All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 26 2006 // By allegedly refusing to offer quotes for group health coverage to certain small business, as required under the Georgia insurance code and using sales agents that were not properly appointed, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...
Oct 23 2006 // Exec ‘gooses’ N.C. agents Advice from Zurich’s Thomas Fla. governor’s race Hurricane fund proposed
Oct 23 2006 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has launched a program to send letters to the parents of teen drivers who receive traffic citations or warnings from state troopers. The letters are to include the date and reason the teenager was...
Oct 23 2006 // The midterm race for Georgia Insurance Commissioner pits a veteran politician against an attorney in his first foray into politics. Each candidate has an ‘x’ in his three-syllabled surname – but...
Oct 11 2006 // Letters would be sent to the parents of teen drivers who receive traffic citations or warnings from Georgia troopers under a new program Gov. Sonny Perdue announced.The letters would include the date and reason the...
Oct 10 2006 // Georgia is implementing a $100 million unemployment insurance tax cut that will affect most of the state’s 200,000 employers, state labor officials said.The tax cut will begin in January, according to state Labor...
Sep 28 2006 // A bogus letter telling recipients they have won a contest with a chance to win big money is at the center of fraudulent activity being perpetrated in multiple states.The letter is on forged MAG Mutual Insurance Co....
Sep 25 2006 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine has fined Safeway Insurance Co. of Georgia $500,000 and given the insurer an ultimatum. Oxendine told the insurer it must: radically adjust its claims practices over the next...
Sep 10 2006 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said arrest warrants have been issued for four volunteer firefighters and three junior firefighters in Rabun County for allegedly setting a fire in...
Sep 7 2006 // An historic ejection of an insurance company from Georgia is at hand if the insurer does not comply with state-mandated rules and radically adjust its claims practices over the next two years.Georgia Insurance Commissioner...
Sep 1 2006 // Appointed agents of Montgomery Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, can now get faster and more precise quotes with the implementation this month of the Commercial IQ SmartRisk underwriting and pricing system for...
Aug 24 2006 // The owners of a DeKalb County, Georgia apartment complex have reached at $2.25 million settlement with the family of a 2-year-old boy who died in a 2003 drowning in the complex pool.Jonathan Flores was three days shy of...
Aug 22 2006 // Britt / Paulk Insurance Agency, Inc., a privately held program administrator in Carrollton, Georgia, , has announced plans for growth through acquisition.Britt / Paulk has engaged LMC Capital LLC, an insurance investment...
Aug 21 2006 // Indianapolis-based WellPoint, Inc. recently announced that Caroline “Caz” Matthews, currently president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, has been named president of the WellPoint Foundation. She will lead...
Aug 18 2006 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced he has ordered a Kansas insurance company to return $1,016,518 in overcharges to 159 Georgia customers.Oxendine said Universal Underwriters Insurance Company will...
Aug 18 2006 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine has issued an order revoking the license of a Stockbridge insurance agent who was allegedly allowing his father to sell policies, though the father had surrendered his...
Aug 17 2006 // Wildfire-related injuries and fatalities are on the rise this season in Georgia and some other states, with sprawling suburban growth, dry conditions and changes in land-use patterns contributing to the problem.With urban...
Aug 17 2006 // The Georgia High School Association is considering changing regulations to require schools to have a written heat policy and thermometers on the field.The change comes amidst growing criticism from state lawmakers after...
Aug 17 2006 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue recently met with Swett & Crawford President and CEO J. Neal Abernathy to commemorate the establishment of the wholesale broker’s corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Ga.The company...
Jun 13 2006 // After Tropical Storm Alberto moved inland this afternoon south of Tallahassee, Fla., with 50 mph winds and heavy rain it moved across Florida and is now buffeting southeastern Georgia with heavy rain.According to the...