All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2005 // Civil justice reform and medical malpractice insurance are the topics to watch as today’s session of the Georgia Legislature convenes in Atlanta. A legislative update has been issued by the Professional Insurance...
Feb 7 2005 // Atlanta-based AssuranceAmerica Corp., with operations in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, has been approved by the Department of Insurance to sell policies in Alabama. AssuranceAmerica, a property and casualty...
Feb 1 2005 // In an effort to try to drive down insurance premiums for doctors, the Georgia Senate has approved tighter rules for people trying to sue doctors for malpractice.According to the Associated Press, the vote came after the...
Feb 1 2005 // Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is disappointed that Marsh & McLennan “got off the hook” in its settlement with the New York State Attorney General and says his office will continue to investigate...
Feb 1 2005 // Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has fined a Georgia industrial loan company with branch offices in Cornelia and Gainesville $100,000 for overcharging customers in various financial transactions. Among...
Jan 28 2005 // United Healthcare Insurance Co. has been fined $5,000 by the Georgia Insurance Commission for withholding records requested by department examiners. The company could face additional penalties of up to $5,000 for each...
Jan 27 2005 // Trident Insurance Services LLC, a member of the Argonaut Group, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas has agreed with Public Entities of America LLC, to offer comprehensive and cost effective governmental entity insurance programs...
Jan 24 2005 // The Georgia State Ethics Commission has levied a $750 fine on State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine stemming from a campaign finance report showing that he did not disclose some contributions to his state campaign...
Jan 20 2005 // Wording in National Association of Insurance Commissioners compensation disclosure model legislation that could negatively affect the long-standing practice of contingent commissions was discussed in Atlanta by Georgia...
Jan 10 2005 // The Georgia State Ethics Commission has levied a $750 fine on State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine stemming from a campaign finance report indicating that he did not disclose some contributions to his state campaign...
Jan 7 2005 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta-based insurance company with operations in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina has received approval from the Alabama Department of Insurance to commence insurance operations in that...
Jan 3 2005 // In times of disaster the insurance industry is supposed to shine, and your industry did,” Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell commented during a panel discussion at the Society of Insurance Research annual...
Jan 1 2005 // Nashville, Tenn.-based Bankers Insurance Group bought Mann, Smith & Cummings of Clarksville from the Synaxis Group, also of Nashville. The purchase brings Bankers annual premium revenues to $20 million. Mann, Smith...
Dec 29 2004 // Storm clouds are looming over medical liability reform legislation about to be introduced in the 2005 Georgia General Assembly which would make it harder for insurance companies to raise their rates and thus, supposedly...
Dec 28 2004 // More than $114 million in hurricane claim losses have been reported in Georgia by John Oxendine, Insurance Commissioner, while Hurricane Ivan accounted for $75 million in damages. A number of families in metro Atlanta are...
Dec 23 2004 // Florida is suing a Savannah-based retail jewelry chain, alleging the company sold millions of dollars worth of insurance on jewelry items but failed to adequately disclose the costs to consumers.Friedman’s Inc....
Dec 21 2004 // At least 40 states have ratified landmark multi-state settlement agreements involving three major disability insurance carriers owned by UnumProvident Corp. of Chattanooga, Tenn., insurance regulators announced...
Dec 20 2004 // John Oxendine, Georgia Insurance Commissioner, and Anthem Inc. have reached an agreement under which Anthem will pledge $126 million to improve rural health care for the poor in Georgia–in return, Oxendine has agreed...
Nov 30 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine and Anthem Inc. have reached an agreement in which Anthem will pledge $126 million to improve rural health care for the poor in Georgia – in return, Oxendine agreed to...
Nov 24 2004 // The Georgia Department of Insurance approved this week the proposed merger of Cotton States Life Insurance Company with a subsidiary of COUNTRY Life Insurance Company, and the affiliation of Cotton States Mutual Insurance...