All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 16 2008 // ProAssurance Corp., headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., is expanding its legal professional liability business by purchasing the Georgia Lawyers Insurance Co.ProAssurance is also establishing new relationships with agencies...
Oct 15 2008 // A millionaire philanthropist from Augusta, Ga. who once led the University System Board of Regents filed for bankruptcy.Tim Shelnut Sr. filed in June for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. He listed $9.18 million in assets and $6.49...
Oct 14 2008 // The banks of Georgia’s Lake Lanier look about the same as last year: Closed boat ramps, parched soil and lonely islands peeking above the surface that should be covered by a dozen feet of water.Epic drought forced...
Oct 3 2008 // The Department of Health and Human Services found that nearly 90 percent of Georgia nursing homes violated federal standards for health and safety last year.The state was on par with the national average of 92 percent of...
Oct 2 2008 // Georgia homeowners who use environmentally friendly solar panels and recycled building materials on their houses can now get insurance specially designed for “green” homes, according to state officials.The...
Sep 22 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based Harden & Associates, an insurance brokerage company, promoted Dustin Theilacker to chief information officer.As CIO, Theilacker will continue to provide technology vision and leadership for...
Sep 9 2008 // Gresham & Associates of Stockbridge, Georgia, added two new property & casualty brokers. Stephanie Averhart has 20 years of industry experience and Annete Marsa has 10 years of retail and wholesale insurance...
Sep 2 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, storm development in the tropical Atlantic was even more active on Tuesday than it was on Monday.Shortly after Gustav came ashore in Louisiana on Monday, Hanna...
Sep 1 2008 // Swiss Re appointed Walter A. Bell chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp.Bell, whose appointment with Swiss Re is effective Sept. 2, is currently insurance commissioner of the Alabama Department of Insurance, a position...
Sep 1 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but...
Aug 29 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘B’ (Fair) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a-” from “bb+” of Arkansas’...
Aug 27 2008 // Rich Fernandez of wholesaler AmWINS Brokerage of Georgia has been promoted to senior vice president. Fernandez has been with AmWINS for three years, and is a member of AmWINS’ Financial Risk Group where he serves as...
Aug 22 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay continues slowly westward across the northern Florida peninsula while tropical storm warnings remain in effect throughout the region, into the panhandle and north through Georgia to the South Carolina...
Aug 6 2008 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said authorities arrested a Powder Springs insurance agent for allegedly pocketing his clients’ premiums instead of paying insurance companies for coverage.Ellery...
Aug 4 2008 // A Georgia association of builders and the insurer that has offered workers’ compensation and general liability insurance exclusively to its members are at odds over the insurer’s attempt to end its exclusive...
Aug 4 2008 // Reasonable Care“In short, there is no allegation that any Delta employee failed to exercise reasonable care in the performance of his/her duty in any manner in respect to Flight No. 5191.” —U.S. District...
Aug 4 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...
Aug 1 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...
Aug 1 2008 // Georgia storm victims in Cherokee County affected by severe weather and tornadoes now are eligible to receive federal aid.The U.S. Small Business Administration approved disaster relief assistance for the county after a...
Jul 30 2008 // The largest health insurer in Georgia has sent letters containing personal information to the wrong addresses, exposing more than 200,000 Georgians to possible identity theft.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting...