Southeast News
News for April 2009
April 30, 2009
April 29, 2009
- Florida Senate, House Seek to Close Property Insurance Legislation Gaps
- Gulf States Prepare Together for Hurricane Season
- Florida Bills Limiting Cell Phone Use By Drivers Hit Dead End
- Insurance Claims from South Carolina Wildfire to Top $25 Million
- Hub Sells ABCO Insurance Wholesaler to Former Owner
- Gainsco Insurance Drives Into Georgia
April 28, 2009
- Florida Rep. Proctor Challenges Commissioner McCarty's Insurance View
- Myrtle Beach Property Owners Add Wildfire to Hurricane Risk
April 27, 2009
- Insurers' Taxes Could Back Florida Private School Voucher Program
- Florida House Approves Property Insurance Measure
- Homeowners Return to South Carolina's Myrtle Beach As Wildfire Contained
- South Carolina Gov. Sanford Backs Cut in Wildfire Fighting Budget
April 24, 2009
- All Policies of Florida's Coral Insurance To Be Cancelled May 31
- Safety Lapses Found in West Virginia Bayer Chemical Plant Explosion
- Florida Nears Votes on Property Insurance Bills
- Florida's Property Insurance Market: An Overview by Commissioner McCarty
- Wildfire Burns Homes Near South Carolina's Myrtle Beach
- Mississippi to Study Hurricane Mitigation Efforts' Costs, Benefits
April 23, 2009
- North Carolina Coastal Insurance Rates to Rise May 1
- Tennessee Proposal to Let Golf Carts on Roads Stalls
- Freberg, ZCL Target Florida with Underground Storage Tank Insurance
April 22, 2009
- Florida Bills to Clarify Regulation of Surplus Lines Insurance Advance
- Florida Among States Considering Ban on Accident Response Fees
- Willis HRH Names Pera to Head Atlantic Region, Based in Tennessee
- MacNeill Group Names Tromer President
April 21, 2009
- Florida Legislature Must Keep Its Eye on the Ball
- Pediatricians Fight Georgia Ruling on Vaccine Liability
- Kentucky Insurance Officials Assist Murfreesboro Storm Victims
- Insurance Broker Lockton Combines Southeast Groups; Hutcherson to Lead
April 20, 2009
- Injured Workers' Suit Against Mississippi Furniture Maker Upheld
- West Virginia's Expanding Brickstreet Mutual Outsources Public Relations
April 17, 2009
- Mississippi to Twitter Disaster Information to Evacuees
- Massey Energy Fined $2.5 Million for Fatal West Virginia Mine Fire
- Universal North America's Financial Rating Upgraded by Demotech
- Rutherfoord Appoints Yarbrough in Atlanta As Surety Manager
April 16, 2009
- Improved Credit Markets Aid Shaky Florida Hurricane Insurance Fund
- North Carolina Insurance Chief Appeals Beach Plan Ratemaking Ruling
- Rutherfoord Appoints Peterson to North Carolina Office
- Martinez Joins General Insurance Agent J.M. Wilson in Southern Region
April 15, 2009
- Chubb Alters Wind Coverage Offer in Southern Florida Coastal Counties
- Alabama Shipper Says Piracy Needs Multinational Fix, Cautions on Firearms
- South Carolina's Myrtle Beach Area Still Popular with Car Thieves
- Tennessee Tornadoes Took 2 Lives, Damaged 500 Buildings
- Storms Blamed for 1 Death, $6 Million Damages in South Carolina
- Insured Losses from Georgia's April 10 Storms Estimated at $60 Million
- Florida's Patriot Forms Private Label Workers' Compensation Unit
April 14, 2009
- Kentucky to Practice Spills, Pandemic, Terror Emergency Scenarios
- Mississippi Adopts Uniform Producer Licensing Standards
- West Virginia Beauty Queen Wins $7.2 Million Over Bogus Sex Videos
April 13, 2009
- North Carolina Moped Insurance Law Halted
- Disaster Aid Sought for 20 Alabama Counties Damaged by Floods
- Mississippi Recovers $1 Million for Policyholders in Q1
April 10, 2009
- Florida Takes Over Coral Insurance; Security First, MacNeill Step In
- Georgia Charges Tennessee Trucking Insurance Agent with $2.6 Million Fraud
- DuPont: West Virginia Court Should Overturn Smelter Case
- Feds Probe Cause of Deadly Explosion in Florida
- North Carolina Insurance Agent Charged with Staging Accident
April 9, 2009
- Settlement Reached over South Carolina Homes on Bombing Range
- Flooding Threatens Florida Homes
- Kentucky Fen-Phen Lawyers Ordered to Return $30M
- Tennessee House Panel OKs Ban on Texting-while-Driving
April 8, 2009
- Florida Lawmaker Chides Lobbyist during Committee
- USDA Extends Crop Insurance Deadline for West Virginians
- Key Risk Names Preston as Mid-Atlantic Director
April 7, 2009
- South Carolina Woman's Family Gets $3M from Doctors
- Seven Alabama Counties Due Flood Mapping Funds
- Courthouse Bonding Decision Will Not Cost Kentucky
April 6, 2009
- Major Flooding Hits South Georgia
- Florida House Committee Approves Hurricane Insurance Bill
- South Carolina Pastor Charged with Insurance Fraud
April 3, 2009
- Florida Charges NFL's Stallworth with DUI Manslaughter in Crash
- South Carolina Neighborhood Suffers 27 Fires in Past 6 Months
- New Branch Manager Named at USG Insurance Services' Tampa Office
April 2, 2009
- Florida Senate Postpones Vote on Catastrophe Funding Bill
- Florida Cap on Workers' Compensation Lawyers' Fees Goes to Senate
- Georgia's Oxendine Sees Politics in Insurance Department Budget Cut
April 1, 2009