All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 21 2009 // Pediatricians and other medical professionals are trying to block a Georgia Supreme Court ruling they fear could encourage lawsuits and harm production of vaccines.The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which represents...
Apr 20 2009 // A Chattanooga, Tenn. insurance agent has been charged with insurance fraud and theft for allegedly adding commissions to policies when he told policyholders that the coverage was being sold on a net basis – with a...
Apr 17 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb+” of Illinois-based American Freedom...
Apr 15 2009 // Violent weather that struck Georgia on April 10 caused an estimated $60 million in insured losses, according to Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine. “That’s a preliminary figure from the...
Apr 10 2009 // A Chattanooga, Tenn. insurance agent has been charged with insurance fraud and theft for allegedly adding commissions to policies when he told policyholders that the coverage was being sold on a net basis — with a...
Apr 6 2009 // More than a dozen homes are underwater in and around Valdosta and several neighborhoods are evacuated as major flooding hits south Georgia after heavy rain this past week.Valdosta officials are building sand bag and gravel...
Apr 6 2009 // AIGAmerican International Group (AIG) has taken down the most prominent sign at its downtown Manhattan offices. According to a Reuters report, the company replaced the large AIG sign — outside the entrance to its...
Apr 6 2009 // Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such issues as the use of credit scores in determining rates; purchasing policies over the Internet;...
Apr 2 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine blasted his Republican rival for governor, accusing Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle of putting politics ahead of consumers.Oxendine said that the state Senate budget slashes his...
Mar 26 2009 // A bid to require adults in pickup trucks to buckle their seat belts was narrowly defeated by a Georgia House panel, defying supporters of stronger safety standards that have been adopted by much of the nation.The House...
Mar 25 2009 // The Georgia Supreme Court has affirmed sovereign immunity and thrown out a $5.1 million jury award to the family of a man killed while performing community service in DeKalb County.Vincent Currid died in October 1999 from...
Mar 23 2009 // Mary Squires, a former Democratic state lawmaker who now lobbies for the self-insurance industry, is running to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner.Squires is the first candidate to enter the race to succeed...
Mar 19 2009 // Georgia could be the first state to adopt strict new food safety requirements in the aftermath of the salmonella outbreak.The House is set to consider a plan Wednesday that requires food makers to alert state inspectors...
Mar 12 2009 // The effects of the widespread peanut butter recall could cost rural America’s peanut producers $1 billion in lost production and sales, according to testimony at a House subcommittee hearing.That could be just the...
Mar 11 2009 // Mary Squires, a former Democratic state lawmaker who now lobbies for the self-insurance industry, is running to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner.Squires is the first candidate to enter the race to succeed...
Mar 9 2009 // The insurance industry is engaging in an on-site evaluation of Atlanta’s fire protection system for the first time in three decades, a process that could add millions of dollars to premiums.It is too early to tell...
Feb 25 2009 // The damage estimate from last week’s tornadoes is now more than $35 million based on new observations in southwest Georgia by the state insurance commissioner.Commissioner John Oxendine said after a tour that at...
Feb 23 2009 // The insurance industry is engaging in an on-site evaluation of Atlanta’s fire protection system for the first time in three decades, a process that could add millions of dollars to premiums.It is too early to tell...
Feb 13 2009 // A former Barrow County pastor and his son have been charged with arson for setting fire to a church three years ago.Barrow County sheriff’s deputies arrested 49-year-old Quincy Arnold of Lawrenceville Tuesday....
Feb 13 2009 // A sweeping new food safety measure proposed in the wake of the salmonella outbreak easily passed its first key legislative hurdle this week as Georgia lawmakers sought to reassure antsy residents.The Senate Agriculture...