Latest Georgia Headlines
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Georgia Gov. Calls On Beck to Resign as Insurance Commissioner After Indictment
May 15 2019 // Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has asked embattled Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck to resign from his post, effective immediately, saying his recent indictment “severely undermines your ability to fulfill your...
5 Workers Hurt in Fire, Explosion at Oklahoma Paper Mill
May 15 2019 // Officials say a fire and subsequent explosion at a Georgia-Pacific paper mill in eastern Oklahoma injured five workers and left two firefighters with heat exhaustion. Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service operations...
Georgia Insurance Regulator Faces 38 Count Indictment for Defrauding Insurer; Claims Innocence
May 14 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck on 38 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and mail fraud in an alleged $2 million scheme to defraud the Georgia Underwriting Association (GUA),...
New Suit Filed in Indiana Against USA Gymnastics Seeks Help for Abused Athletes
May 2 2019 // A new lawsuit filed in Indiana seeks to protect potentially thousands of abused gymnasts who might not have known about a deadline for filing claims against USA Gymnastics in the embattled group’s ongoing...
Georgia Man Arrested for Operating Auto Chop Shop
May 1 2019 // A Georgia man was arrested last month after a joint effort between investigators in the Fraud Unit at the Georgia Department of Insurance and multiple state agencies discovered he was allegedly operating a chop shop in...
Driving in Georgia While Sitting in California; Remote Control Beats Autonomy
Apr 18 2019 // For four days in February, Ben Shukman showed up to his office at Phantom Auto in Mountain View, California, sat down in front of a bank of computer screens with a steering wheel in a darkened room, and began driving. As...
Georgia Gov. Blasts Congress for Inaction on Hurricane Aid Package
Apr 16 2019 // Georgia’s governor and other state leaders are blasting Congress over its failure to approve a package of disaster relief measures. The $14 billion aid package is desperately needed by farmers and others who suffered...
Mercury Insurance Expands Cyber Coverage to Georgia Homeowners, Renters
Apr 4 2019 // Mercury Insurance has launched a home cyber protection offering for homeowners and renters in Georgia. The new coverage will provide Mercury policyholders with cyber insurance protection that includes payment and security...
Beck Launches ‘Open Checkbook’ Site to Show Georgia Insurance Dept. Spending
Apr 3 2019 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has unveiled a new program called Open Checkbook on its website that details how the agency spends its funds. According to a statement from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck, Open...
Hurricane Michael, Other Challenges Impacting Georgia’s Timber Industry
Apr 1 2019 // Georgia’s timber industry is facing many headwinds as it seeks to recover from the severe damage wrought by Hurricane Michael late last year. The storm erased three-quarters of a billion dollars in timber, The...
Zurich Sues Insured After Deadly Plane Crash in Georgia
Mar 28 2019 // An insurance company is suing a business whose chief executive was flying a plane that crashed in Georgia, killing him and three passengers. Federal court records show Zurich American Insurance Co. of Illinois is suing...
Hurricane Michael, Other Challenges Impacting Georgia’s Timber Industry
Mar 21 2019 // Georgia’s timber industry is facing many headwinds as it seeks to recover from the severe damage wrought by Hurricane Michael late last year. The storm erased three-quarters of a billion dollars in timber, The...
Deadly Southeast Tornado Outbreak Spawned 36 Tornadoes, 23 Deaths
Mar 18 2019 // The number of tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in a deadly outbreak across the Southeast in early March was at least 36. Survey teams for the National Weather Service found evidence of the twisters in Alabama,...
36 Tornadoes Confirmed in Deadly Southeast Outbreak
Mar 8 2019 // The number of tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in a deadly weekend outbreak across the Southeast has risen to at least 36. Survey teams for the National Weather Service found evidence of the twisters in Alabama,...
Georgia House Passes Bill Expanding Access to Medical Marijuana
Mar 8 2019 // The production and sale of low-potency medical marijuana oil could soon be allowed in Georgia under a bill passed Tuesday by the House. Lawmakers voted 123-40 to clear the measure, two days ahead of a legislative deadline...
Alabama Tornado Recovery Efforts Begin As Threat of More Storms Looms
Mar 7 2019 // All those listed as missing have been found and searches ended with no additional bodies discovered among the shattered homes, splintered pines and broken lives devastated by a tornado in rural Alabama, leaving the death...
How Reading the Fine Print in Insurance Policy Paid Off for Teacher, Students
Mar 7 2019 // Donelan Andrews of Georgia has been a teacher for 25 years. Armed with a consumer economics background, she says she always reads every contract when she buys something, and she teaches her students to do the same. When...
Southeast Storm System Spawned 18 Tornadoes, ‘Monster’ EF4 in Alabama
Mar 6 2019 // Picking through the twisted debris that had been her Alabama mobile home, Carol Dean found her wedding dress and a Father’s Day note to her husband reading, “Daddy, I love you to pieces.” Her husband was...
Update: F3 Twister Leaves Trail of Destruction, Kills At Least 23 in Alabama
Mar 5 2019 // Rescuers searched for victims Monday amid homes smashed to their foundations, shredded metal dangling from trees and dead animals lying in the open after a tornado ripped through a rural Alabama community and killed at...
Death Toll Climbs After Tornadoes Strike Southeast
Mar 5 2019 // This photo shows debris in Lee County, Ala., after what appeared to be a tornado struck in the area Sunday, March 3, 2019. Severe storms destroyed mobile homes, snapped trees and left a trail of destruction amid weather...
