Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study Suggests Topography Can Strengthen Tornadoes
Oct 25 2013 // The Georgia town of Trenton seems to fit the model. Two people died there about a block from each other. Ringgold, Ga., does, too. Death toll there: 8. In both cases, National Weather Service maps that tracked the April...
State Farm to Build Operations Center in Georgia
Oct 20 2013 // State Farm Insurance Co. plans to build a national operations center in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. Dunwoody city officials announced the plans last Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the facility...
Georgia Auto Parts Plant Cited 18 Times by OSHA Since 2009: Report
Oct 9 2013 // Representatives of a car parts manufacturing company say they’ve remedied several issues and have increased training after receiving the most federal safety violations in Georgia. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
Georgia Considers Special Board for Medical Malpractice Claims
Oct 7 2013 // Georgia lawmakers are considering whether to overhaul the state’s medical malpractice system. A Senate panel heard testimony recently on Senate Bill 141, the Patient Injury Act, which would move medical malpractice...
Police Offer Plan for Guns in Georgia Schools
Oct 2 2013 // Under a plan being discussed by a northeast Georgia school district, Colt 6920 M4 carbine rifles would be stored in safes inside schools to defend students in a school shooting. The weapons — one for each school...
Georgia Studies Moving Malpractice Claims from Court to Review Panel
Sep 26 2013 // A panel of state lawmakers is studying a Senate bill that would overhaul Georgia’s medical malpractice system, with groups such as the Medical Association of Georgia and the State Bar of Georgia lining up against...
Georgia’s Kingston Brought His CPCU to House, Now Eyes Senate
Sep 23 2013 // Jack Kingston is U.S. Representative for the First Congressional District of Georgia, which encompasses 17 counties in Southeast Georgia including the entirety of the state’s coastline. He has represented the...
Georgia County Cuts Back on Accident Investigations
Sep 19 2013 // Georgia’s Richmond County Sheriff’s Department will no longer respond to most traffic accidents on private property, including parking lots, according to officials. Lt. Lewis Blanchard said the change is to...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Georgia’s Kingston Brought His CPCU to Congress
Sep 10 2013 // Jack Kingston is U.S. Representative for the First Congressional District of Georgia, which encompasses 17 counties in Southeast Georgia including the entirety of the state’s coastline. He has represented the...
Plan Would Place Rifles in Georgia Schools
Sep 5 2013 // A Georgia school system is considering the idea of storing rifles in safes inside school offices in case they’re needed to defend students in a school shooting. Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Merrianne Dyer...
Georgia Woman Hit by Tree Limb Awarded $12 Million for Injuries
Aug 27 2013 // A state court has awarded a woman $12 million from the City of Savannah for injuries she suffered when a tree limb fell on her. A Chatham County State Court jury said that the city should pay 31-year-old Shanta Greene for...
Most, Least Expensive States to Own a Car
Aug 21 2013 // Georgia is the most expensive state to operate a motor vehicle and Oregon is the cheapest, according to a Bankrate.com report that considers the costs of gasoline, insurance, repairs, taxes and fees. In Georgia, a typical...
Georgia Southern University Using Helmet Sensors to Detect Concussions
Aug 20 2013 // In one football practice, some players may take several hits, while others take a few big blows. For coaches and trainers, keeping track of it all can be difficult. “A lot of times when we’re on the field,...
Georgia Supreme Court Expands Coverage for Faulty Construction
Aug 12 2013 // Georgia’s high court has handed contractors and their clients a victory by expanding the scope of a contractor’s general liability policy so that it includes damage due to a contractor’s faulty...
Teen Golfers from Kansas, Georgia Win Big ‘I’ National Championship
Aug 9 2013 // Bailey Tardy of Norcross, Ga. and Sam Stevens of Wichita, Kan., won the girls and boys divisions, respectively, at the recent 45nd Annual Trusted Choice Big “I” National Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. The...
Commentary: Notifying Excess Insurers for Additional Insureds
Aug 9 2013 // An interesting case was recently decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals. In Garner and Glover Co. v. Barrett, 738 S.E.2d 721 (Ga. App. 2013), the issue was the duty of an insurance producer to notify an excess insurer...
Georgia Commissioner Offers Advice in Wake of Recent Flash Flooding
Aug 7 2013 // With confirmed flash flooding in northern Georgia from torrential rain, Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is reminding homeowners that policies for mobile or manufactured homes may include coverage for flood damage,...
Rail Crossing Deaths Up in Georgia But Safety Gate Funding Lags
Aug 6 2013 // Cost is one of the many issues preventing gate and bell systems from being installed at Georgia’s roughly 5,000 public rail crossings, state and local officials say. Georgia recorded 47 highway-rail crossing deaths...
Florida, Georgia Say Individual Insurance Rates to Spike Under Obamacare
Jul 31 2013 // Florida and Georgia, two states where politicians oppose U.S. President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, said this week that insurance rates for individuals would rise sharply in 2014 under the reform. The remarks are...
OSHA Again Probes Georgia Auto Parts Plant After Worker’s Death
Jul 22 2013 // Federal authorities are questioning working conditions at a Georgia auto parts plant for the eighth time in four years, this time in connection with a worker’s death. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
