Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia’s BB&T Insurance Services Acquires Sidney O. Smith Inc.
Oct 1 2007 // BB&T Insurance Services announced plans to expand its metro Atlanta and north Georgia operation with the acquisition of Sidney O. Smith Inc. Sidney O. Smith Inc. currently provides commercial and personal property and...
3 Ga. Communities to Receive Federal Grants to Reduce Flood Chances
Sep 27 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $3,320,761 in projects that will reduce the possibility of flood damage in three...
3 Ga. Agents Violate Military Sales, Commissioner Revokes Licenses
Sep 25 2007 // For violating military sales regulations, Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine revoked the licenses of three agents The regulations were recently enacted to protect soldiers from unscrupulous solicitation,...
Ga. Gov. Continues Permits for Oversize Trucks Removing Burnt Timbers
Sep 18 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue extended an Executive Order that allows permitting through Sept. 30 for oversized trucks removing burnt timber from any of 21 southeast Georgia counties affected by wildfires this spring. These were the...
Ga. Drought Takes Partial Blame for Destructive Bug Infestation
Sep 10 2007 // Thousands of acres of trees are being killed in Georgia this summer by one of the worst infestations of Southern pine beetles in decades, forestry officials say. Carolyn Johnson, assistant refuge manager at Piedmont...
Ga. Insurance Commissioner Lanches Privacy Invasion Investigation
Aug 31 2007 // Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine ordered a market conduct examination into recent allegations of invasion of privacy by Progressive Insurance Co. The examination resulted from allegations that...
Federal Funds Issued To Help Pay Ga. Wildfire Costs
Aug 28 2007 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized $6.1 million in federal funds to reimburse local and state costs incurred while fighting numerous wildfires in southeast Georgia...
Lawyer: Case Against Ga. Sheriff Over Firings Is Settled
Aug 10 2007 // An attorney representing a group of deputies who sued after they were fired when a new sheriff took office in Clayton County says the case has been settled. Harlan Miller, attorney for the employees, said the settlement...
ConAgra to Reopen Georgia Plant Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
Aug 8 2007 // ConAgra Foods Inc. said Monday it plans this month to reopen the plant in Georgia where thousands of jars of peanut butter linked to a U.S. outbreak of salmonella were filled. The Omaha-based company said it was planning...
Ga. Receives $40 Million in Homeland Security Grants
Jul 31 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue announced the award of $40 million in federal homeland security grants to Georgia for allocation to eligible communities around the state. “With the assistance of our federal partners, we continue...
Ga. Doctor Pleads Guilty in $5 Million Health Care Fraud
Jul 23 2007 // A Savannah doctor pled guilty to participating in a $5 million scheme to defraud Georgia health care insurance programs. Rafael G. Razuri, who was an owner of Southside Medical and Rehabilitation Center, pled guilty to...
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Jul 23 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Thomas M. Marra to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Marra, currently a member of the company’s board of directors and president...
Georgia Fourth in CNBC Rankings of Best States to Do Business
Jul 18 2007 // In three major business rankings recently released, Georgia landed in the top five among states in areas such as best states to do business, entrepreneurship rate and nonemployer business growth. “By maintaining a...
Oxendine: Arson Unlikely in Ga. Church Fire
Jul 10 2007 // Arson is unlikely in a northwest Georgia church fire that broke out early on July 6 – Georgia’s third church fire in less than two weeks, investigators said. Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John...
Eastern Alliance Now Writing Workers’ Comp in Va., N.C., S.C. and Ga.
Jun 21 2007 // Eastern Alliance Insurance Co. reports it has received regulatory approval to write workers’ compensation business in the four southeastern states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The company...
Ga. Town Bucks Fireworks Ban, Plans Display Despite Drought
Jun 20 2007 // The annual Fourth of July fireworks display in Roswell, Ga., will proceed as planned – barring a return of extremely dry conditions – the fire chief told the city council Monday night. “It’s raining...
Main Street America Reveals New Rating Program in Georgia
Jun 15 2007 // The Main Street America Group unveiled a new rating program designed to provide greater pricing flexibility for the super regional property-casualty carrier’s new Personal Auto policies. Personal Auto MVP...
Georgia Gov. Authorizes Funding to Improve Highway Safety
Jun 14 2007 // In the name of automobile safety and traffic flow issues, Gov. Sonny Perdue announced the Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a $192 million contract for the long-anticipated reconstruction of the Interstate...
Ga. Drought Damaging Crops, Jacking Up Irrigation Expenses
Jun 8 2007 // The sky above Randy Scarbor’s south Georgia cantaloupe fields was overcast, but the clouds were from massive wildfires to the east. May 2007 set records for dry conditions in Georgia. Across the main crop-producing...
Ratings Roundup: Jefferson; Southern Guaranty; Professionals Direct
Jun 6 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a+” to New York-based Jefferson Insurance Company. The outlook is stable, in line with that...
