Latest Georgia Headlines
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Salvage Firm Wants Judge to Halt Removal of Capsized Cargo Ship in Georgia
Feb 19 2020 // A maritime salvage company is asking a federal judge to stop the Coast Guard and a rival firm from carrying out their plans to remove a cargo ship that overturned five months ago on the Georgia coast. The multiagency team...
Georgia Moves Towards Loosening Safety Regulations for Dams Near New Homes
Feb 11 2020 // Georgia could soon loosen safety standards for dams that sit above newly built homes, under a proposal unanimously passed by a state Senate committee. Senate Bill 319 would allow for homes and other inhabitable structures...
22 Kids Sent to Hospital After 2 School Buses Crash in Georgia
Feb 10 2020 // A crash between two school buses in east Georgia sent 22 students to a hospital to be checked Thursday morning, school officials said. Further details on their conditions weren’t immediately known. Social Circle City...
Georgia Senate Takes Hands-Off Approach to Regulating Electric Scooters
Feb 7 2020 // The Georgia Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that could lead the state to taking a hands-off approach to the regulation of electric scooters. Senate Bill 159 would define electric scooters in state law but do nothing else,...
Winter Storm in Deep South Brings Snow, Floods, 1 Death
Feb 7 2020 // A powerful winter storm raked across the Deep South early Thursday, with high winds and flooding causing damage that killed one person, injured several others and littered at least 10 states. Rescue crews repeatedly pulled...
Insurance Technologies Corp. Acquires Agency Matrix of Georgia
Feb 5 2020 // Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of websites, marketing, comparative rating and management software and services, has acquired Agency Matrix, an insurance technology provider headquartered in...
Crews Removing Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port Rush to Beat Hurricane Season
Feb 4 2020 // The salvage team in charge of removing a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast nearly five months ago wants to surround it with a giant mesh screen to contain any loose debris as the vessel gets cut into...
Georgia Insurance Dept. Touts 2019 Work for Consumers, Agents
Jan 28 2020 // The Georgia Department of Insurance’s multiple enforcement divisions worked on behalf of insurance consumers to combat fraud, return insurance premiums, and approve insurance licenses in 2019, according to a...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Ironwood Insurance Services of Georgia
Jan 21 2020 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Ironwood Insurance Services, LLC, an independent broker in the Southeast. Terms of the transaction were not...
Salvage Company to Extract Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port
Jan 13 2020 // A Texas-based salvage company will cut up and remove a 656-foot (200- meter) shipwreck from St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia. The Coast Guard’s Unified Command has hired T&T Salvage LLC of Galveston to...
Zurich’s Ledna Joins INSUREtrust in Georgia
Jan 3 2020 // Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has added Erik Ledna as an account manager in Georgia. Erik Ledna Before joining INSUREtrust, Ledna worked as an assistant underwriter in Large Casualty for Zurich where he was responsible for...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 Southeast Region Stories of 2019
Jan 2 2020 // It was a relatively quiet year for the Southeast in terms of major catastrophes compared with 2018 when Hurricane’s Michael and Florence caused major damage in the region. This year, Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the...
14 Killed on Georgia Roads Over Christmas Holiday
Dec 30 2019 // Georgia State Police announced Friday that 14 people were killed in car crashes over the Christmas holiday spanning from Tuesday evening to Thursday night. Last year, the number of fatalities were the same, although last...
Georgia Board Begins Work on State Medical Marijuana Rules
Dec 30 2019 // A new Georgia board has begun working to create rules and a distribution network for the sale of medical marijuana oil. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission held...
Honeywell to Pay Georgia $4M for Pollution in Coastal Marsh
Dec 27 2019 // A company has agreed to pay the state of Georgia $4 million for environmental cleanup of a former chemical plant. The Brunswick News reports Honeywell International has filed the settlement with the state Department of...
Family of ‘Walking Dead’ Stuntman Killed in Georgia Accident Awarded $8.6M
Dec 23 2019 // A Georgia jury has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a stuntman killed during the production of a “Walking Dead” episode in 2017. The Daily Report reports the verdict Thursday comes after a weeklong trial...
Georgia Governor Issues Emergency Order After Flooding at Atlanta Hospital
Dec 17 2019 // Georgia’s governor has issued an emergency declaration because of capacity issues at Atlanta-area hospitals after a flooding incident at the state’s largest trauma center last week. Grady Memorial Hospital in...
Special Report: The Charity Issue – Photos of Giving
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Crews Drain 320K Gallons of Fuel from Overturned Ship in Georgia Port
Dec 16 2019 // Crews have finished draining all of the fuel from an overturned cargo ship three months after it capsized off the coast of Georgia, the team overseeing salvage operations said Thursday. Divers and other workers removed...
10 Former NFL Players Charged in Alleged Health Insurance Fraud Scam
Dec 12 2019 // Ten former National Football League (NFL) players have been charged for their alleged roles in a nationwide fraud on a health care benefit program for retired NFL players, the Department of Justice said. The alleged fraud...
