All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 27 2005 // The number of uninsured motorists on Georgia highways has been sharply reduced since the state began using a computer system to keep track of liability insurance rolls, the state Department of Revenue said.Before the...
Dec 14 2005 // A series of six legislative meetings attended by 30 legislators and 102 agents were held this fall by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia in Augusta, Macon, Savannah. Marietta, Gwinnett County and...
Dec 9 2005 // Insurance industry members will meet with Georgia senators and representatives during the Jan. 10 annual Georgia legislative reception held by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia and the Georgia Surplus Lines...
Dec 7 2005 // Authorities are investigating an early morning church fire in Winder in northeast Georgia that they say is suspicious.Glenn Allen, a spokesman for state Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John Oxendine said a neighbor...
Dec 5 2005 // NBIS, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Lori Meehan senior vice president of operations. Meehan has served as secretary of NBIS, as well as general counsel to ProBuilders Specialty Insurance Co. and Southwestern Casualty...
Nov 9 2005 // Integro has announced that Frank Kinnett has joined the company to lead the firm’s insurance brokerage operations in the Southeast from a newly established office in Atlanta. Kinnett is joined by Quill O. Healey, who...
Oct 28 2005 // The University of Georgia, in partnership with the American Society of Appraisers, offering the Personal Property Appraisal Certificate Program.The program covers comprehensive personal property valuation in fine arts,...
Oct 20 2005 // Aon announced the appointment of Richard (Rick) DeCoster as resident managing director of Aon Risk Services of Georgia. As resident managing director, DeCoster is responsible for brokerage services of property/casualty...
Oct 17 2005 // ALABAMAAIIA Conference, Educational Sessions The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents has scheduled five upcoming seminars in Mobile, Birming-ham and Huntsville.Oct. 19, Small and Rural Agents Conference, two topics,...
Oct 17 2005 // The importance of professional education was stressed by John Oxendine, Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner, during the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia’s ninth annual Education Expo held on in late...
Oct 6 2005 // Although now a depression, what was once Tropical Storm Tammy flooded homes and roads in parts of Georgia Wednesday night and into Thursday. The storm brought down trees and power lines, leaving more than 16,500 utility...
Oct 3 2005 // Eighty-five agents, agencies and company partner members of the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia have donated more than $23,000 to help the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army meet the needs of individual hit...
Sep 30 2005 // The Trusted Choice national television advertising campaign ended Sept. 25, but as of Sept. 26, more than 100 radio stations across Georgia began to air Trusted Choice radio commercials. According to an Independent...
Sep 30 2005 // A series of educational events, being sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia to enable members to meet new state continuing education requirements have been scheduled in October.A new Georgia Insurance...
Sep 29 2005 // The importance of professional education was stressed by John Oxendine, Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner, during the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia’s ninth annual Education Expo held on Tuesday in...
Sep 22 2005 // Eighty-five agents, agencies and company partner members of the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia have donated more than $23,000 to help the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army meet the needs of individual hit...
Sep 21 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia has contributed $3,000 to its sister associations in the states damaged by Hurricane Katrina.“We mailed the checks the Tuesday after Labor Day. We also appealed to our...
Sep 21 2005 // Two more City of Albany sanitation workers have been arrested in a huge insurance scam ring. Their arrests bring to 14 the number of people arrested since last Thursday.Jonathan West surrendered on Tuesday morning to face...
Sep 16 2005 // The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia...
Sep 16 2005 // An ongoing investigation in Albany, Ga. has netted nine people, including four city employees, in a scam fraudulently fill out medical insurance claim forms and file them with AFLAC, the insurance provider for both the...