All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2007 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced that St. Paul Travelers Insurance Companies has changed what he alleges was the company’s prejudicial agent commissions on homeowners policies in...
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
Feb 11 2007 // Commissioner John Oxendine hopes to set Georgia’s coast apart from its neighboring coastal states, and says he is wrestling with some insurers that are trying to put “big insurance loads” on the...
Feb 6 2007 // Georgia state Rep. Ed Setzler says he’s seen a glimpse into the future — and he doesn’t like all he sees.The Acworth Republican has introduced a bill aimed at outlawing genetic profiling in Georgia by banning...
Feb 5 2007 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced that St. Paul Travelers Insurance Companies has changed what he alleges was the company’s prejudicial agent commissions on homeowners policies in...
Jan 30 2007 // Driver’s education programs across Georgia are experiencing traffic jams of their own because of a new state law requiring 16-year-olds to undergo behind-the-wheel training before getting a license.The statute, which...
Jan 22 2007 // St. Paul Travelers has reduced commissions paid to insurance agents on homeowners policies sold in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty, and McIntosh Counties, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner John...
Jan 18 2007 // Train lines that carry hazardous shipments have little or no police presence and shoddy security that makes them easy targets for terrorists, according to a newspaper investigation.During a several-month, nationwide...
Jan 8 2007 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year — the lowest toll in nearly a decade, thanks to warm weather, according to the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office.“Most of our fatal...
Jan 7 2007 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year – the lowest toll in nearly a decade, thanks to warm weather, according to the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office.“Most of our fatal...
Dec 29 2006 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta based insurance holding company, has written its first auto insurance policy in Louisiana.The company now writes in six states including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and...
Dec 28 2006 // Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine and the National Association of State Fire Marshals urges parents to protect their children – and themselves – from the dangers of fireworks during the...
Dec 20 2006 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year — the lowest toll in nearly a decade — thanks to warm weather that is expected to last for rest of the year, according to statistics from the state Insurance and...
Dec 11 2006 // The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according to...
Dec 10 2006 // PeopleThe van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according...
Dec 5 2006 // Britt/Paulk has hired two underwriters to join its Carrollton, Georgia office.David Campbell is now underwriting operations manager, while James Swing has been hired as equipment chief underwriting officer. Campbell has 25...
Nov 30 2006 // Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. and Association Casualty Insurance Co. – properties of Atlantic American Corp. – announced management changes in itheir regional property and casualty operations.Effective...
Nov 29 2006 // A fire that destroyed the sanctuary of a 100-year-old church in Statesboro, Georgia was ruled an arson, Insurance and Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said. Authorities have arrested a suspect after the fire engulfed the...
Nov 22 2006 // A federal work safety agency accused contractors in north Georgia and metro Atlanta last week of allowing employees to work in unsafe conditions in deep trenches at their sites.The Occupational Safety and Health...
Nov 20 2006 // A veteran Republican Georgian commissioner and a Democratic novice Florida financial chief promise to play key roles in insurance issues in the Southeast in the years ahead as a result of the midterm elections.When the...