All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 15 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the state’s 2005 tort reform legislation that limits the liability of emergency room medical care providers.The 4-3 ruling turned aside complaints that the law is unconstitutional...
Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
Mar 7 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents, has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State...
Mar 7 2010 // Tallahassee Kaleidoscope“It’s like a kaleidoscope. You think you see (the solution) one minute and the next minute it’s different.” —Rep. Bill Proctor, a St. Augustine Republican, speaking on the...
Mar 2 2010 // Is an auto accident that kills one bicyclist and then within seconds injures a second considered one event or two under Georgia insurance law?The Georgia Supreme Court ruled on March 1 that under Georgia law, this...
Mar 2 2010 // Citizens of Hall County in Georgia who provided information in a house fire that led to the conviction of an arsonist have received arson reward checks totaling $4,500.Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W....
Feb 26 2010 // A former University of Georgia cornerback has reached a $400,000 settlement with the school’s athletic association over an insurance policy dispute. Decory Bryant’s settlement comes weeks after an Athens-Clarke...
Feb 26 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at...
Feb 21 2010 // A Republican lawmaker who is running for governor in Georgia has introduced legislation to ban executives of insurance companies from contributing to a political campaign for the office of state insurance commissioner or...
Feb 17 2010 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has commended a state trucking association for donating to the state unit charged with investigating cargo theft.The Georgia Motor Trucking Association has donated $16,000 to the Georgia...
Feb 16 2010 // A Republican state lawmaker who is running for governor in Georgia has introduced legislation to ban executives of insurance companies from contributing to a political campaign for the office of state insurance...
Feb 8 2010 // Georgia Insurance Department staffers raised questions about an investigation into an Iowa-based insurer and noted Commissioner John Oxendine’s “personal interest” in the complaint against the company...
Feb 8 2010 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s proposal to appoint — rather than elect — four statewide constitutional officers has run headlong into opposition.Critics from both parties said the plan was unlikely to win...
Jan 29 2010 // Georgia lawmakers are taking a closer look at texting while driving legislation proposed last week.Representatives on the House public safety committee debated the bill on Wednesday. At the end of the hour-long hearing,...
Jan 25 2010 // A 63-year-old former bookkeeper at a Dalton, Georgia insurance brokerage is facing federal charges she embezzled more than $1 million from her employer.Prosecutors say Carolyn Lynn Cherry of Chatsworth forged her...
Jan 24 2010 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has begun a criminal investigation into the business practices of M. Clark Fain, III, the former chief executive officer of Southeastern U.S. Insurance, Inc. (SEUS), a...
Jan 20 2010 // Two leading Republican candidates for governor in Georgia have already turned to hefty lines of bank credit to help pump up their campaign finances months before the primary in July.State Insurance Commissioner John...
Jan 14 2010 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said that insured losses in North Georgia from the recent snow and ice storm are estimated to be about $25 million. The estimate includes damage to cars as well as homes and...
Jan 11 2010 // Last Friday was a dollar deadline in the race for Georgia governor as the crowded field of candidates faced a key hurdle: demonstrating they can raise enough cash to go the distance.With several candidates still not...
Jan 5 2010 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine’s office has begun a criminal investigation into the business practices of M. Clark Fain, III, the former chief executive officer of Southeastern U.S. Insurance, Inc....