Latest Georgia Headlines
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Georgia Commissioner Says Rates to Drop This Year After Tort Reform Passage
Apr 25 2025 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King predicted property-casualty insurance rates will drop 3% to 5% in the next year after lawmakers approved significant tort reform measures. He also seemed to warn insurance companies...
Insurance Groups Celebrate Signing of Georgia Tort Reform Laws
Apr 24 2025 // Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s political organization took to social media to tout his success in limiting lawsuits in a way Georgians could understand. “Thank you” its ad proclaimed, with the words blocked...
Higginbotham Adds Agencies in Georgia, Tennessee to the Team
Apr 14 2025 // Higginbotham, one of the largest insurance agencies headquartered in Texas, has expanded its footprint in the Southeast by adding agencies in Georgia and Tennessee. The firm announced that Tidwell & Hilburn Insurance...
Walmart Employee Kills Co-Worker in Georgia, Driver in Florida Injures Store Worker
Apr 14 2025 // COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — A Walmart employee shot and killed a co-worker inside a Georgia store and critically wounded another worker outside early Friday while the business was closed to the public, authorities said. After...
More Tort Reform: Georgia Lawmakers Put Limits on Litigation Financing
Mar 31 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won approval Thursday from the House. The full package, also called tort reform, is set to...
Public Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Another Scam, This One on a Church in Georgia
Mar 31 2025 // A notorious public adjuster, already in prison for scamming Louisiana and Texas residents out of insurance proceeds, last week pleaded guilty to defrauding Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. and a Georgia church out of...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve Major Tort Reform, Overhaul of Legal System
Mar 24 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s measure to limit lawsuits in Georgia received House approval Thursday, poising the state’s litigation landscape for a controversial overhaul after a lengthy...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve $300M in Farm and Timber Tax Breaks After Helene
Mar 24 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers on Friday approved tax breaks for farmers and timber owners harmed by Hurricane Helene that could be worth nearly $300 million. House members voted unanimously to send the bill to Gov....
After Florida Report, Georgia Senator Wants Investigation into MGAs, Insurer Profits
Mar 19 2025 // Concerns about Florida-based insurance carriers masking profits with the help of affiliated companies has spilled across the border into Georgia, with one state senator calling for an investigation. Sen. Nabilah Islam...
Georgia Lawmakers Push to Ban Automated Speeding-Ticket Cameras
Mar 6 2025 // (AP) — Outside Beacon Hill Middle School in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, like along hundreds of roadsides across Georgia, the unblinking eye of a camera tickets drivers who speed through a school zone. Supporters say...
With Unrevealed Previous Injury, Later Claim Cannot be Denied, Georgia Court Says
Mar 4 2025 // Defending workers’ compensation claims from employees who have not disclosed previous injuries may have just become a little more complicated for employers and insurance carriers in Georgia. The Georgia Court of...
Georgia Lawmakers Must Now Fix Differences on Bill to Boost Hurricane Helene Relief
Mar 3 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Senate wants to boost spending on Hurricane Helene relief even more, including creating a grant program that could provide aid to individuals. The state Senate voted 55-1 last week to...
Statute of Limitation on Officials’ Surety Bonds Action Is 3 Years, Georgia Court Says
Feb 27 2025 // Surety carriers providing bonds for elected officials in Georgia this week discovered that a statute of limitations on claims litigation is only three years in some cases – not six or 20 years as one insurer had...
Georgia Tort Bill Advances After Kemp Makes Concession on Medical Costs
Feb 24 2025 // Georgia senators voted 33-21 on Friday to support Gov. Brian Kemp’s top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, but not before some of Kemp’s fellow Republicans extracted a concession in exchange for the votes...
Georgia Commissioner Proposes New Rules on Lithium Batteries, Mobile Homes
Feb 21 2025 // The Georgia Office of insurance commissioner will hold a hearing March 20 on new rules regarding fire safety, including the storage of lithium-ion batteries, as well as new permitting rules for mobile homes. The first set...
Woman Sues Georgia Fertility Clinic, Saying She Gave Birth to Another Woman’s Baby
Feb 21 2025 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Krystena Murray became pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization two years ago, and said she was unaware until she gave birth that the fertility clinic had made a fateful mistake. In December...
Georgia Governor Wins Support for Tort Reform From 3 Skeptical Senators
Feb 18 2025 // Three Republican holdouts in the Georgia Senate got on board with Gov. Brian Kemp’s top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, showing the state’s Republican leader remains at the height of his political power...
Battery Firm Pulls Plug on $2.6 Billion Plant in Georgia
Feb 11 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — A clean energy company is abandoning a plan to build a giant electric battery factory in Atlanta’s suburbs after it shifted to buy a solar panel plant in Texas. Freyr Battery told officials in Newnan...
Insurance Groups Pushing Hard for Georgia Tort Reform as State Liability Costs Soar
Feb 6 2025 // Georgia’s governor has asked state lawmakers for $175 million to cover the growing costs of liability claims against state agencies and employees, as the state’s liability insurance fund has dwindled to a...
Will Georgia Gov. Kemp’s Move to Curb Lawsuits Keep Insurance Rates From Rising?
Feb 3 2025 // Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday reiterated his simple pitch for lawsuit limits: They’ll halt rising insurance costs. The reality, though, is more complicated. Changes could reduce liability insurance costs for...
