Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race: Views on Credit Scoring, Tort Reform
Oct 19 2010 // Georgia voters going to the polls on Nov. 2 will have a choice when it comes to electing the state’s next insurance commissioner. The Democratic, Republican and Libertarian candidates cite different priorities; hold...
How a Smaller Georgia Agency Plays with the Big Boys
Oct 18 2010 // This is the David versus Goliath story of how the Mallory Agency, a small independent insurance agency in LaGrange, Georgia, has faced off against bigger agencies and won. Its weapons: “face time,” professional...
Knight Assumes Role as CEO for Georgia Independent Agents
Oct 7 2010 // Aubie W. Knight has assumed the role of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG). Knight has been with IIAG since 1996. During his tenure, he has been responsible for most of...
Georgia-Based AssuranceAmerica Names New CFO
Sep 14 2010 // AssuranceAmerica Corporation announced today that Sheree Williams has joined AssuranceAmerica Corporation as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 13, 2010. Ms. Williams was most...
AM Best Downgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Georgia’s Southern General
Sep 14 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit rating of Southern General Underwriters Insurance Company (SGU) Marietta, Georgia, to “bbb” from “bbb+” and affirmed the financial strength rating of...
Katrina Con Man Sentenced in Georgia
Sep 3 2010 // A Georgia man was sentenced Wednesday to two years and nine months in prison for filing more than 30 false claims seeking emergency compensation for damages from three Gulf Coast hurricanes, a tornado in Indiana and...
Georgia Advised to Apply for Health Insurance Scam Refund
Aug 26 2010 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said Georgians who purchased a health insurance plan from American Trade Association, Inc. or its affiliates have until August 31, 2010 to request a refund of premium from...
Alliant Names Georgia-Based VP
Aug 17 2010 // Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has announced that veteran broker Bill Nellen has joined the company as Executive Vice President to direct its national...
Georgia Brokerage Sues in Case Involving National Baptist Convention
Aug 16 2010 // A Georgia-based insurance broker is suing two former business partners that it had in an arrangement to sell health insurance products to the 7.5-million-member National Bapitist Convention. The brokerage, Kingdom...
Hudgens Wins Georgia Insurance Commissioner Runoff
Aug 11 2010 // The runoff election for the Republican candidate for the state Insurance Commissioner of Georgia has been won by State Sen. Ralph T. Hudgens. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Hudgens had 55 percent of the vote,...
Georgia’s Atlantic American Reports Increased Income
Aug 10 2010 // Atlantic American Corporation has reported net income of $76 thousand, or nil per diluted share, for the three month period ended June 30, 2010, compared to net income of $12 thousand, or a loss of $0.01 per diluted share,...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Decided Tomorrow
Aug 9 2010 // Voters in Georgia go to the polls tomorrow for a runoff election in which they will vote for one of two Republican candidates for state insurance commissioner. The two, Maria Sheffield and Ralph T. Hudgens, survived a...
Republican Candidates for Georgia Insurance Post Face August Runoff
Aug 2 2010 // State Sen. Ralph Hudgens garnered about 21 percent of the vote while Atlanta attorney Maria Sheffield grabbed about 20 percent, setting the stage for an Aug. 20 runoff in the Republican race for Georgia insurance...
Two Accused of Faking $1 Million in Aflac Claims in Georgia
Jul 27 2010 // Two people have been indicted on charges they stole nearly $1 million from insurer Aflac Inc. by filing false insurance claims from 2007 to 2009. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that federal prosecutors are accusing...
Republicans for Georgia Insurance Post Face Runoff; Oxendine Loses
Jul 21 2010 // State Sen. Ralph Hudgens garnered about 21 percent of the vote while Atlanta attorney Maria Sheffield grabbed about 20 percent, setting the stage for an Aug. 20 runoff in the Republican race for Georgia insurance...
Business Moves
Jul 19 2010 // NetComp NetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in Columbia, S.C., has opened its online program (www.netcompinsurance.com) for small to-mid size workers’ compensation business to all independent...
Georgia Teacher Not Liable for Student Injury, Rules State’s High Court
Jul 19 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court says a Forsyth County teacher can’t be held liable for a student’s injury during a bottle rocket experiment. The court ruled recently in a 4-3 decision that South Forsyth Middle School...
Georgia Couples Who Own Land in Florida Sue BP
Jul 15 2010 // Two Atlanta couples are suing BP PLC for damages as a result of the Gulf oil spill. The class-action lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern Georgia, seeks compensation for loss of income, property value and...
Georgia Insurance Chief Oxendine Appeared in Video for Campaign Donor
Jul 14 2010 // An Atlanta TV station is reporting that State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine appeared in a video promoting a hospice business whose top corporate officer can be linked to $57,000 in campaign donations. According to a...
Georgia Tech Student Sues Over Fall from ‘Ramblin’ Wreck’
Jul 13 2010 // A Georgia Tech student is suing the school and a Cobb County metal fabricator after he suffered injuries when a hand rail broke and he fell off Tech’s iconic car, the Ramblin’ Wreck. Nicholas Brown’s...
