said could set an important precedent for how educational...
May 31 2012 // New York-based insurance broker USI Insurance Services has acquired Impact Benefit Management Services, LLC of Roswell, Georgia.USI said the acquisition is expected to contribute approximately $2.5 million in revenues an...
May 29 2012 // Tropical Depression Beryl is located over southern Georgia bringing heavy rain to the southeast of the state and to northern Florida, according to Risk Management Solutions (RMS). Total accumulations are expected to reach...
May 29 2012 // Before Georgia began its current streak of 114 years without a major hurricane, the state’s coastline was a fairly frequent target in the 1800s.At least six big storms, some of them responsible for violent death...
May 23 2012 // Assurant Specialty Property, a provider of insurance services, said this week it is hiring as many as 100 new employees at its customer service centers in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The company is hiring part-time and...
May 21 2012 // The posh golf community of Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia is being bought by MetLife. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the agreement includes six golf courses, four marinas, nearly 5,000 acres of...
May 16 2012 // A federal judge sided with Georgia State University on a range of copyright infringement claims filed by three publishing houses in a ruling that administrators said could set an important precedent for how educational...
May 15 2012 // A Georgia man will serve 15 years in prison after being convicted of DUI and homicide by vehicle. A Pierce County jury has convicted 37-year-old Clinton Deloach Jr. of Patterson of being under the influence of prescription...
May 14 2012 // The Georgia Ports Authority is considering whether to appeal a jury verdict that awarded more than $5.6 million to a longshoreman for injuries he suffered in a collision at the Port of Savannah.The jury last Thursday...
May 11 2012 // An agreement has been announced for the sale of posh golf community Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that New York-based insurance and financial services giant MetLife...
May 7 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish.The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
May 7 2012 // AllstateIn February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina this year. “We see a significant opportunity in the current...
Apr 30 2012 // When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her there was not much they could do because the harassment occurred off campus.So the...