Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: Southeast States Not Prepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 7 2015 // Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to...
A.M. Best Downgrades Georgia-Based Century Casualty Co.
Nov 17 2015 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bb+” from “bbb-” of Century Casualty Co. based in Alpharetta, Ga. The...
Irwin Siegel Agency Hires Huft as Executive Underwriter in Georgia
Nov 13 2015 // Irwin Siegel Agency, a program administrator based in Rock Hill, N.Y., has hired Christal Huft as executive underwriter. She is based in Kennesaw, Ga. Huft has served the insurance industry in various capacities for nearly...
Hub Acquires Assets of Georgia-Based RFO Enterprises
Nov 11 2015 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RFO Enterprises, Inc. (RFO), based in Marietta, Ga. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. RFO specializes in commercial lines...
Georgia Roofing Contractor Accused of Insurance Fraud
Nov 10 2015 // A Macon, Ga.-based roofing contractor was arrested for insurance fraud and damage to property, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Law enforcement officers from Hudgens’ Fraud Division and the...
5 Recent Reports on Businesses and Cyber Security, Liability and Insurance
Nov 6 2015 // Cyber security is clearly on the minds of business executives, most of whom acknowledge their firms have been victimized by some sort of cyber attack. What are they thinking about cyber security, cyber liability and cyber...
New Study Aims to Help Georgia Motorists Avoid Deer Collisions
Oct 29 2015 // University of Georgia researchers have a new study out that could tell motorists the most likely times for collisions with deer in different parts of the state. The research assessed available deer breeding information...
Georgia Man on Motorized Wheelchair Cited for DUI
Oct 27 2015 // A Conyers, Ga., man has been accused of DUI and public drunkenness while operating a motorized wheelchair inside a grocery store. Multiple media outlets are reporting that 48-year-old Danny W. Mitchell was cited at a...
Data Call Deadline Approaching for Property Insurers in Georgia
Oct 21 2015 // Personal and commercial property insurers in the State of Georgia have until Oct. 30 to respond to a Data Call from the Georgia Insurance Department. The bulletin for the data call, issued in August, states the information...
Fire at Georgia Apartment Complex Leaves 40 Homeless
Oct 20 2015 // Almost 40 people are looking for a new place to live after an overnight fire destroyed part of an apartment complex in Columbus, Georgia. Authorities say the Lullwater Apartments caught fire around 1 a.m. Monday. No one is...
Georgia-Based PointeNorth Insurance Group Merges With Debra LaVelle, Inc.
Oct 14 2015 // PointeNorth Insurance Group (PNIG) in Atlanta has merged with Debra LaVelle, Inc. of Canton, Ga., an independent insurance agency specializing in employee benefits. With this partnership, PNIG’s benefits operation is...
Former Georgia Peanut Managers Get Prison Time for Salmonella Outbreak
Oct 7 2015 // Two former managers of a Georgia peanut plant were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a deadly salmonella outbreak, though the men received far less time behind bars than the ex-boss they helped convict. A U.S....
Former Mayor of Georgia Town Pleads Guilty to 12 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Sep 28 2015 // Former Milledgeville, Ga., Mayor Richard Bentley has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of insurance fraud. Multiple media outlets report that Bentley was sentenced in Baldwin County Superior Court to 10 years probation, given a...
Former Peanut Exec Gets 28 Years for Georgia Plant Salmonella Outbreak
Sep 23 2015 // A former peanut company executive was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison for his role in a deadly salmonella outbreak, the stiffest punishment ever handed out to a producer in a foodborne illness case. The outbreak in...
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to 23 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Sep 16 2015 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced that Bibb County, Georgia, resident William Emerson Scruggs, 54, pleaded guilty to 23 counts of insurance fraud. Bibb County Superior Court sentenced Scruggs to three...
Immigrants in Georgia Sue Over Driver’s Licenses
Sep 10 2015 // A group of immigrants whose legal residency is disputed sued Georgia’s state government August 31 for refusing to issue them driver’s licenses. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the federal lawsuit...
Georgia Tackles Changing Behavior of Repeat DUI Offenders
Sep 9 2015 // In courtrooms around the country, judges are teaming up with prosecutors, defense attorneys, parole officers and substance abuse counselors to make long-term changes in the behavior of people with multiple arrests for...
Pending Mergers Will Harm Health Insurance Competition: AMA
Sep 8 2015 // The nation’s doctors say the proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health insurance companies would violate federal antitrust guidelines and seriously erode health insurance competition. According...
People – Southeast
Sep 7 2015 // Georgia-based INSUREtrust has added Vince Josaphs and Landon Dollar to its team. Josaphs joins the company as senior vice president and will report to Steve Haase, president. Josaphs has 15 years of insurance experience,...
Apartment Building Explosion in Georgia Under Investigation
Sep 2 2015 // Firefighters are investigating a blaze at a Marietta, Ga., apartment complex that was reportedly rattled by an explosion August 31. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that firefighters arrived at the Crestmont...
