Latest Georgia Headlines
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Georgia Lawyer Dug Deep to Bring Case Against General Motors
Mar 18 2014 // Six days after General Motors Co. recalled almost 800,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s for a defect that could cause surprise engine shutdowns, lawyer Lance Cooper, a solo practitioner in Georgia, sent government...
Supreme Court Nixes Suit Against Officer Brought in Another State
Feb 28 2014 // The Supreme Court ruled this week that a Georgia police officer could not be sued in Nevada over the seizure of money from two travelers at an Atlanta airport. In a unanimous decision, the justices said a lawsuit against...
GEICO Appoints Assistant VP in Georgia
Feb 27 2014 // Chevy Chase, Md.-based auto insurance giant GEICO announced Lona Montgomery has been named assistant vice president of centralized services in the company’s Macon, Ga., regional office. Montgomery previously served...
Georgia Recovers $1M from Drivers, Insurers for Damage to State Property
Feb 27 2014 // State transportation officials say an initiative to recover money to pay for damage to state property in traffic accidents has netted the agency more than $1 million. GDOT officials say annual damages to state property —...
Georgia House Passes Insurance E-Commerce Bill
Feb 20 2014 // The Georgia House recently passed legislation allowing insurance companies to conduct all policyholder transactions over the internet instead of by mail as long as the consumer consents. The bill also allows policy...
Georgia’s Latest Winter Storm Brought $25M in Damage: Hudgens
Feb 20 2014 // The latest winter storm to pound Georgia with ice and snow caused an estimated $25 million in damage. State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said that’s the dollar amount of claims filed with property/casualty...
EPIC Adds Atkinson to Georgia Risk Management Team
Feb 6 2014 // Retail insurance agency EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center ) said it has added Don Atkinson to its risk management consulting practice in its Southeast region, The McCart Group, in Duluth, Georgia. Atkinson brings 29...
Georgia Estimates Snowstorm Claims at $10M
Feb 5 2014 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said Georgians have already filed more than an estimated $10 million in claims related to last week’s snow storm. Hudgens said in a statement that insured losses include...
Georgia Lawmakers Eye Regulations for Drones
Feb 5 2014 // Georgia would take the first steps to regulating the use of drones through legislation under consideration in the General Assembly. Rep. Harry Geisinger, R-Roswell, has sponsored a bill that would provide for the lawful...
Georgia Cold Spell Leads to $75M in Claims
Jan 16 2014 // State officials say Georgians filed claims for an estimated $75 million in insured losses after temperatures in the region dropped well below freezing. Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said in a statement that...
California’s EPIC Acquires Georgia’s McCart Group as Part of National Expansion
Jan 9 2014 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant based in San Francisco, said it has acquired The McCart Group of Duluth, Georgia. The McCart Group...
Georgia Agriculture Chief Urges Changes in Federal Food Safety Rules
Dec 27 2013 // New food safety rules proposed by the federal government could prove cumbersome and costly for Georgia farmers, the state’s agriculture commissioner said. Gary Black, a Republican, was among many who asked the U.S....
United Property & Casualty Approved to Write in Georgia
Dec 20 2013 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has approved United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPC) to write property/casualty insurance in the state as an admitted carrier. This brings the total number of states in the...
Insurance Agent Thompson Wins Georgia State Senate Election
Dec 5 2013 // Northwest Georgia insurance agent Bruce Thompson has been elected to represent District 14 in the Georgia state Senate. Thompson won about 68 percent of votes in Tuesday’s general election runoff over Cartersville...
Old Republic Insurance Sues Georgia City Over Runway Construction
Dec 2 2013 // An insurance company is suing the City of Macon, claiming that a corporate jet crashed because the city improperly built the runway it landed on. The Telegraph of Macon reported that Old Republic Insurance Co. is suing the...
Georgia Jury Awards $6.7 Million in Malpractice Case
Nov 18 2013 // A jury in Columbus, Georgia has awarded $6.7 million in a 10-year legal battle involving an Alabama man who said his intestine was punctured during a hernia operation. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that the jury...
Officials Allege Georgia-Florida Football Game Bus Theft Ring
Nov 8 2013 // Investigators have arrested a man who they say was involved in an “elaborate theft ring” operating in northeast Florida and south Georgia. The Florida Times-Union reported that investigators tracked two stolen...
Georgia Regulator Blasts Rocky Health Care Rollout, Federal Website Glitches
Nov 6 2013 // Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens criticized the rocky rollout of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in a recent interview with a local TV news station. Commissioner Hudgens, a...
Georgia-Based AutoTown Insurance Acquires Fling Insurance Agency
Nov 5 2013 // AutoTown Insurance, an independent agency based in Norcross, Georgia, announced its acquisition of Fling Insurance Agency in Lagrange, Georgia. AutoTown said the acquisition highlights the firm’s expansion plans...
State Farm Building National Operations Center in Georgia
Nov 4 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. The facility will be built on a nearly four-acre site across from the Dunwoody MARTA station. City officials said the...
