Latest Georgia Headlines
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Statute of Limitation on Officials’ Surety Bonds Action Is 3 Years, Georgia Court Says
Feb 27 2025 // Surety carriers providing bonds for elected officials in Georgia this week discovered that a statute of limitations on claims litigation is only three years in some cases – not six or 20 years as one insurer had...
Georgia Tort Bill Advances After Kemp Makes Concession on Medical Costs
Feb 24 2025 // Georgia senators voted 33-21 on Friday to support Gov. Brian Kemp’s top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, but not before some of Kemp’s fellow Republicans extracted a concession in exchange for the votes...
Georgia Commissioner Proposes New Rules on Lithium Batteries, Mobile Homes
Feb 21 2025 // The Georgia Office of insurance commissioner will hold a hearing March 20 on new rules regarding fire safety, including the storage of lithium-ion batteries, as well as new permitting rules for mobile homes. The first set...
Woman Sues Georgia Fertility Clinic, Saying She Gave Birth to Another Woman’s Baby
Feb 21 2025 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Krystena Murray became pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization two years ago, and said she was unaware until she gave birth that the fertility clinic had made a fateful mistake. In December...
Georgia Governor Wins Support for Tort Reform From 3 Skeptical Senators
Feb 18 2025 // Three Republican holdouts in the Georgia Senate got on board with Gov. Brian Kemp’s top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, showing the state’s Republican leader remains at the height of his political power...
Battery Firm Pulls Plug on $2.6 Billion Plant in Georgia
Feb 11 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — A clean energy company is abandoning a plan to build a giant electric battery factory in Atlanta’s suburbs after it shifted to buy a solar panel plant in Texas. Freyr Battery told officials in Newnan...
Insurance Groups Pushing Hard for Georgia Tort Reform as State Liability Costs Soar
Feb 6 2025 // Georgia’s governor has asked state lawmakers for $175 million to cover the growing costs of liability claims against state agencies and employees, as the state’s liability insurance fund has dwindled to a...
Will Georgia Gov. Kemp’s Move to Curb Lawsuits Keep Insurance Rates From Rising?
Feb 3 2025 // Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday reiterated his simple pitch for lawsuit limits: They’ll halt rising insurance costs. The reality, though, is more complicated. Changes could reduce liability insurance costs for...
Highstreet Expands Again With Acquisition of Winder Insurance in Georgia
Jan 23 2025 // Highstreet Insurance Partners has continued its rapid growth with the acquisition of Winder Insurance Center in Winder, Georgia. Helmed by Russ Shepley and Brett Gamblin, the Winder agency has offered personal and business...
Georgia Lawmakers to Take up School Safety, Hurricane Relief as Session Starts
Jan 15 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday proposed giving public schools a one-time additional $50 million to spend on school safety, but his plan falls short of the increased counseling resources school officials...
Georgia Lawmakers Gearing Up for New Tort Reform Push
Jan 10 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — After years of stalled efforts to limit civil lawsuits, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican lawmakers are doubling down with a new push. Supporters, most prominently business groups, call the state a...
ALKEME Conjures Another Acquisition with Georgia’s Professional Benefits Consultants
Jan 8 2025 // California-headquartered ALKEME, ranked as one of largest U.S. insurance brokerages, has continued its growth spurt with the recent acquisition of Professional Benefits Consultants, based in Canton, Georgia. The move...
One Dead, Two Hurt After Tyson Foods Plant Fire in Georgia
Dec 30 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A woman died and two other people were hospitalized with injuries after a fire at a Tyson Foods plant in southwest Georgia, state officials said Friday. A wall fell on the cab of an 18-wheel truck parked...
King Risk Acquires Talbert Insurance Services Agency in North Georgia
Dec 18 2024 // King Risk Partners, one of the largest U.S. insurance brokers, has acquired Talbert Insurance Services in Duluth, Georgia, expanding King’s presence in the Southeast. Talbert, in business in north Georgia since 1982,...
PointeNorth Expands in Southeast With Acquisition of Georgia Agency
Dec 17 2024 // Atlanta-based PointeNorth Insurance Group, a broker and agency specializing in commercial insurance, including transportation, construction and condominium coverage, has continued its rapid pace of growth with the addition...
Gallagher Buys Butler, a Georgia Benefits Agency
Dec 13 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher, the global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired Georgia-based Sheila J. Butler & Co., an employee benefits firm. Sheila Butler Butler and team will remain in their office locale in...
Georgia Parents and Teen Indicted in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash
Dec 6 2024 // DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia couple has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after authorities say they let their daughter and her friends drink alcohol before they got in a fatal car crash that left one of them...
Georgia County to Sue BioLab Over Chemical Fire and Toxic Fumes
Oct 25 2024 // CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county is preparing a federal lawsuit that aims to shut down the BioLab chemical factory where a fire sent a toxic chemical cloud over Atlanta’s suburbs last month, the latest in a...
Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner, Now in Prison, Surrenders Law License
Oct 24 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, now in federal prison, has surrendered his law license after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The Georgia Supreme Court, in a...
Grieving Families Say Georgia Island Dock Collapse Tragedy Was Preventable
Oct 24 2024 // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Regina Brinson heard a crack before the metal walkway gave way beneath her feet, plunging her into the water beneath the state-operated ferry dock on Georgia’s Sapelo Island. As strong...
