Latest Georgia Headlines
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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...
At Least 7 Dead After Ferry Dock Gangway Collapsed on Georgia Island
Oct 21 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the...
Shelter Order Lifted for 90,000 Georgia Residents After Chemical Plant Fire
Oct 2 2024 // Authorities on Monday night ended a shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 people east of Atlanta following a weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky and led to...
‘Dr. Taxes’ in Georgia Charged With Taking Workers’ Comp Premiums From Clients
Sep 10 2024 // A businessman in south Georgia who called his business a tax preparation site for immigrants is now facing multiple charges that he swindled clients out of thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation insurance...
New Georgia Direct-Action Changes Aren’t Perfect: What Insurers Need to Know
Sep 9 2024 // On July 1, 2024, changes to the Georgia Direct Action Statutes, O.C.G.A. § 40-1-112 and O.C.G.A. § 40-2-140, went into effect and limited the circumstances under which a plaintiff can assert a direct-action claim against...
Four Killed in Georgia High School Shooting; Suspect in Custody
Sep 5 2024 // Four people were killed and nine others injured after a teen gunman opened fire at a high school in Winder, Georgia, an old railroad town northeast of Atlanta. The identities of the victims haven’t been released, but...
People Moves: CRC Group Adds Broker, Underwriter in Georgia, Tennessee
Sep 4 2024 // CRC Group, a wholesale specialty insurance distributor with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, has added new faces to its team in the Southeast. Rector Sam Rector joined the Nashville office as a broker. He has spent...
