Latest Georgia Headlines
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Georgia Lawmakers Approve $20M More in Loans to Farmers for Michael Recovery
Feb 25 2019 // A midyear budget that would add $20 million for loans to farmers and $2 million for hospitals affected by Hurricane Michael has received final approval from the Georgia legislature. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports...
Georgia Volunteer Firefighter Arrested for Arson
Feb 20 2019 // A volunteer firefighter from Nicholls, Ga., was arrested and charged with three counts of arson after a fire at a wood structure in Alma, Ga., according to a statement from the Georgia Department of Insurance...
Georgia Apartment Fire Damages 15 Units, Displaces 30 People
Feb 13 2019 // More than 30 people have been forced from their home in an apartment fire near Atlanta. Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services told news outlets the fire was reported around 3:45 p.m. Saturday near Lawrenceville. No injuries...
Georgia House Budget Increases Funds for Hurricane, School Safety
Feb 13 2019 // The Georgia House has approved a midyear budget adjustment that increases funding for school safety and farmers hit by the devastation of Hurricane Michael in October. Republican Rep. Terry England, chairman of the House...
Horse-Drawn Carriage Overturns in Savannah, Georgia, Injures 7
Feb 11 2019 // Authorities say a horse-drawn carriage has overturned in Savannah, injuring all seven aboard. News outlets report the carriage wreck happened Friday in Savannah’s downtown historic district. Savannah police...
How a ‘Sharing’ Workplace Can Undermine Leadership
Feb 8 2019 // Sharing personal information with friends and family has long been held by researchers as a way to build rapport and healthy relationships. But between coworkers, that’s not always true. That is at the center of new...
CSX Settles Civil Suit in Train Death of Film Worker in Georgia
Feb 4 2019 // A railroad owner settled a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of a film worker killed in 2014 when a train slammed into a crew shooting a movie about singer Gregg Allman, ending the company’s appeal of a $3.9...
Georgia’s InsuranceHub Taps LeBaigue as VP of Technology
Jan 31 2019 // Metro Atlanta-based InsuranceHub’s Lee LeBaigue has transitioned from vice president of Sales to the role of vice president of Technology. LeBaigue originally joined InsuranceHub in 2011 with a background in SEO and...
New Georgia Commissioner Beck Implements Insurer Rating, Complaint Systems
Jan 31 2019 // Georgia’s new Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck has issued several orders directed at insurers since he took office earlier this month as part of what he says is fulfilling his campaign promise to be a commissioner for...
Atlanta Prepares for Super Bowl as Winter Storm Bears Down on South
Jan 30 2019 // Five years after cars, trucks and school buses became marooned on Atlanta freeways in what became known as “snow jam ,” another winter storm is threatening the city – just as thousands of fans begin...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, Distracted Driving
Jan 29 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
INSUREtrust Adds Boyd as a Professional Lines Account Executive in Georgia
Jan 28 2019 // INSUREtrust has added Rachel Boyd as a Professional Lines account executive on Executive Vice President Christiaan Durdaller’s brokering team. Boyd has seven years of wholesale experience in management liability,...
Family of Boy Scout Killed by Falling Tree at Georgia Camp Sues Scouts Group
Jan 11 2019 // The family of a 14-year-old Texas Boy Scout who was killed when a tree fell on his tent at a Georgia Scout camp is suing the Atlanta-area group overseeing Scouts programs. News outlets report Elijah Knight’s parents,...
Derailed Train Spills Corrosive Chemical Near Georgia Town
Jan 9 2019 // A derailed train spilled various chemicals including hydrochloric acid outside of a small Georgia town, prompting evacuations. The director of the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency, Jim Anderson, says a Norfolk...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, and Distracted Driving
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Timber Farms in Florida, Georgia Suffering After Hurricane Michael
Jan 2 2019 // Strewn in gnarled piles from Florida’s Gulf Coast up through South Georgia, the livelihood of timber farmers is on the ground. And, after the ravaging buzz saw of Hurricane Michael in early October, it will be a...
Insurance Journal Southeast’s Top Stories for 2018: Fraud, Hurricanes, Data Security Law
Dec 31 2018 // It was a busy year in the Southeast with two major hurricanes that wreaked havoc on the region, an escalating insurance crisis in Florida, and a new industry-specific cybersecurity law in South Carolina that takes effect...
Georgia Farmers Eligible for Loans to Cover Hurricane Losses
Dec 21 2018 // Some Georgia farmers are eligible for federal loans to help cover the costs of losses sustained because of Hurricane Michael. The Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated...
InsuranceHub of Georgia Adds Staff to Growing Transportation Division
Dec 20 2018 // Lawrenceville, Ga.-based InsuranceHub has doubled the size of its commercial transportation division with the addition of several new team members. Within the last three months, the following people were hired to enhance...
Boy Scouts Face Insurance, Bankruptcy Challenges Over Sex Abuse Claims
Dec 20 2018 // It took Robb Lawson until he was 45 to finally confront a dark memory from his days as a Boy Scout. Lawson was a teenager at the time, a member of a troop in Georgia, picked to attend a wilderness challenge to win entry in...
