Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Closes Contractors’ Liability Loophole
Dec 2 2007 // General contractors in Georgia are no longer able to use subcontractors as a broad shield against bodily injury and property damage claims at construction sites under a new law. The new statute went into effect July 1. The...
Georgia’s Britt/ Paulk Insurance to Acquire Fla. Marine Agency
Nov 21 2007 // Britt / Paulk Insurance Agency, Inc., a privately-held program administrator in Carrollton, Ga., has agreed to acquire Mitchell, York & Cooper, LLC, a Florida-based marine Insurance broker. Financial details of the...
Ga. Tree Farmers Worry about Drought, Bugs in Aftermath of Wildfires
Nov 13 2007 // The wildfires that burned almost a half-million acres in south Georgia were snuffed out months ago, but tree farmers now face prolonged drought and insect infestations as they prepare to replant the vast...
FHM Insurance Teams Up with Georgia Restaurant Mutual
Oct 19 2007 // FHM Insurance Co.and Georgia Restaurant Mutual Captive Insurance Co. have joined forces to offer workers’ compensation insurance for the hospitality industry in Georgia. FHM has served the hospitality industry in...
Warrant Issued for Ga. Insurance Agent
Oct 18 2007 // A Jesup, Ga., insurance agent is wanted on insurance fraud charges, according to Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine. Catrina C. Whitley, 28, of Blackshear, Ga., has been charged with one count of insurance fraud for...
Ga. Company Recalls Meat from Restaurants in N.C., 3 Other States
Oct 17 2007 // A meat company in Forest Park, Ga., is recalling 1,900 pounds of ground beef sent to restaurants in Georgia, North Carolina, and two other states, saying it may be contaminated with E. coli. Arko Veal Company officials say...
Ga. Town’s Residents: Property Values Threatened by Waste Plant Odor
Oct 5 2007 // The town of Talmo, Ga., boasts a post office, a volunteer fire department, a few cattle farms, two Coke machines and 500 residents who grew up “on beans and cornbread,” locals like to say. But they have been...
Georgia’s BB&T Insurance Services Acquires Sidney O. Smith Inc.
Oct 1 2007 // BB&T Insurance Services announced plans to expand its metro Atlanta and north Georgia operation with the acquisition of Sidney O. Smith Inc. Sidney O. Smith Inc. currently provides commercial and personal property and...
3 Ga. Communities to Receive Federal Grants to Reduce Flood Chances
Sep 27 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $3,320,761 in projects that will reduce the possibility of flood damage in three...
3 Ga. Agents Violate Military Sales, Commissioner Revokes Licenses
Sep 25 2007 // For violating military sales regulations, Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine revoked the licenses of three agents The regulations were recently enacted to protect soldiers from unscrupulous solicitation,...
Ga. Gov. Continues Permits for Oversize Trucks Removing Burnt Timbers
Sep 18 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue extended an Executive Order that allows permitting through Sept. 30 for oversized trucks removing burnt timber from any of 21 southeast Georgia counties affected by wildfires this spring. These were the...
Ga. Drought Takes Partial Blame for Destructive Bug Infestation
Sep 10 2007 // Thousands of acres of trees are being killed in Georgia this summer by one of the worst infestations of Southern pine beetles in decades, forestry officials say. Carolyn Johnson, assistant refuge manager at Piedmont...
Ga. Insurance Commissioner Lanches Privacy Invasion Investigation
Aug 31 2007 // Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine ordered a market conduct examination into recent allegations of invasion of privacy by Progressive Insurance Co. The examination resulted from allegations that...
Federal Funds Issued To Help Pay Ga. Wildfire Costs
Aug 28 2007 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized $6.1 million in federal funds to reimburse local and state costs incurred while fighting numerous wildfires in southeast Georgia...
Lawyer: Case Against Ga. Sheriff Over Firings Is Settled
Aug 10 2007 // An attorney representing a group of deputies who sued after they were fired when a new sheriff took office in Clayton County says the case has been settled. Harlan Miller, attorney for the employees, said the settlement...
ConAgra to Reopen Georgia Plant Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
Aug 8 2007 // ConAgra Foods Inc. said Monday it plans this month to reopen the plant in Georgia where thousands of jars of peanut butter linked to a U.S. outbreak of salmonella were filled. The Omaha-based company said it was planning...
Ga. Receives $40 Million in Homeland Security Grants
Jul 31 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue announced the award of $40 million in federal homeland security grants to Georgia for allocation to eligible communities around the state. “With the assistance of our federal partners, we continue...
Ga. Doctor Pleads Guilty in $5 Million Health Care Fraud
Jul 23 2007 // A Savannah doctor pled guilty to participating in a $5 million scheme to defraud Georgia health care insurance programs. Rafael G. Razuri, who was an owner of Southside Medical and Rehabilitation Center, pled guilty to...
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Jul 23 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Thomas M. Marra to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Marra, currently a member of the company’s board of directors and president...
Georgia Fourth in CNBC Rankings of Best States to Do Business
Jul 18 2007 // In three major business rankings recently released, Georgia landed in the top five among states in areas such as best states to do business, entrepreneurship rate and nonemployer business growth. “By maintaining a...
