All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, but regulators have signaled a need to make sure that claims from the area, now topping 10,000,...
Sep 4 2023 // After three major Georgia appeals court decisions have gone against employers in the last five years, some insurance defense attorneys are concerned that the state’s workers’ compensation laws have become...
Sep 1 2023 // ABBEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A central Georgia sheriff responding to a call for service was killed when his car went off the road, hit a tree and overturned, authorities said.Wilcox County Sheriff Robert Rodgers died...
Aug 31 2023 // Cleanup and recovery from Hurricane Idalia began on Thursday along Florida’s Gulf Coast, where property damage, loss of life and power disruptions paled in comparison to the last major hurricane that struck the state...
Aug 30 2023 // Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is headed to trial on health insurance fraud and money laundering charges after a federal judge this week denied all of his efforts to have an indictment...
Aug 30 2023 // Just when parts of the property-casualty industry thought it was safe to re-enter the Florida market, Hurricane Idalia made landfall closer to the heavily-populated Tallahassee area than expected and brought heavy storm...
Aug 21 2023 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency, one of the larger independent agencies in the country, has expanded again with the acquisition of the Cole Agency in Montezuma, Georgia. Cole has specialized in poultry insurance since 1989 but...
Aug 14 2023 // After three major Georgia appeals court decisions have gone against employers in the last five years, some insurance defense attorneys are concerned that the state’s workers’ compensation laws have become...
Aug 10 2023 // Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday that he wants to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments, arguing that suits are driving up insurance and business costs.“The laws on our books make...
Aug 8 2023 // Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck’s fraud conviction stands, but he won’t have to pay part of the restitution until after he’s released from prison, a federal appeals court decided Monday.The...
Aug 3 2023 // Retail broker McGriff said it has restructured its personal lines operations to allow for direct support to the private client sales and service functions within the division, following a period of substantial growth and...
Jul 25 2023 // Georgia authorities said a 34-year-old woman has been charged with arson and child cruelty after she forced her stepchild to light fire to her home in order to collect insurance payments. Courtney Sellers, of Screven, in...
Jul 25 2023 // PointeNorth Insurance Group, one of the largest locally owned agencies in the Southeast, has acquired Cooper Insurance & Associates in McDonough, Georgia, the company announced. Cooper, founded in 1988, offers...
Jul 24 2023 // About the same time that it announced a major pull-back from the Florida and California markets, Farmers Insurance also sent thousands of nonrenewal notices to Georgia homeowners. In Georgia, though, the carrier appears to...
Jul 17 2023 // What happens when an insurance carrier, its underwriter, a broker and the insured all forget to make sure a sublimit endorsement on wind-driven rain losses is included in a multimillion dollar property policy?In the case...
Jul 6 2023 // The Georgia Supreme Court has accepted the voluntary license surrender of a plaintiffs’ attorney who had been in practice for more than 45 years.Richard L. Middleton Jr., of Savannah, acknowledged that he had...
Jun 29 2023 // A federal judge in Georgia has given preliminary approval to a $2.3 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that charged USAA Casualty Insurance Co. with underpaying for taxes on totaled vehicles.“The Court...
Jun 28 2023 // Two Georgia laws take effect Saturday, July 1, that affect insurance for ride-share operators and, potentially, workers’ compensation claims from hospital workers.House Bill 529 lowers the minimum amount of uninsured...
Jun 28 2023 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia this month installed Woodstock agent Wendi Washowich as president.Washowich is a client executive at Hamby and Aloisio Risk Management and Insurance in Atlanta and has been...
Jun 26 2023 // Months after an EF-3 tornado tore through a Georgia county southwest of Atlanta officials said a federal agency has denied its request for additional help in the recovery.”Obviously we’re extremely disappointed...