Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Shots Fired at Georgia Insurance Company’s Building
Nov 14 2008 // A company spokeswoman says no one was injured when shots were fired into the 10th and 11th floors of health and disability insurer Aflac’s tower in Columbus, Georgia. Laura Kane said two shots, coming from the east...
Atlanta Business Magazine Ranks Ebix in Top 10
Oct 29 2008 // Atlanta Business Magazine ranked Ebix Inc., among the Top Ten Growing Companies in Atlanta during a recent ceremony at the Atlanta Historical Center. Ebix, an international supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to...
Update: Georgia Insurer, Association Resolve Proxy Dispute
Oct 22 2008 // Atlanta-based Builders Insurance Group and the Home Builders Association of Georgia agreed to resolve and conclude HBAG’s proxy contest and other outstanding issues between the parties. Earlier this year when...
Southern Drought Creeping Northward to West Virginia
Oct 20 2008 // Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. “The last...
Declarations
Oct 20 2008 // Consumer Beware “So often these entities will pop back up with a new name and take advantage of a new group of consumers. This is why we urge consumers to contact us before purchasing coverage to be sure the entity...
Alabama-based ProAssurance Expands Legal Professional Liability Business
Oct 16 2008 // ProAssurance Corp., headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., is expanding its legal professional liability business by purchasing the Georgia Lawyers Insurance Co. ProAssurance is also establishing new relationships with...
Former Georgia Insurance Exec, Regents Chairman Files for Bankruptcy
Oct 15 2008 // A millionaire philanthropist from Augusta, Ga. who once led the University System Board of Regents filed for bankruptcy. Tim Shelnut Sr. filed in June for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. He listed $9.18 million in assets and $6.49...
Georgia Drought Persists Despite Rains from Hurricanes
Oct 14 2008 // The banks of Georgia’s Lake Lanier look about the same as last year: Closed boat ramps, parched soil and lonely islands peeking above the surface that should be covered by a dozen feet of water. Epic drought forced...
Federal Report Finds Violations at Most Georgia Nursing Homes
Oct 3 2008 // The Department of Health and Human Services found that nearly 90 percent of Georgia nursing homes violated federal standards for health and safety last year. The state was on par with the national average of 92 percent of...
‘Green’ Homeowners Insurance Available in Georgia
Oct 2 2008 // Georgia homeowners who use environmentally friendly solar panels and recycled building materials on their houses can now get insurance specially designed for “green” homes, according to state officials. The...
People
Sep 22 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based Harden & Associates, an insurance brokerage company, promoted Dustin Theilacker to chief information officer. As CIO, Theilacker will continue to provide technology vision and leadership...
Georgia-based Gresham & Associates Adds 2 Brokers
Sep 9 2008 // Gresham & Associates of Stockbridge, Georgia, added two new property & casualty brokers. Stephanie Averhart has 20 years of industry experience and Annete Marsa has 10 years of retail and wholesale insurance...
Hanna Becomes Hurricane Then Stalls; Heads for Georgia, South Carolina
Sep 2 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, storm development in the tropical Atlantic was even more active on Tuesday than it was on Monday. Shortly after Gustav came ashore in Louisiana on Monday, Hanna...
People
Sep 1 2008 // Swiss Re appointed Walter A. Bell chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp. Bell, whose appointment with Swiss Re is effective Sept. 2, is currently insurance commissioner of the Alabama Department of Insurance, a...
Speak Up if You Care …
Sep 1 2008 // The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.”...
Ratings: Am. Underwriters, Western General, North Pointe, Ameriprise, Fairfield, R.V.I. Guaranty, Mid Georgia, Hermitage
Aug 29 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘B’ (Fair) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a-” from “bb+” of Arkansas’...
Fernandez Promoted by AmWINS Georgia
Aug 27 2008 // Rich Fernandez of wholesaler AmWINS Brokerage of Georgia has been promoted to senior vice president. Fernandez has been with AmWINS for three years, and is a member of AmWINS’ Financial Risk Group where he serves as...
Update: Tropical Storm Fay Hangs on to Status, Stays in Florida
Aug 22 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay continues slowly westward across the northern Florida peninsula while tropical storm warnings remain in effect throughout the region, into the panhandle and north through Georgia to the South Carolina...
Georgia Insurance Agent Arrested for Allegedly Pocketing Client Premiums
Aug 6 2008 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said authorities arrested a Powder Springs insurance agent for allegedly pocketing his clients’ premiums instead of paying insurance companies for coverage. Ellery...
Georgia Home Builders Association and Its Member Insurer Hammer Away at Each Other
Aug 4 2008 // A Georgia association of builders and the insurer that has offered workers’ compensation and general liability insurance exclusively to its members are at odds over the insurer’s attempt to end its exclusive...
