All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2007 // In three major business rankings recently released, Georgia landed in the top five among states in areas such as best states to do business, entrepreneurship rate and nonemployer business growth.“By maintaining a...
Jul 10 2007 // Arson is unlikely in a northwest Georgia church fire that broke out early on July 6 – Georgia’s third church fire in less than two weeks, investigators said.Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John...
Jun 21 2007 // Eastern Alliance Insurance Co. reports it has received regulatory approval to write workers’ compensation business in the four southeastern states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.The company...
Jun 20 2007 // The annual Fourth of July fireworks display in Roswell, Ga., will proceed as planned – barring a return of extremely dry conditions – the fire chief told the city council Monday night.“It’s raining...
Jun 15 2007 // The Main Street America Group unveiled a new rating program designed to provide greater pricing flexibility for the super regional property-casualty carrier’s new Personal Auto policies.Personal Auto MVP...
Jun 14 2007 // In the name of automobile safety and traffic flow issues, Gov. Sonny Perdue announced the Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a $192 million contract for the long-anticipated reconstruction of the Interstate...
Jun 8 2007 // The sky above Randy Scarbor’s south Georgia cantaloupe fields was overcast, but the clouds were from massive wildfires to the east.May 2007 set records for dry conditions in Georgia. Across the main crop-producing...
Jun 6 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a+” to New York-based Jefferson Insurance Company. The outlook is stable, in line with that...
Jun 5 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue sent a letter to the president requesting an emergency declaration for all 21 Georgia counties impacted by the continual widespread threat of drought and wildfires that has consumed more than 490,000...
May 30 2007 // BB&T Insurance Services said it plans to expand its metro Atlanta operation with the acquisition of Reese Insurance Associates Inc. of Riverdale, Ga.Reese provides both commercial and personal property and casualty...
May 22 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue issued an executive order that allocates $7 million in unspent state funds to fight the wildfires in southeast Georgia. The fires have burned over 130,000 acres in Georgia. “These additional funds...
May 21 2007 // Officials closed a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida state line to Lake City, Fla., as well as a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 10, from U.S. 90 to U.S. 129, as a gigantic wildfire approached them...
May 21 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest.And...
May 21 2007 // Officials closed a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida state line to Lake City, Fla., as well as a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 10, from U.S. 90 to U.S. 129, as a gigantic wildfire approached them...
May 21 2007 // Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coastInmates from the Georgia Department of Corrections use Class A foam and rakes Tuesday, May 1, 2007 to extinguish the remains of a fire in Waycross, Ga. As part of a...
May 16 2007 // Higher winds were expected to fan the flames of the large fire burning in southeast Georgia and Florida on Monday.The wildfire that raced through the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia and into Florida was started by...
May 14 2007 // Officials closed a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida state line to Lake City, Fla., as well as a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 10, from U.S. 90 to U.S. 129, as a gigantic wildfire approached them...
May 11 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest.And...
May 8 2007 // A Columbus, Ga., insurance agent has been charged with three counts of insurance fraud for allegedly keeping premiums paid to her for property and taxicab liability coverage instead of forwarding the payments to an...
May 3 2007 // Only those who’ve become sick through exposure to asbestos would be able to sue companies that used the material, under a bill signed into law by Ga. Gov. Sonny Perdue.The new law would require a person filing a...