Latest Georgia Headlines
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Mennonites Seek Auto Insurance Law Exemption
May 18 2009 // The small community of Mennonites that multiplied along a web of dirt roads in rural southeast Georgia has steadily grown the same way it does just about everything: Quietly. The community’s 100 or so members have...
Georgia’s Oxendine Returns Funds From Insurance Executive
May 12 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner and Republican gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine, who blasted a news report alleging he accepted what appear to be illegal campaign contributions from an insurance executive, said he has...
Religious Group Seeks Exemption From Georgia Auto Insurance Law
May 11 2009 // The small community of Mennonites that multiplied along a web of dirt roads in rural southeast Georgia has steadily grown the same way it does just about everything: Quietly. The community’s 100 or so members have...
Peachtree City Mayor Logsdon Joins Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race
May 5 2009 // Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon wants to be Georgia insurance commissioner. According to his Web site, Logsdon made his announcement over the weekend at the Fayette County Republican breakfast in Fayetteville. “I...
Gainsco Insurance Drives Into Georgia
Apr 29 2009 // Dallas-based Gainsco announced that beginning in May it will be offering high-quality, minimum-limits auto insurance in the state of Georgia. MGA Insurance Company Inc., which markets its policies and services using the...
Pediatricians Fight Georgia Ruling on Vaccine Liability
Apr 21 2009 // Pediatricians and other medical professionals are trying to block a Georgia Supreme Court ruling they fear could encourage lawsuits and harm production of vaccines. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which...
Georgia Trucking Insurance Agent Charged
Apr 20 2009 // A Chattanooga, Tenn. insurance agent has been charged with insurance fraud and theft for allegedly adding commissions to policies when he told policyholders that the coverage was being sold on a net basis – with a...
Ratings: Am. Freedom, Columbia, Central States, Lyndon, Zurich (bonds)
Apr 17 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb+” of Illinois-based American Freedom...
Insured Losses from Georgia’s April 10 Storms Estimated at $60 Million
Apr 15 2009 // Violent weather that struck Georgia on April 10 caused an estimated $60 million in insured losses, according to Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine. “That’s a preliminary figure from the...
Georgia Charges Tennessee Trucking Insurance Agent with $2.6 Million Fraud
Apr 10 2009 // A Chattanooga, Tenn. insurance agent has been charged with insurance fraud and theft for allegedly adding commissions to policies when he told policyholders that the coverage was being sold on a net basis — with a...
Major Flooding Hits South Georgia
Apr 6 2009 // More than a dozen homes are underwater in and around Valdosta and several neighborhoods are evacuated as major flooding hits south Georgia after heavy rain this past week. Valdosta officials are building sand bag and...
Business Moves
Apr 6 2009 // AIG American International Group (AIG) has taken down the most prominent sign at its downtown Manhattan offices. According to a Reuters report, the company replaced the large AIG sign — outside the entrance to its...
Liaisons Highlight Consumer Insurance Concerns
Apr 6 2009 // Consumer Advocates Focus on How Insurers Treat Insureds in Difficult Economic, Credit Climate Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such...
Georgia’s Oxendine Sees Politics in Insurance Department Budget Cut
Apr 2 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine blasted his Republican rival for governor, accusing Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle of putting politics ahead of consumers. Oxendine said that the state Senate budget slashes his...
Georgia Lawmakers Defeat Pickup Truck Seat Belt Law
Mar 26 2009 // A bid to require adults in pickup trucks to buckle their seat belts was narrowly defeated by a Georgia House panel, defying supporters of stronger safety standards that have been adopted by much of the nation. The House...
Georgia Court Upholds County Immunity, Tosses $5.1 Million Award
Mar 25 2009 // The Georgia Supreme Court has affirmed sovereign immunity and thrown out a $5.1 million jury award to the family of a man killed while performing community service in DeKalb County. Vincent Currid died in October 1999 from...
Lobbyist, Former Democratic Lawmaker Squires to Run for Georgia Insurance Post
Mar 23 2009 // Mary Squires, a former Democratic state lawmaker who now lobbies for the self-insurance industry, is running to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner. Squires is the first candidate to enter the race to succeed...
Georgia Lawmakers Close In On Stricter Food Safety Changes
Mar 19 2009 // Georgia could be the first state to adopt strict new food safety requirements in the aftermath of the salmonella outbreak. The House is set to consider a plan Wednesday that requires food makers to alert state inspectors...
Salmonella Recall Could Cost Peanut Producers $1 Billion
Mar 12 2009 // The effects of the widespread peanut butter recall could cost rural America’s peanut producers $1 billion in lost production and sales, according to testimony at a House subcommittee hearing. That could be just the...
Lobbyist, Former Lawmaker Squires Running for Georgia Insurance Post
Mar 11 2009 // Mary Squires, a former Democratic state lawmaker who now lobbies for the self-insurance industry, is running to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner. Squires is the first candidate to enter the race to succeed...
