All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 22 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said an investigation by his office resulted in the arrest of two Albany, Ga., insurance agents. Tiawanna Thomas Moore and Kimberly Thomas Goodman were arrested. Goodman was...
Nov 22 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said an investigation by his office resulted in the arrest of insurance agent in Lyons, Ga. Arrested was Meredith Dianne Sowell, who has been charged with 13 counts of insurance...
Nov 10 2004 // Compensation issues that have been raised in the wake of the recent actions by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer were discussed recently by Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, Len Brevik, executive vice...
Nov 8 2004 // The Georgia Association of Property/Casualty Insurance Companies (GAPCIC) board of directors has approved the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) as its newest member. “NAMIC has a strong...
Nov 4 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said an investigation by his office resulted in the arrest of two insurance agents in Albany, Ga. Arrested were sisters Tiawanna Thomas Moore and Kimberly Thomas Goodman....
Oct 20 2004 // The Georgia Association of Property/Casualty Insurance Companies (GAPCIC) has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) to become its newest...
Oct 13 2004 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced this week that Georgia farmers will be eligible to receive financial assistance due to their losses from Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.The U.S. Senate on Monday passed $2.9...
Oct 11 2004 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has directed the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) to pursue a federal damage assessment in the wake of Hurricane Frances, and is also expected to request a similar assessment of damage...
Oct 6 2004 // Georgia farmers received welcomed news this week as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) granted a primary disaster declaration for 83 counties and a contiguous disaster declaration for 33 counties.On Sept....
Oct 5 2004 // Georgia residents affected by Hurricane Ivan may be eligible for various forms of tax relief that could lessen some losses, federal and state disaster recovery officials said.“The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
Oct 1 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said an investigation by his office resulted in the arrest of insurance agent in Lyons, Ga. Arrested was Meredith Dianne Sowell, who has been charged with 13 counts of insurance...
Sep 30 2004 // “Damage inspectors are now in the field visiting people who have filed applications for assistance, Nick Russo, an official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),” said in a joint statement with...
Sep 29 2004 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that disaster assistance has been made available for 23 additional Georgia counties to help local...
Sep 27 2004 // A probe into improper sales of life insurance products to soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga. is expanding to other bases, other states, and as many as five companies, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner John...
Sep 27 2004 // Hurricane Jeanne, the fourth major hurricane in six weeks, shut down much of Florida and prompted recovery plans on a scale never before seen in the nation. At least six people died in the storm, which plowed across...
Sep 24 2004 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine has dispatched representatives from his Consumer Services Division to storm-damaged areas around the state to help victims of Hurricane Ivan with any insurance...
Sep 17 2004 // Following the Governor’s initial request, the Georgia State Emergency Board is recommending approximately 100 counties for federal disaster assistance. Georgia’s crops were severely impacted by the high winds...
Sep 17 2004 // Primary Group Inc., the U.S. holding company of Bermuda-based insurance distribution organization Primary Group Ltd., announced the acquisition of Georgia-based Site Inspections LLC. The transaction involves the purchase...
Sep 13 2004 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has directed the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) to pursue a federal damage assessment in the wake of Hurricane Frances.GEMA has in turn made a formal request to the Federal Emergency...
Aug 26 2004 // Robert Snashall, founder and principal of Snashall Associates, will deliver a keynote address at the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference and Seminar being held Aug. 29 – Sept. 1,...