Latest Georgia Headlines
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OSHA Fines Georgia Pillow Maker $191,000 after Repeated Amputations
Jun 12 2022 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Georgia pillow manufacturer for repeat violations after four accidents that left workers with amputated fingers.. Place Vendome Holding Co., operating as...
Georgia Authorities Investigating Fires that Destroyed Three Historic Homes
Jun 8 2022 // Georgia arson investigators are helping in the probe of a suspicious fire that destroyed three historic homes over the weekend. Insurance Commissioner John King said that investigators examined the remains of the three...
Excluding Sex-Change Surgery from Policy Discriminates, Georgia Federal Court Finds
Jun 6 2022 // A Georgia county and sheriff’s office discriminated when it denied health insurance for a deputy seeking gender reassignment surgery, a federal court decided. U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell last week found that...
Hub Acquires Georgia-based Alexander & Co. Benefits Firm
Jun 6 2022 // Hub International, a global insurance brokerage firm, has acquired Georgia-based Alexander & Co., an employee benefits firm for school districts and local governments. Headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia, the...
Producer License Violation Fines in Georgia, California Adopts NAIC Producer Legislation, Utah DOI Changes Address
Jun 1 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
Seven Die on Georgia Waterways over Memorial Day Weekend
May 31 2022 // Searchers recovered the bodies of three missing boaters Sunday after two vessels collided on a Georgia river, bringing the crash’s death toll to five people. One of the surviving boaters was charged with boating...
King Cruises to Victory over Trump Pick in Georgia Insurance Commissioner Primary
May 26 2022 // Georgia’s incumbent insurance commissioner easily survived a Republican primary challenge from a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The Democratic candidate will be decided by a runoff. Commissioner...
Grand Jury Indicts Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Oxendine on Fraud Charges
May 23 2022 // A former Georgia insurance commissioner has been indicted on federal charges related to an alleged health care scheme. A federal grand jury last Tuesday indicted John Oxendine on charges of conspiracy to commit health care...
Georgia Ethics Agency Settles Case Against Former Insurance Commissioner
May 13 2022 // A long-running investigation into a former Georgia insurance commissioner has finally come to an end. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that former Commissioner John Oxendine agreed to turn over about $128,000 in...
People: Georgia-Based Oakbridge Names Kiser Senior VP
May 5 2022 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency in Atlanta has named Scott Kiser as senior vice president ant private client group practice leader. Kiser Kiser, with 28 years in the property-casualty insurance business, was previously head of...
Black Neighborhood Lost $5M When Homes Taken by Georgia Authorities in 1960s
May 3 2022 // Residents of a Black neighborhood in north Georgia lost more than $5 million on their properties when their homes were destroyed and replaced with university dorms and parking lots more than 50 years ago, according to an...
Georgia Insurance Owner Sentenced for Bankruptcy Violations
Apr 15 2022 // A Georgia insurance company owner has been sentenced to eight months in prison after prosecutors said he lied in bankruptcy court and on his federal tax returns. Jacques Andres Frym, 53, who owned businesses in the...
Georgia Authorities Looking for Insurance Agent after $32,000 Goes Missing
Apr 12 2022 // Georgia authorities were searching for a South Georgia insurance agent who allegedly absconded with thousands of dollars in premium payments but never provided insurance policies. Georgia’s insurance...
Storms Kill One in Georgia, Cause Damage Across South
Apr 7 2022 // Violent storms killed three people in the South Tuesday, including one in Georgia, as another swarm of tornadoes and hailstorms tore across the region. A woman died Tuesday evening in Pembroke, Georgia, where a suspected...
Georgia Lawmakers Adopt NAIC Rules on Group Capital, Stress Tests
Apr 7 2022 // The Georgia General Assembly this week passed a bill that adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ recommendations for insurance holding companies, including calculations for group capital and a...
Georgia Jury Grants $2M to Daughter of Street Sweeper Driver Crushed by Machine
Apr 5 2022 // Four years after the operator of a street sweeper was crushed by the machine, a Georgia jury has awarded the man’s family $2.2 million in damages from the manufacturer. The jury in Gwinnett County awarded a total of...
Alabama, Georgia Lawmakers Make Uber, Grubhub Drivers Independent Contractors
Apr 5 2022 // Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees...
Georgia Tree Company Supervisor Pleads Guilty in Murder of Whistleblowing Worker
Mar 30 2022 // A man who helped supply undocumented and uninsured immigrant labor to a tree removal company in Georgia has pleaded guilty to aiding in the 2017 murder of a worker who tried to blow the whistle on the practices. Federal...
Georgia Commissioner Directs Insurers to Pay Full Amount of Taxes on Totaled Vehicles
Mar 29 2022 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner has issued a directive to auto insurers to include the full amount of sales tax when settling a total-loss vehicle claim. “When calculating taxes to be paid to an insured on a...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Urges Insurers to Divest Their Russian Assets
Mar 18 2022 // King The Georgia insurance commissioner has joined his California counterpart in calling on insurers to divest their Russian business interests in the midst of the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine. “The fact that...
