Southeast News for December 2007 Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Southeast No-Fault Auto Insurance Requirement Back in Force in Florida Jan. 1 Miss. to Share in $72M from Convicted Former Insurance Exec Frankel Dale Exits Miss. Commissioner Post; Chaney Takes Over Early A.M. Best Gives Fla.-Based American Strategic Excellent Rating Judge Orders W. Va. Malpractice Claims to Proceed Amid Bankruptcy Florida Rejects Travelers’ Homeowners Insurance Rate Increase Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Questioned on Bond Underwriting Fees W.Va. Delays Deployment of Steel-Shelled Mine Shelters Fla. Nationwide Insurance Office Robbed, Woman Set on Fire Dies Low Salaries Leave Mississippi Towns with Few Firefighters Fla. Gov. Asks Lawyers to Review Suing Property Insurers over Rates Ala. Insurance Agent Loses Runoff for House Distict 12 in Light Voting N.C. Man Sentenced in Fires at 3 Greenville Churches Reinsurance Rule Change Planned to Increase Competition in Florida Former Tenn. Insurance Department Worker to Replace Fined Senator Only Way to Mainland, Bridge Safety Concerns N.C. Drivers BMS Names New N.C.-Based Senior Vice President Fla. Chemical Plant Explodes, Half Mile Area Initially Evacuated State Farm Wants Mississippi Law Group Tossed from Katrina Case S.C. Insurance Department Proposes Captive Company Standards Fla. Insurers Remind Drivers of Personal Injury Protection Law’s Return National Weather Service says Alabama at High Risk for Wildfires Kentucky Man Faces Insurance Fraud Charges N.C.’s Operation ‘Drive to Live’ Focuses on Teen Driver Safety Disaster Think Tank Coming to Florida Institute of Technology N.C. Coastal Towns Fear Change Will Increase Flood Insurance Rates Companies Suing West Va. Insurer BrickStreet Over Agent Commissions Cobb County Jury Fines Ford Motor Co. $3M in Georgia Woman’s Death Miss. Litigation Group Forms to Maintain Momentum in Katrina Cases W. Va.’s Brickstreet Hosts New Zealand Workers’ Comp Leadership N.C. Court Gives Unlicensed Employer Organization Temporary Reprieve Fla. Home Mitigation Program Grants Won’t Be Taxed as Income Miss. Katrina Lawyer’s Contempt Case Reassigned to Florida Judge OSHA Fines 4 Companies in Deadly Mississippi Bridge Collapse Fla. Insurance Consumer Advocate Now to Head Investment Fund N.C. Could Face $43 Million Shortfall in Insurance Plan N.C. Building Council Declines Proposal on Sprinklers in Some Homes N.C.-Based BB&T Insurance Services to Acquire Georgia Agency N.C. Firefighters Ask Building Code Council for Sprinkler Requirements Miss. AG: Bribery Charges Won’t Affect State’s Katrina Cases Ky. Officials Issue Warrant in Insurance Fraud Case Kentucky Woman Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud Farmers Insurance Offers One-Year Auto Policy in Alabama S.C.: E-mail Shows PR Strategy Involving Charleston Fire Investigation Feds Inspect Atlanta’s Fox Theatre After Dancer Seriously Injured in Fall S.C. Lifts Fire Alert, Says Lengthier Fire Season on Deck Mobile, Ala., Councilwoman: Electronic Billboards May Cause Traffic Hazard Western N.C. Quake Shakes Homes, Buildings W.Va. Doctor Facing Malpractice Lawsuits Files for Bankruptcy N.C. Insurance Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges Miss. Attorney Pleads Guilty, Cooperating in Scruggs Katrina Case Ala.: Nabers Rejoins ProAssurance Board of Directors S.C.-based Insurer Adds Ashley as Controller Tenn. Officials Say Teen Driver in Fatal Wreck was Uninsured Tenn.: First Horizon Insurance Adds to Memphis Sales Force Encompass Insurance Product Expands Opportunities For Ky. Agents Appeals Court to Review Insurance Claim Verdict in Miss. Katrina Suit Ga.: Atlanta’s Digital Insurance Acquires 20 Additional Partners Employer Organization Insolvent, Could Affect Up To 3,000 N.C. Jobs Alabama Senator: English Only Driver Test Will Improve Highway Safety Intense Fire Season Expected in S.C., Burned Acreage Doubles RiskMeter Adds Florida Wildfire Report to Natural Hazard Report Service Workers’ Comp Hits Rocky Patch in W. Va. on Road to Full Privatization Florida Adopts Program to Improve Handling of Insurer Failures Fla. Insurance Regulator Names New Property And Casualty Director J.Rolfe Davis Insurance CEO Appointed to Fla. Council of 100 Insurance Related Fraud Results in Arrest and Arraignment for 2 in W. Va. Montgomery Insurance Unveils New Commercial Products Another Suit Filed Over Fatal West Virginia Mine Fire Runaway Coastline Building Adding To Florida’s Existing Insurance Risk Fla. Homes Evacuated When 30 Unexploded World War II Bombs Found Southeast News Archives
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