Latest Georgia Headlines
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South Carolina Farmers Say Crops In Danger as Drought Grows
Sep 20 2019 // Many farmers in South Carolina say a growing drought is threatening to devastate their crops right at harvest time and officials said there are plenty of indications the dry weather will spread. A special committee that...
EPIC Adds Beazley’s Bejean to Georgia-Based Greyling Division
Sep 20 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Lionel Bejean to the firm’s Greyling Division, based in Alpharetta, Ga., as senior vice president. In his new position, Bejean will be responsible for serving the risk...
Georgia Man Accused of Faking Burglary to Business for Insurance Payout
Sep 18 2019 // A man trashed his pizza restaurant and ice cream shop near Atlanta to fake a racially motivated burglary so he could file an insurance claim, police said. Gwinnett County police officers responded just before 9:30 p.m. on...
Parents of Georgia Tech Student Shot by Campus Police Officer Sue School
Sep 16 2019 // The parents of a Georgia Tech student killed by a campus police officer two years ago have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school, the university system and the officer. Authorities have said university police...
Investigators Trying to Determine Cause of Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port
Sep 13 2019 // As authorities try to answer why a cargo ship carrying 4,200 vehicles overturned on the Georgia coast, maritime experts say investigators will be looking for shifting cargo or other problems that upset the giant...
Dynamite Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel on Georgia Highway
Sep 11 2019 // Authorities say a truck carrying about 10,000 pounds of dynamite crashed and overturned on a Georgia highway, spilling fuel and closing the roadway. News outlets report a portion of Georgia State Route 53 in Dawson County...
Four Missing Crew Members Rescued from Overturned Cargo Ship at Georgia Port
Sep 11 2019 // Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a...
Cargo Ship Overturns Near Georgia Port; 4 Crew Members Missing
Sep 9 2019 // Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Golden Ray cargo ship ran into trouble in the early...
Update: Hurricane Dorian Spares Florida Direct Hit; Travels to Carolinas, Georgia
Sep 3 2019 // Sep 4, 2019, 5:31 AM — Hurricane Dorian menaced the U.S. East Coast with devastating flooding and winds, lashing Florida after laying waste to the Bahamas in a brutal two-day battering that caused damage that may cost...
Georgia Agency Partners – #13 Agency Partnerships 2019
Sep 2 2019 // $68,000,000 2018 Total P/C Revenue Founded in 1995, the Georgia Agency Partners network is 15 agencies headquartered in Georgia. “We grow organically through our current members and do not add members just for volume...
Toxic Gas, EPA Silence Raise Concerns for Residents Near Georgia Factories
Aug 28 2019 // Residents near two Georgia plants which have emitted toxic gas say they’re furious that the government did not alert the public about a federal report on potential health dangers. Hundreds of people packed two recent...
Bridge Span Near Florida-Georgia Line Collapses, Causes 2 Accidents
Aug 23 2019 // Authorities say two motorists have been injured when their cars went airborne over a collapsed bridge span near the Florida-Georgia Line. Officials closed a short stretch of Hutchinson Ferry Road northwest of Tallahassee...
Georgia-Based Colonial Pipeline Sues Contractor Over Alabama Spill
Aug 21 2019 // Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Co. has sued an Alabama contractor over a spill that threatened gasoline supplies along the East Coast three years ago. The pipeline operator contends faulty work by the Birmingham-based...
The MEMIC Group Appoints Wilson as Senior Production Underwriter in Georgia
Aug 20 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Kim Wilson to the role of senior production underwriter to support continued growth in the Georgia market. Wilson has more than 15 years of experience in...
Georgia’s INSUREtrust Hires Account Manager Ethan Frymark
Aug 15 2019 // Atlanta, Ga.-based INSUREtrust has hired Account Manager Ethan Frymark. As a recent graduate of the University of Georgia Terry School of Business Risk Management and Insurance program, Frymark will put his knowledge to...
FEMA Awards $1.1M Mitigation Grant to Flood Zoned Homes on Georgia Coast
Aug 13 2019 // Twelve homes on the coast of Georgia will receive a federal grant of about $1.1 million to help alleviate the cost of elevating their homes. News outlets report Tybee Island Mayor Jason Buelterman and Rep. Buddy Carter...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Georgia Farm Bureau Group Members
Aug 13 2019 // AM Besthas revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “bbb-” of Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. and...
Business Moves
Aug 5 2019 // East The Hilb Group, 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors The Hilb Group LLC has acquired New England-based 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors. The transaction became effective May 1, 2019. With offices in Fairfield, Conn., and...
Car Thefts Up 60% in Southwest Georgia City
Jul 29 2019 // Police in one southwest Georgia city say they’re seeing a spike in stolen cars. Albany police say vehicle thefts are up 60 percent so far over the same period a year ago. That’s 159 vehicles reported stolen so...
Georgia Reports Drop in Arson Fires in First Half of 2019
Jul 26 2019 // The Georgia State Fire Marshal’s Office, part of the Georgia Department of Insurance, said of the 215 fires investigators responded to in the first half of 2019, 30% (65) of those fires have been ruled arson. These...
