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Warm winter helps Georgia lower fire death

Jan 8 2007 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year — the lowest toll in nearly a decade, thanks to warm weather, according to the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office. “Most of our fatal...

Warm winter helps Georgia lower fire death toll even in most vulnerable, colder counties

Jan 7 2007 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year – the lowest toll in nearly a decade, thanks to warm weather, according to the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office. “Most of our fatal...

Ga.-Based Auto Writer AssuranceAmerica Expands to Louisiana

Dec 29 2006 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta based insurance holding company, has written its first auto insurance policy in Louisiana. The company now writes in six states including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and...

Ga. Commissioner Urges Fireworks Safety for New Year Celebration

Dec 28 2006 // Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine and the National Association of State Fire Marshals urges parents to protect their children – and themselves – from the dangers of fireworks during the...

Warm Winter Weather Helps Georgia Lower Fire Death Toll

Dec 20 2006 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year — the lowest toll in nearly a decade — thanks to warm weather that is expected to last for rest of the year, according to statistics from the state Insurance and...

People and Places

Dec 11 2006 // The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according to...

Dec 10 2006 // People The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another,...

Campbell, Swing Join Britt/Paulk in Georgia

Dec 5 2006 // Britt/Paulk has hired two underwriters to join its Carrollton, Georgia office. David Campbell is now underwriting operations manager, while James Swing has been hired as equipment chief underwriting officer. Campbell has...

Management Shifts at Georgia Casualty, Association Casualty

Nov 30 2006 // Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. and Association Casualty Insurance Co. – properties of Atlantic American Corp. – announced management changes in itheir regional property and casualty operations. Effective...

Fire at 100-Year Old Georgia Church Deemed Arson

Nov 29 2006 // A fire that destroyed the sanctuary of a 100-year-old church in Statesboro, Georgia was ruled an arson, Insurance and Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said. Authorities have arrested a suspect after the fire engulfed the...

OSHA Cites Ga. Contractors For Work Site Hazards at Trenches

Nov 22 2006 // A federal work safety agency accused contractors in north Georgia and metro Atlanta last week of allowing employees to work in unsafe conditions in deep trenches at their sites. The Occupational Safety and Health...

Newcomer Sink, veteran Oxendine elected key insurance players

Nov 20 2006 // A veteran Republican Georgian commissioner and a Democratic novice Florida financial chief promise to play key roles in insurance issues in the Southeast in the years ahead as a result of the midterm elections. When the...

Judicial races in Southeast, nation prove contentious, costly

Nov 20 2006 // The midterm 2006 judicial elections saw judicial campaign contribution and advertising records smashed in numerous states holding high court elections. Voters went to the polls in 22 contested Supreme Court races in 10...

News Currents

Nov 19 2006 // Newcomer Sink, veteran Oxendine elected key insurance players A veteran Republican Georgian commissioner and a Democratic novice Florida financial chief promise to play key roles in insurance issues in the Southeast in the...

News Currents

Nov 19 2006 // Judicial races in Southeast, nation prove contentious, costly Business groups spend heavily but come up short in a number of judicial contests The midterm 2006 judicial elections saw judicial campaign contribution and...

Reelection the Order of the Day in Georgia for Oxendine

Nov 9 2006 // In the end, Republican incumbent John Oxendine took home the prize in the race for Georgia Insurance Commissioner and will serve a fourth consecutive four-year term. By close of business Wednesday, with 98 percent of the...

Georgia Issues Annuity Regulations

Nov 7 2006 // The Georgia insurance commission has adoped new regulations that promise to protect consumers who buy annuity products. Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said an insurer or agent must have reasonable grounds for...

Sparks Fly in Ga. Supreme Court Race

Nov 7 2006 // By the time the half-hour debate between the candidates for Georgia’s Supreme Court jolted to an end, there were no handshakes, not even the briefest smile between Justice Carol Hunstein and challenger Mike...

Blue Cross of Georgia Ordered to Implement Corrective Action

Oct 26 2006 // By allegedly refusing to offer quotes for group health coverage to certain small business, as required under the Georgia insurance code and using sales agents that were not properly appointed, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...

Ga. race for commissioner

Oct 23 2006 // Exec ‘gooses’ N.C. agents Advice from Zurich’s Thomas Fla. governor’s race Hurricane fund proposed