Southeast News for September 2008 Federal Grant will Help with West Virginia Farm Safety Initiative Florida Gov. Appoints 3 to Citizens Review Task Force Florida-based United Insurance and FMG Acquisition Merge Thousands of Floridians Become Victims of ID Theft 4 West Virginia Counties Hot Spots for Deer Collisions Insurance Veterans Join Forces to Create Florida-based Fletcher|Stein Public Hearing In Mississippi to Highlight Coastal Insurance Issues Dozens of Mississippi Cottages Condemned after Gustav Residents in Gustav-damaged Mississippi Counties OK’d for Aid Feds Approve Ike Disaster Aid in Coastal Alabama Florida Researchers Deploy New Hurricane Data Weather Balloons Kentucky Insurance Businessman Lampton Dies Florida’s Lassiter-Ware Recognized for Best Practices, Golden 100 3 Kentucky Miners Accused of Violating Mine Safety Act Florida-based FPIC Discloses Investments in Financial Service Companies Labor Dispute Costs West Virginia Resort another Insurance Conference Alabama Beach Repairs Could Take a Year, Could Cost $13 Million West Virginia Supreme Court Hears DuPont’s Pitch for Appeal Southeast Coastal Storm to Bring Brisk Winds, Waves Federal Investigators Check Highway Under South Carolina Jet Crash Reinsurers Tour Fortified Home During Mississippi Wind Pool Meeting Alabama Chief Examiner to Lead Society of Financial Examiners Too Early to Tell if Kentucky Windstorm will Increase Insurance Rates Alabama-based Sloss Industries Cited for Safety Violations Alabama-based ProAssurance Announces Chairman’s Resignation Kentucky Seeks Federal Assistance for Drought-affected Farmers Kentucky’s ‘Worst Storm on Record’ Prompts Disaster Declaration Request Former West Virginia Doctor’s License Revoked in Home State West Virginia Gov. Seeks Disaster Help for Flea Market Fire South Carolina Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Running Low North Carolina Insurance Investigator’s Autopsy Inconclusive South Carolina Emergency Officials Release Earthquake Guide North Carolina County to Buy Flood-damaged Homes North Carolina Beach Plan Committee Adds Members, Sets Meeting Kentucky Checking Insurer Response to Storm Damage Alabama-based ProAssurance Discloses Credit Exposures Update: Six Flags Sues Ride Maker over Kentucky Injury Accident University of Kentucky Study: ATV Size Guidelines Inadequate South Carolina Coastal Risk Conference Garners Insurer Support Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Seeks Suggestions South Carolina Farmers to Receive Federal Aid for Drought Relief Unlicensed Adjusters Coming to Kentucky Must File State Form South Carolina Safe Home Program Announces New Web Site Alabama Department of Insurance Introduces New Commissioner Ike Fallout: Harsh Winds Buffet much of Kentucky 105 New Workers’ Comp Providers Writing in West Virginia Asbestos Discovery in West Virginia Results in Post Office Closure High Winds Cause Damage, at Least 1 Death in Kentucky Florida Cabinet Approves Insurance Regulator’s New Reinsurance Rule Update: Mississippi Couple in Settlement with State Farm over Katrina 3 Arrested in Florida for Alleged Asbestos Dumping Federal Disaster Relief Centers Open in North Carolina Feds Cite Georgia Plant for Safety Violations West Virginia Mines Make Progress on Refuge Chambers Tennessee Court Rules against Alcoa in Asbestos Suit Experts Meet in South Carolina, Discuss Making Homes Hurricane Ready Feds give West Virginia $250K to Study Disaster Plans Workers’ Compensation Rates Expected to Drop in North Carolina Everest Subsidiary Offers Non Standard Auto Product in South Carolina Feds Complete West Virginia Explosion Report West Virginia Insurance Department Going Paperless September Is Florida Preparedness Month Homeowners Choice Takes-out 59,500 Florida-backed Citizens Policies North Carolina Insured Drivers to See Rate Decrease of 16.1% Florida Orders State Farm to Refund $120 Million for Mitigation Discounts Associated Risk Managers Looks to Florida and the Southeast Judge Dismisses Portions of Katrina Lawsuit in Mississippi Georgia-based NovaNet Expands into Workers’ Compensation Wells Fargo Insurance Services Grows in North Carolina Georgia-based Gresham & Associates Adds 2 Brokers Simon Joins Specialty Risk Associates in Mississippi Office Florida Gov. Appoints 5 to Public Task Force on Workplace Safety Florida-based McAuley Woods Hires New Chief Financial Officer Florida-based Comegys Insurance Acquires Jakhotia Insurance Group North Carolina Committee to Study Beach Plan’s Ability to Cover Risks Atlanta-based GPI Selects Griffin MarCom for Communications Support Tennessee Police Dog not Dead; Insurance Fraud Alleged Florida Disaster Center Opens for Fay Victims in Seminole County Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Kentucky Good News for Employers High Rip Current Risk Precedes Ike on Florida’s Atlantic Beaches Florida Closes Last Hurricane Gustav Shelter Tropical Storm Hanna Landfalls in Carolinas, Ike Threatens Florida West Virginia Conference to Examine Brownfields Insurance Issues South Carolina Woman Admits Scamming Workers’ Comp for 15 Years Agriculture Chief Urges South Carolina Farmers to Plan for Hanna Alabama Condo Associations Assess Under Insured Owners Florida-based Homeowners Choice Takes-out More Citizens Policies Wells Fargo Adds Managing Director of Insurance Operation in Atlanta Florida Regulator Rejects State Farm Request for Rate Hearing Ike on Deck, Florida Gov. Declares Statewide Emergency Alabama Gov. Names Ridling as State’s New Insurance Commissioner Alabama National Guard Providing Relief at 7 Gustav Evacuee Shelters South Carolina Insurance Commissioner Heeds Hanna’s Build-up North Carolina Activates Rescue Teams and National Guard pre-Hanna Alabama Beach Pool Reports Progress on Coastal Insurance Issues Hurricane Gustav Surge Floods Mississippi Casino Panel Head: West Virginia Explosion Probe will Take Months South Carolina Congressman Axes Controversial Beach Bill Court Clashes over Katrina Damage Wind Down in Mississippi Many West Virginia School Kitchens Don’t Meet Fire Code Florida Approves AmCOMP Merger, Wants $8.4 Million Refund Alabama Orders Mandatory Evacuation of Parts of Coast Southeast News Archives
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