Southeast News for October 2010 Judge Schedules Motions in State Farm Whistleblower Suit in MIssissippi South Carolina Deadly Sofa Store Fire Preventable, Says Study Alabama City Denies Workers’ Compensation for Injured Off-Duty Cop Nationwide Settles Dispute Over Alabama Employees’ Retirement Plan Mississippi Executive Wins $103 Million in Lawsuit Against Lawyer Florida Gubernatorial Candidates Sink, Scott Address Citizens, Safety Alabama Study: School Bus Seat Belt Money Better Spent at Crossings North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Rates Given a Nudge North Carolina Sisters Charged with Insurance Fraud Florida’s McCarty Elected President-Elect by State Regulators Alabama Wind Pool: No New Policies on Buildings Built Over Water Lawsuit Targets Florida’s Citizens Over No-Bid Contracts Court Upholds Conviction of Former Alabama Insurance CEO Goff Cratem Named Underwriting Chief at Sunshine State Insurance in Florida North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Medical Costs Among Highest Marshall University Settles Privacy Abuse Claim Introducing… The Florida Sinkhole Insurance Fund? Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race: Attracting Insurers, Value of Agents Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race: Top Priorities, State Role, Money Tennessean Cited for 17 Driving License Violations CNA Appoints Huber as Southeastern Zone Officer Marsh Names Stevenson to Head Atlanta Office, Southeast Region North Carolina Agents Honor Newmister of Montgomery Insurance Kentucky Homeowners Challenge Fire Service Subdistrict Tax Atwater, Ausley Vie to Succeed Sink As Florida CFO Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race: Views on Credit Scoring, Tort Reform West Virginia Fire Department Insurance Falls Short Florida Man Gets $650K for Strip Club Injury Tort Reform Takes Back Seat in Alabama’s Race for Governor Mississippi Casino’s Barge Not Liable for Marina’s Damage During Katrina North Carolina Bottler to Pay $495K in Hiring Bias Claims Florida Approves 7.8% Workers’ Compensation Rate Increase North Carolina Opens Criminal Probe of Insurance Agent Who Killed Himself Tennessee High Court Blocks Hospital Lien on Insurer’s Benefit Payment Massey Cited for Serious Violations at West Virginia Mine Enforcement Issues Complicate Mississippi’s Efforts on Texting Drivers Guy Carpenter Forms Florida Reinsurance Unit Kentucky Jury Awards $165K in Funeral Home Fire Judge Cuts Fines Against ICG for Deadly Sago Mine Blast in 2006 Florida Approves Citizens Rate Hikes for Condos, Rentals, Commercial Brown & Brown of Florida Buys Beecher Carlson’s T.R. Jones Units R-T Specialty Buys Southeast Wholesaler McAuley Woods Florida CFO Urges Citizens to Competitively Bid More Contracts Florida Court Permits Bad Faith Lawsuit Against Citizens to Proceed Florida Prepares for Potentially Severe Wildfire Season Kentucky City Settles Lawsuit with Ex-CFO Knight Assumes Role as CEO for Georgia Independent Agents Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Compensation Purchase West Virginia Mom’s Suit Over Son’s Death Blames Bayer Insurer PURE Enters North Carolina High-End Coastal Home Market Florida Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Found in Good Health West Virginia Fire Station Blaze Ruled an Accident Florida Weighs 8.3% Workers’ Compensation Rate Increase Today Tennessee Tragedy: Family Had No Fire Service But Had Some Insurance Florida Cheerleader’s Mom Not Satisfied with Insurance Settlement South Carolina Requires Notice to Families of Deaths from Medical Errors Feds Say North, South Carolina Programs Weak on Workplace Safety Kentucky Police Find Stolen Golf Carts For Sale Online Alabama Seeks Plan for Coastal Recovery from Gulf Oil Disaster Alabama Students Learn Driver Safety from Simulation Software Southeast News Archives