All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2023 // A federal courthouse in Georgia was damaged when the driver of a tractor trailer fell asleep and the truck hit the building last week.The crash into the J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse in Dublin happened at about 12:30...
May 11 2023 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner is warning consumers to steer clear of Dirt-Cheap Insurance, an unlicensed outfit that he said has sold fraudulent policies in the state.Three people associated with Dirt-Cheap,...
May 11 2023 // Hylant, one of the largest privately held insurance brokerages, announced it has acquired Aegis Insurance Services Inc. of Alpharetta, Georgia, a broker and agency specializing in the moving and storage industry. Aegis,...
May 10 2023 // Brown & Brown has acquired Georgia-based Brownlee Agency, one of the oldest insurance agencies on Florida’s east coast. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, the companies said in a news release. Founded in 1974...
May 5 2023 // A federal jury has awarded a Georgia couple $135.5 million for damages to their property by a Tennessee-based solar company and its contractor.The award against Silicon Ranch Corp. and its contractor, IEA Inc., was...
May 4 2023 // Construction crews had placed “insufficient support” beneath part of an upper floor that collapsed during renovations on the 124-year-old federal courthouse in Savannah, according to the government agency...
May 1 2023 // The chief of staff for an Atlanta-area sheriff has been charged with insurance fraud after an investigation found that he had lied about the circumstances of an accident.Braxton Tyree Cotton, 41, a major in the Cobb County...
Apr 20 2023 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency has continued its growth plans with the acquisition of of Wilson Insurance in Waycross, Georgia. The move is the latest expansion for Atlanta-based Oakbridge, which said it is now one of the...
Apr 18 2023 // Emergency crews extinguished a fire at a Georgia chemical plant shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, allowing officials to lift a shelter-in-place order issued in the afternoon when the fire broke out for the second time in the...
Apr 17 2023 // The National Weather Service confirmed two weak tornadoes touched down last week in middle Georgia.No one was reported injured in either storm. A tornado with top winds of 90 mph touched down on the southeast edge of...
Apr 14 2023 // A Mexican citizen was sentenced Monday to life in a U.S. prison for killing a man who reported him and his brother to authorities for cheating migrant workers out of millions of dollars.A U.S. District Court judge in...
Apr 5 2023 // A crash involving three vehicles in coastal Georgia early Monday sent 14 people to the hospital with injuries, authorities said.The wreck happened about 3 a.m. in McIntosh County when an SUV traveling the wrong way struck...
Apr 4 2023 // DOXA Insurance Holdings, an Indiana firm, has expanded its stable of distribution companies with the recent acquisition of Georgia-based Preferred Aviation Underwriters, a managing general agent. PAU, headquartered in...
Mar 28 2023 // The Georgia General Assembly on Monday approved a bill that would require lower minimum amounts of uninsured motorist coverage for ride-sharing and taxi companies. But a measure that would mandate premium discounts for...
Mar 27 2023 // Georgia lawmakers have approved a bill that, if signed into law, would end the longstanding “use-and-file” mechanism on auto insurance rate filings in the state.The state Senate last week voted 49-2 in favor of...
Mar 16 2023 // One year after Georgia volunteer firefighter Todd Anthony said a kitchen fire burned down his house and he filed a $700,000 insurance claim, authorities have charged the man with arson. Anthony, 56, of Greensboro, was...
Mar 15 2023 // Three people were killed in a house fire as multiple propane tanks exploded, officials said.”Explosions were going off inside the home” when firefighters arrived early Saturday morning, Barrow County Fire Chief...
Mar 15 2023 // The Georgia Senate gave final approval Monday to a school safety bill pushed by Gov. Brian Kemp that includes annual active shooter drills, sending it to the Republican governor’s desk for his signature.The Senate...
Mar 13 2023 // Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy in Los Angeles Superior Court over charges filed after a...
Mar 10 2023 // The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Organization has cited a Georgia insulation manufacturer after a 21-year-old worker suffered severe head trauma when he was caught in a machine’s roller.Bonded Logic Inc., in...