http://www.insurancejournal.com Property casualty insurance news from Insurance Journal en-us Copyright 2009 Wells Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:11 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/img/insurance-journal-property-casualty-magazine-logo_88x31.gif http://www.insurancejournal.com 88 31 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105493.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105493.htm North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the appointment of five new members to the N.C. Joint Underwriting Association and the N.C. Insurance Underwriting Association, better ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:41:11 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105490.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105490.htm Against the backdrop of the worst economic slump in more than 30 years, more than 83 percent of Floridians are concerned about their money challenges and 43 percent don’t expect to be ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27:38 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105488.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105488.htm Georgia's top fire official is urging churches to bolster security after two metro Atlanta churches were set on fire. Georgia Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John Oxendine said officials ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:08:12 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105485.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105485.htm The state’s largest private property insurer may not leave Florida after all, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty told Gov. Charlie Crist and other members of the Florida Cabinet. McCarty, ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:19 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105467.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/20/105467.htm A Florida jury Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema. The Broward ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:11 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/19/105452.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/19/105452.htm Gov. Charlie Crist has urged Florida lawmakers to ban texting while driving. Crist this week asked Julie Jones, executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:34:20 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/18/105426.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/18/105426.htm Investigators say two fires that destroyed the Smoke Hole Caverns gift shop and restaurant in West Virginia were deliberately set. Grant County Sheriff's Deputy S.L. Wratchford says items were ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:04:26 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/18/105425.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/18/105425.htm Some north Alabama residents awoke to a shaky start of the new week. A small earthquake rattled the northern part of the state Monday morning. The 1.4 magnitude quake centered around the Fort ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:01:59 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/17/105390.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/17/105390.htm Liberty Mutual Agency Markets has appointed Carol Sipe as president and chief executive officer of Summit, which provides monoline workers’ compensation coverage in 10 southeastern ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:11:39 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/17/105381.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/17/105381.htm Ratings firm A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to both Florida-based Lakeview Insurance Co., and its affiliate, ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:44:12 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/16/105343.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/16/105343.htm A letter sent to the customers of a parking deck that collapsed last summer blames a bolt for the accident. David Tyndall, whose company leases spaces in the Centergy parking garage, told The ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:04:28 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/16/105335.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/16/105335.htm A Lexington attorney has filed a lawsuit over comments posted on a newspaper's Web site. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that attorney Astrida Lemkins filed suit against unnamed defendants ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:12:57 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/16/105332.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/16/105332.htm Even though disgraced lawyer Richard "Dickie'' Scruggs conspired to bribe a judge in a dispute over Hurricane Katrina litigation fees, an arbitrator should decide how much the opposing attorneys ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:59:21 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/13/105315.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/13/105315.htm Concordis Group Inc. announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Longwood, Fla.-based privately held independent insurance agency Insurance Office of America. IOA will assist the company ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:33:28 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/13/105303.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/13/105303.htm Georgia's insurance commissioner said American Fidelity Life Insurance has agreed to refund its life insurance policy holders $275 each. Soldiers who purchased policies written from Sept. 1, 2004 ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:58:02 -0600