Latest Georgia Headlines
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Ga. Governor Requests Presidential Emergency Declaration
Jun 5 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue sent a letter to the president requesting an emergency declaration for all 21 Georgia counties impacted by the continual widespread threat of drought and wildfires that has consumed more than 490,000...
BB&T Insurance Buying Georgia’s Reese Agency
May 30 2007 // BB&T Insurance Services said it plans to expand its metro Atlanta operation with the acquisition of Reese Insurance Associates Inc. of Riverdale, Ga. Reese provides both commercial and personal property and casualty...
Ga. Gov. Releases $7 Million to Fight Southeast Georgia Wildfires
May 22 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue issued an executive order that allocates $7 million in unspent state funds to fight the wildfires in southeast Georgia. The fires have burned over 130,000 acres in Georgia. “These additional funds...
Wildfires take major toll in Georgia, Florida
May 21 2007 // Officials closed a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida state line to Lake City, Fla., as well as a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 10, from U.S. 90 to U.S. 129, as a gigantic wildfire approached them...
Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coast
May 21 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest. And...
Wildfires take major toll
May 21 2007 // Officials closed a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida state line to Lake City, Fla., as well as a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 10, from U.S. 90 to U.S. 129, as a gigantic wildfire approached them...
News Currents
May 21 2007 // Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coast Inmates from the Georgia Department of Corrections use Class A foam and rakes Tuesday, May 1, 2007 to extinguish the remains of a fire in Waycross, Ga. As part of a...
Hundreds of Florida Wildfire Evacuees Still Waiting to Go Home
May 16 2007 // Higher winds were expected to fan the flames of the large fire burning in southeast Georgia and Florida on Monday. The wildfire that raced through the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia and into Florida was started by...
Wildfires Burn More than 330,000 Acres in Georgia, Florida
May 14 2007 // Officials closed a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 75 from the Georgia-Florida state line to Lake City, Fla., as well as a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 10, from U.S. 90 to U.S. 129, as a gigantic wildfire approached them...
Spring Wildfires, Floods Wreak Havoc from Coast to Coast
May 11 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest. And...
Ga. Commissioner Charges Columbus Agent with Fraud
May 8 2007 // A Columbus, Ga., insurance agent has been charged with three counts of insurance fraud for allegedly keeping premiums paid to her for property and taxicab liability coverage instead of forwarding the payments to an...
Gov. Perdue Signs Bill Limiting Asbestos Lawsuits in Georgia
May 3 2007 // Only those who’ve become sick through exposure to asbestos would be able to sue companies that used the material, under a bill signed into law by Ga. Gov. Sonny Perdue. The new law would require a person filing a...
Gov. Perdue Declares State of Emergency in Southeast Georgia
May 3 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue today issued an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency in 21 counties in southeast Georgia. The affected counties face severe drought conditions, which have created an extreme and widespread...
Ga. Firefighters Struggle to Extinguish Spot Fires Near Wildifre
May 1 2007 // Several rural homes were evacuated in southeastern Georgia after spot fires ignited across a highway from a massive wildfire, and firefighters struggled to put them out before they could spread in the miles of tinder-dry...
Additional Federal Funds Approved For Southeast Georgia Wildfires
Apr 30 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue said additional federal funds were authorized to assist in fighting the “Kneeknocker Fire” that has flared up again in Georgia’s Brantley County, just outside the city limits of...
P/C Insurers to Pay $1.2 Billion in 1st Quarter Home, Business Catastrophe Claims
Apr 25 2007 // Severe tornadoes in several southern states helped push catastrophe losses to more than $1.2 billion during the first quarter of 2007, according to the industry’s Property Claim Services (PCS), a unit of Insurance...
Ga. Claims Firm Engle Martin Acquires Litigation Management Services
Apr 24 2007 // Engle Martin & Associates, Inc., an Atlanta-based multi-line insurance claims administration and adjusting company, has acquired the specialty fraternal and not-for-profit services of Litigation Management Services,...
Ga. Commissioner: Uninsured Motorist Bill Would Cost $400 Million
Apr 17 2007 // Georgia’s top insurance regulator is warning that auto insurance costs could go up $400 million if lawmakers pass a bill changing uninsured motorist insurance. The legislation, Senate Bill 276, has been working its...
Georgia House Panel OKs Uninsured Motorist Change Despite Warnings
Apr 16 2007 // The Georgia House Judiciary Committee gave the green light last week to a measure that would overhaul the way insurance companies pay for accidents involving underinsured drivers, despite warnings from Georgia’s top...
Ga. court cites ‘continuous employment’ in workers’ comp award
Apr 9 2007 // In approving workers’ compensation benefits for the family of deceased Florida resident Howard King, the Georgia Supreme Court cited a doctrine of “continuous employment” in its 4-3 decision, voiding two...
