Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Seeks Waiver from Medical Loss Ratio Rule
Apr 4 2011 // Georgia is requesting a waiver from a key element of the federal healthcare overhaul that sets how much of health insurance premiums must be spent on medical care. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said he wants a...
Georgia Court Rules CGL Covers Contractor’s Faulty Work
Mar 21 2011 // A general contractor can recover from its subcontractor’s insurers for the cost of repairs for damage to surrounding property resulting from the subcontractor’s faulty workmanship, the Georgia Supreme Court has...
Georgia Seeks Waiver from Medical Loss Ratio Rule
Mar 17 2011 // Georgia is requesting a waiver from a key element of the federal healthcare overhaul that sets how much of health insurance premiums must be spent on medical care. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said he wants a...
Georgia Court Rules Commercial Liability Policy Covers Faulty Work
Mar 10 2011 // A general contractor can recover from its subcontractor’s insurers for the cost of repairs for damage to surrounding property resulting from the subcontractor’s faulty workmanship, the Georgia Supreme Court has...
Georgia House Backs ‘Oxendine Bill’ to Ban Self-Licensing by Officials
Mar 7 2011 // The Georgia House has unanimously approved legislation to prohibit state insurance commissioners from granting themselves insurance licenses without passing mandatory tests. The measure came after The Atlanta...
Georgia Ex-Regulator Oxendine Granted Himself Licenses As He Exited Post
Mar 7 2011 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine issued himself several licenses to sell insurance and adjust claims in his last full day in office, according to a newspaper report. Oxendine used his authority as the...
Certificate of Insurance Bill Makes Headway in Georgia
Mar 2 2011 // Agents in Georgia are urging their representatives to support a bill that would clarify the use of certificates of insurance issued to policyholders. Among other things, the bill would require certificate forms to be filed...
Georgia Insurance Chief Issued Himself Licenses Before Leaving Office
Feb 22 2011 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine issued himself several licenses to sell insurance and adjust claims in his last full day in office, according to a newspaper report. Oxendine used his authority as the...
People
Feb 21 2011 // Rodney Smith Lloyd’s of London has appointed Rodney Smith to serve as the regional director for Lloyd’s newly established Southeast region. Smith will be based in Atlanta, Georgia and be responsible for market...
Business Moves
Feb 21 2011 // Buckeye Insurance Group, Marias Technology Buckeye Insurance Group, of Piqua, Ohio, formed Marias Technology, an information technology company. Marias Technology provides a range of IT services in areas such as system and...
Business Moves
Feb 21 2011 // Mercury General, Florida Citing fourth quarter losses in Florida of $19 million, Mercury General said it would begin withdrawing from the state’s homeowners insurance market. The company will send the mandatory...
Ratings Roundup: Westchester Fire, Middle Georgia
Feb 16 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” of New York-based Westchester Fire Insurance Company (WFIC) and assigned an...
Buckeye State Mutual Partners With Middle Georgia Mutual
Feb 7 2011 // Buckeye State Mutual Insurance Co. (BSMIC), a property and casualty insurer based in Piqua, Ohio, has agreed to affiliate with Middle Georgia Mutual Insurance Co. (MGM) of Griffin, Ga. The agreement is contingent upon...
Hudgens Directs Insurers to Exercise ‘Leniency’ After Georgia Storms
Jan 21 2011 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has issued an order directing insurers to exercise leniency in dealing with individuals and businesses that may have trouble paying premiums due the winter storms that swept...
GUARD Introduces BOP in Georgia
Jan 10 2011 // GUARD Insurance Group has begun offering businessowner’s policy (BOP) coverage in Georgia. This new line complements the company’s traditional specialty – workers’ compensation insurance for small-...
USG Adds Holloman as Broker in Georgia
Jan 6 2011 // National wholesale broker USG Insurance Services, Inc. has added Jason Holloman as a property broker specializing in large commercial and catastrophe-exposed risks. He will be based in USG’s office outside...
Marsh Agency Buys Georgia Benefits Brokerage
Jan 4 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC reports it has acquired Strategic Benefit Solutions, Inc. (SBS), a $4 million benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not...
Test Your 2010 Insurance News IQ: 25 Questions
Dec 31 2010 // Are you an insurance news hound? Test your insurance news IQ and find out. The following questions and answers (at bottom of the page– don’t cheat!) were developed based on news stories published by...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t
Dec 23 2010 // The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the region and one that didn’t do as much harm as feared. The April 20 blowout of...
Georgia Insurers, Incoming Commissioner Plan Fraud Crackdown
Dec 17 2010 // Georgia’s insurance industry is teaming up with state authorities to launch an ambitious effort to crack down on the rising number of insurance fraud cases. Incoming Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who takes...
