All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...