All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 18 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...
Apr 16 2012 // Peachtree, Personable HoldingsA Florida domiciled auto insurer that provides coverage to 18,000 drivers in the state and Georgia has been acquired by California equity firm looking to enter the non-standard...
Apr 16 2012 // Peachtree, Personable HoldingsA Florida domiciled auto insurer that provides coverage to 18,000 drivers in the state and Georgia has been acquired by California equity firm looking to enter the non-standard market....
Apr 16 2012 // A man and a boy who suffered brain damage due to government negligence and the parents of a slain police informant will be compensated through three bills signed by Gov. Rick Scott. One would require Lee County’s...
Mar 29 2012 // A Florida domiciled auto insurer that provides coverage to 18,000 drivers in the state and Georgia has been acquired by California equity firm looking to enter the non-standard market.Peachtree Casualty Insurance Co. is...
Mar 19 2012 // The insurance industry says that Alabama’s building standards and enforcement practices are among the weakest of all the hurricane-prone areas in the country. The state ranked 15th among 18 states near the Gulf of...
Mar 19 2012 // This article is part of our Hot Insurance Markets for 2012 special feature.The technology industry has been a growing sector in today’s economic environment and many insurers are responding by developing new products...
Mar 15 2012 // Troubled homeowners are not the only ones set to get a financial lift from the U.S. government’s $25 billion landmark mortgage settlement.Whistleblowers who were instrumental in revealing epidemic mortgage abuses,...
Mar 13 2012 // An insurance policy for homeowners looking to protect themselves from declining home prices is rolling out in Georgia this week.Georgia becomes the third state where this product, called Home Value Protection, is...
Mar 7 2012 // Georgia’s state insurance commissioner said the estimate to repair damage from Friday’s storms has hit $40 million in insured losses. Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said in a statement Tuesday the figure is...
Mar 7 2012 // The former general manager of a restaurant co-owned by Paula Deen claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday she was sexually harassed and subjected to a hostile work environment rife with sexual innuendo, physical intimidation and...