All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
Aug 26 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has fined a Georgia industrial loan company $400,000 for reportedly overcharging customers in various financial transactions.Covington Credit of Georgia Inc., which has 22...
Aug 23 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) has launched a new program that will provide fire agencies in Metropolitan Atlanta with $500,000 in funding and donations for firefighting equipment, fire prevention tools,...
Aug 13 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, has updated its forecast and loss estimates (See National news) for Hurricane Charley to reflect changes in the...
Aug 13 2004 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared a state of emergency in preparation for the impact from Hurricane Charley, which continued its romp across Florida Friday evening.The state of emergency will continue to midnight Aug....
Aug 9 2004 // Georgia’s State Board of Workers’ Compensation announced the appointment of David Imahara, current Appellate Division Director, to the position of Administrative Law Judge effective Aug. 15. Imahara will become...
Aug 4 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) has launched a new program that will provide fire agencies in Metropolitan Atlanta with $500,000 in funding and donations for firefighting equipment, fire prevention tools,...
Aug 3 2004 // In the first half of 2004, Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine’s Consumer Services Division helped more than 43,000 Georgia residents settle disputes with their insurance companies, returning $7,900,840 in...
Jul 27 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced that warrants have been issued in Savannah, Ga., for an insurance agent charged with multiple counts of insurance fraud.Rosemary Middleton has been charged with eight...
Jul 8 2004 // All Risks Ltd., a national independent wholesale broker/ Managing General Agent headquartered in Baltimore, recently announced the acquisition of Overstreet and Newell in Atlanta.All Risks Ltd. was founded in 1964 and...
Jun 23 2004 // Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker announced the successful prosecution of a Department of Motor Vehicle Safety employee and her accomplice in a scheme centered on “fixing” motor vehicle records for...
Jun 18 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said an investigation by his Fraud Unit resulted in a Valdosta insurance agent being arrested and charged with defrauding one of his clients.Dustin Ty Arnold, 24, has been...
May 27 2004 // In May, Georgia’s Board of Workers’ Compensation Safety Committee was honored at a luncheon sponsored by Gov. Sonny Perdue, to celebrate winning the Governor’s Safety Award. Due to the efforts of the...
May 19 2004 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced the election of Richard McGee to serve as administrator of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund. Perdue made his recommendation to the board and on April 28, the Subsequent Injury Trust...