Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia’s Medical Malpractice Award Cap Goes Before State’s High Court
Sep 16 2009 // Georgia’s top court is set to decide the fate of a 2005 law that limits pain and suffering damages awarded in medical malpractice cases. The Georgia Supreme Court heard a case this week weighing the merits of a...
Georgia’s Southern Mutual to Affiliate with Donegal Mutual
Sep 8 2009 // Pennsylvania-based property/casualty insurer Donegal Mutual has agreed to an affiliation that brings Southern Mutual Insurance Co. into Donegal’s insurance pool and gives the Georgia insurer additional products to...
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Sep 7 2009 // CNA Financial Corp. named Bob Lindemann as president and chief operating officer of CNA’s Commercial Lines operations. In this role, Lindemann will be responsible for CNA’s $3.5 billion commercial...
Florida, Georgia Insurer First Commercial to Be Liquidated
Sep 7 2009 // Miami-based First Commercial Insurance Co. and its subsidiary have been declared insolvent and ordered liquidated about six weeks after being placed under state control. All policies written by FCIC and its subsidiary,...
Florida, Georgia Insurer First Commercial to Be Liquidated
Aug 26 2009 // Miami-based First Commercial Insurance Co. and its subsidiary have been declared insolvent and ordered liquidated about six weeks after being placed under state control. All policies written by FCIC and its subsidiary,...
Georgia-Based Braemar Marine to Offer Global Surveying, Adjusting Services
Aug 20 2009 // Braemar Shipping Services has launched a new subsidiary called Braemar Marine, which will provide marine surveying and adjusting services to the global maritime, transportation risk and insurance markets. Braemar Marine...
Georgia Agents’ Group Elects Hansard President
Aug 13 2009 // Members of the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia (PIA of Georgia) elected E. Scott Hansard to serve as president. Hansard is the owner of Hansard Insurance Agency, located in Cumming, Georgia. Others elected as...
Foremost Insurance Offers New Auto Program in Georgia
Aug 12 2009 // Foremost Insurance Group has made its new DistinctChoice auto insurance program available in Georgia. The program features increased limits and deductible options, broad eligibility and popular discounts including a...
Georgia Bans 2 Organizations’ ‘Insurance’ Sales
Aug 12 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine has ordered two organizations allegedly acting as unlicensed insurers to stop selling insurance-like products. The two groups are The Butler Aid Society and God First...
Georgia Insurance Merger Firm M&A Wins Award Against Former Employee
Aug 5 2009 // Insurance industry merger consultant Merger & Acquisition Services, Inc. (M&A) reports that it has been awarded a $1.76 million judgment against a former officer of the company who kept M&A customer...
Florida, Georgia Insurance Chiefs Renew Catastrophe Cooperation Plan
Aug 4 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine have renewed a partnership agreement to ensure continuity of operations in the event of a catastrophe that causes significant...
Weston Elected President of Georgia Agents
Jul 20 2009 // Will Weston, vice president and principal of Blanchard & Calhoun Insurance Agency in Augusta, was elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Inc. (IIAG) during the association’s recent...
Georgia Candidate Oxendine Returns Insurance Contributions
Jul 10 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has returned $120,000 that was funneled into his gubernatorial campaign by two insurance firms. The Republican detailed the returns in a campaign filing submitted this week. The...
Georgia Home Depot Customer Injured By Forklift Awarded $1.5 Million
Jul 2 2009 // A Georgia jury has awarded a Home Depot customer and his wife $1.5 million in a lawsuit stemming from a forklift accident at a store. The complaint by 58-year-old Larry Reece says a pallet of plywood fell on him from a...
Georgia Warns Insurance Agents of Possible Identity Theft Scam
Jul 1 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said insurance agents in several states have been called by scammers posing as insurance regulators in order to collect personal data that would make I.D. theft...
State Senator Hudgens Joins Race to Be Georgia Insurance Commissioner
Jun 30 2009 // Republican State Senator and businessman Ralph Hudgens, who is Senate chairman of the Insurance and Labor Committee, is running to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner. Hudgens, of Hull, was first elected to the...
Georgia Court Rules Insurer Not Liable for Voluntary Settlement
Jun 2 2009 // An insured who voluntarily agrees to pay a settlement that is not dictated by a jury verdict cannot sue its insurance company for bad faith failure to defend, even if the settlement is within the policy limits, the Georgia...
Wallace Joins Ga.-Based Risk Innovations
May 21 2009 // Brenda Wallace joined Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations’ workers’ compensation division. Wallace has more than 25 years insurance experience including more than 20 years working with a national insurance...
Georgia Firefighters Lack Tools for Wildfires, Hazardous Materials
May 20 2009 // Georgia firefighters say they are feeling the negative effects of the current economic crisis and lack some key equipment, according to a national survey of firefighters. The survey identified the top three challenges...
Ratings Recap: Georgia Farm, Okla. Farm, State Auto, Premier, Medmarc
May 20 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘B++’ (Good) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb+” from “a-” of Georgia Farm Bureau Group...
