Latest Georgia Headlines
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GEICO Must Pay $2.7M After Failing to Accept $30K Offer: Georgia Supreme Court
Apr 27 2021 // GEICO Indemnity Co.’s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under a ruling last week by the Georgia Supreme Court. The high court’s 7-0 decision answered three...
Fiery Crash on Georgia Interstate Causes At Least 6 Deaths
Apr 26 2021 // At least six people died and several others were hurt in an interstate crash in Georgia that left a passenger van engulfed in flames and rolled on its side, police said. Passersby stopped to pull people from the burning...
Insurer for Georgia City to Pay $1.7M to Business Owner in Harassment Suit
Apr 20 2021 // A suburban Atlanta barbecue restaurant owner will get $1.7 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming he was harassed by government officials and employees. The city of Stockbridge’s insurer will pay the money to...
Floor Collapses During Huge Party Near University of Georgia
Apr 19 2021 // At least 25 people were hurt when a floor collapsed during a massive party at a two-story house near the University of Georgia. Athens Clarke-County police said the incident happened around 1 a.m. Friday in Athens. Police...
3 House Fires in Savannah, Georgia Linked to Arsons
Apr 19 2021 // Three houses that burned in Savannah earlier this month are believed to have been set on fire by burglars. Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said Thursday that investigators have ruled the fires to be arsons and...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner King to Seek Re-Election
Apr 14 2021 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King on Monday launched his 2022 election campaign. King is a Republican. He was the Doraville police chief and had no insurance experience when Gov. Brian Kemp named him commissioner in...
26 Georgia Troopers Fired in Cheating Scandal Reach Settlement
Apr 6 2021 // The Georgia Department of Public Safety has settled with 26 of the troopers it fired after they were accused of cheating on an exam. All but two of these former troopers were offered their jobs back as part of the...
Some Georgia Schools to Remain Closed for 2 Weeks After EF-4 Tornado
Apr 5 2021 // Some schools in a county hard-hit by recent storms will remain closed for a couple of weeks as cleanup continues, school officials said. The entire district remained closed, Coweta County Superintendent Evan Horton said...
Gas Leak Forces Evacuation in Georgia Amid Storm Cleanup
Mar 29 2021 // A gas leak forced officials Sunday to evacuate some residents in Newnan, a Georgia city cleaning up after a powerful tornado days earlier ripped roofs off numerous homes and buildings. Newnan city officials ordered...
Crews Remove 3rd Giant Piece of Shipwreck off Georgia Coast
Mar 23 2021 // Salvage crews cutting a wrecked cargo ship into giant chunks along the Georgia coast last week lifted away the third big section to be severed from the vessel since demolition began four months ago. The South Korean...
Southeast Storms Spawned EF2 Tornadoes in Alabama, Miss., EF1 in Georgia
Mar 22 2021 // At least 10 tornadoes struck Alabama and Mississippi this week during a severe weather outbreak that could have been worse if temperatures hadn’t remained relatively low, forecasters said. Teams from the National...
Georgia City Resident Sues Over Chemical Discharge in Water
Mar 17 2021 // A Georgia city, a textile manufacturer and others are being sued by a former Summerville, Georgia, city council member over a water crisis that forced Summerville to distribute bottled water for weeks and still could cost...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Lawsuit by Transgender Fire Chief Over Technicality
Feb 26 2021 // A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit by a transgender fire chief who led a rural Georgia city’s fire department for more than a decade, then got fired 18 months after first coming to work as a...
SIU Adds Kiernan to Marine Brokerage Team in Georgia
Feb 26 2021 // Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (SIU) has added John Kiernan to its Marine Brokerage team. He will be based in Alpharetta, Ga. Kiernan comes to SIU with experience in underwriting all classes of hull, marine...
Smith Joins Palomar Insurance in Georgia
Feb 24 2021 // Palomar Insurance has added Reese Smith, III to its expanding sales team as an acount executive specializing in the transportation industry. Reese Smith Smith has experience with trucking insurance and personalized service...
Several Homes Damaged by Tornado in Georgia
Feb 18 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that a tornado struck an area of southwest Georgia where one home was destroyed and several others got damaged. The weather service’s office in Tallahassee, Florida,...
Lawmakers Vote to Extend Georgia COVID Lawsuit Shield by One Year
Feb 12 2021 // The Georgia state House has voted in favor of extending by one year a law that protects businesses from being sued by a person that blames them for contracting COVID-19. The protection is currently set to expire on July...
Allianz Makes Personnel Changes to Georgia-Based Aviation Team
Feb 11 2021 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s (AGCS) North American Aviation team has promoted two executives and hired a new underwriting specialist, effective immediately. Lamont Rosemond has been promoted to regional...
Investigators Focus on Conveyor Belt in Georgia Poultry Plant Deaths
Feb 10 2021 // Problems with the operation of a conveyer belt system that transported chicken for freezing appear to be the cause of a liquid nitrogen release that killed six workers at a Georgia poultry processing plant, federal...
Georgia County Invests $1.9M in Fire Fighting Efforts to Cut Insurance Rates
Feb 9 2021 // A southeast Georgia county will spend $1.9 million to buy three fire trucks and three water tankers, part of a strategy to increase fire protection and cut property insurance rates in rural areas. The Statesboro Herald...
