Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Hopes to Establish State as Captive-Friendly with Revised Law
Jul 14 2015 // Companies looking to form captives in Georgia can now do so with more favorable conditions since the passage of several business-friendly amendments to the Georgia captive insurance law, which became effective July 1. The...
Drone Supporters Clash with Georgia Over Capitol Airspace Ban
Jul 14 2015 // Drone enthusiasts are calling a ban on the unmanned vehicles within five miles of Georgia’s Capitol an overreach of authority by state officials, while agency officials argue the change is necessary and follows...
Georgia Hopes to Establish State as Captive-Friendly with Newly-Revised Law Lowering Taxes, Capital Requirements
Jul 6 2015 // Companies looking to form captives in Georgia can now do so with more favorable conditions since the passage of several business-friendly amendments to the Georgia captive insurance law, which became effective July 1. The...
Siegel Elected as President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia
Jul 2 2015 // Andy N. Siegel, president of Siegel Insurance, Inc., a Trusted Choice insurance agency in Atlanta, was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Inc. (IIAG) on June 13, during the...
Georgia Chiropractor Indicted On 12 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Jun 25 2015 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced that a Bibb County Grand Jury indicted Roswell chiropractor Victor L. Dees for 12 counts of insurance fraud based off an investigation conducted by the Department of...
Dogs Assist Investigators in Sniffing out Georgia Arson Cases
Jun 23 2015 // Iggie is one of the most important tools in Columbus, Ga.’s fight against arson, and he’s only two years old. Iggie is a yellow lab trained to detect fire accelerants such as gasoline and other materials...
Willis Makes Leadership Appointments in Southeast
Jun 23 2015 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, has made a series of senior appointments to its southeast business operations. Hiram Marrero has been appointed national partner of Willis’s South Region. He...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Georgia
Jun 22 2015 // GEICO has continued the expansion of its new auto insurance product for drivers of transportation network companies (TNC) with the addition of Georgia. GEICO offers ridesharing coverage through GEICO Commercial at a price...
WCRI: Georgia Workers Comp Indemnity Benefits Key Cost Contributor
Jun 22 2015 // Indemnity benefits per claim with more than seven days of lost time in Georgia were among the highest of the 17 study states and the main contributor to the higher total costs per claim in the state, according to a recent...
Georgia Announces $10 Million Truck Safety Campaign
Jun 16 2015 // Georgia will spend $10 million to add officers to the state law-enforcement division focused on watching and inspecting commercial trucks, Gov. Deal announced June 11 along a stretch of interstate where tractor-trailers...
Georgia’s New Chief Privacy Officer to Focus on Protecting Students’ Data
Jun 11 2015 // Georgia’s new chief privacy officer appointed earlier this month said she will focus on training school districts about the importance of both collecting and protecting data on Georgia students. The position was...
State Farm: Georgia Files Most Lightning Strike Claims
Jun 8 2015 // State Farm says Georgia residents file the most claims for lightning strikes in the country. The insurer’s officials told WSB-TV that it paid more than $16 million for lightning-related claims in 2014. The owner of...
ConAgra to Settle Georgia Peanut Butter Salmonella Charges for $11.2M
May 22 2015 // ConAgra Foods agreed to pay $11.2 million, a sum that includes the highest criminal fine ever in a U.S. food safety case, to settle a federal charge that the company shipped Peter Pan peanut butter tainted with salmonella...
Georgia Officers Issue 270 Tickets Under ‘Slow Poke’ Law
May 21 2015 // The Georgia State Patrol says officers have written about 270 tickets under a law that makes it illegal to block faster drivers in the left-hand lane. The state’s so-called “slow poke” law took effect in...
Georgia Governor Approves Ridesharing Regulation
May 8 2015 // Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law two bills regulating the high-tech ridesharing industry in Georgia. Surrounded by young Uber drivers in black T-shirts and Lyft drivers wearing pink on Wednesday, Deal signed into law...
Georgia High Court Sides with XL in Consent to Settlement Dispute
May 4 2015 // The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement because the insured settled on the amount without the consent of the insurer that was required by...
A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Georgia Farm Bureau Group Members
May 1 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. and Georgia...
Georgia Sperm Bank Responds to ‘Baseless’ Donor Misrepresentation Lawsuit
May 1 2015 // A Georgia-based sperm bank said in a court filing this week that a lawsuit accusing it of misrepresenting the medical and social history of a sperm donor is baseless. Xytex Corp. responded to the lawsuit filed in Fulton...
Georgia Education Officials Checking Schools for Recalled Ice Cream
Apr 30 2015 // Georgia education officials say they’re working with the state health department to make sure ice cream products that were recently recalled aren’t being served in schools. Department of Education spokesman...
Second Largest Georgia Hospital to Settle False Medicare Billing Charges for $20M
Apr 29 2015 // Federal prosecutors say a central Georgia hospital system has agreed to a multimillion dollar settlement to resolve allegations of fraudulent Medicare billing. Authorities say the Medical Center of Central Georgia has...
