Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ga. court cites ‘continuous employment’ in workers’ comp award
Apr 9 2007 // News Currents 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...
Georgia Towns Hit by Storms Receive Additional Federal Aid
Apr 2 2007 // President Bush has authorized additional relief for Georgia communities hit by tornadoes and severe storms earlier this month, saying the federal government would pick up the full tab for debris removal and other eligible...
Ga. Supreme Court Cites ‘Continuous Employment’ in Workers Comp Award
Apr 2 2007 // In a narrow margin to approve 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,...
Georgia Considers Scrapping Immunity for Emergency Doctors
Mar 20 2007 // Families like the Fretwells seem to be forgotten in the annual turf war between doctors and lawyers in Georgia’s Capitol over who should be protected from malpractice lawsuits. Like others, Rodney and Sherry Fretwell...
Ga. GOP Leaders Propose Temporary PeachCare Fix
Mar 14 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue and Republican legislative leaders have agreed to a temporary fix for PeachCare, allowing some 273,000 poor children in Georgia to continue receiving health insurance even as federal dollars dry...
Multistate natural disaster proposal garners mixed reaction
Mar 12 2007 // News Currents Insurance officials in Florida, where a spate of hurricanes have set the industry into turmoil, pitched the idea recently of multistate insurance pools for natural disasters to their colleagues from across...
Ga. Releases $3 Million For Local Storm Response
Mar 9 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue released $3 million from the state’s emergency discretionary fund to cover past and future expenses incurred by local governments in responding to last week’s severe weather. Preliminary...
Georgia’s Oxendine Defends Main Street Agents in Compensation Battle
Mar 5 2007 // Exclusive Video Interview Oxendine: Insuring Coast Against Wind, Big Insurers Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, who was recently elected to his fourth four-year term, thinks Main Street insurance agents are...
Custard Insurance Adjusters Promotes Two in Ga.
Feb 23 2007 // Custard Insurance Adjusters Inc. promoted Robert Soby to chairman of the board and chief executive officer and Rick Linville to president. While Soby and Linville have led CIA in most facets of operations and sales for...
Multi-State Natural Disaster Insurance Plan Gets Cool Reception
Feb 22 2007 // Insurance officials in Florida, where a spate of hurricanes have set the industry into turmoil, pitched the idea recently of multistate insurance pools for natural disasters to their colleagues from across the...
Ga. Proposal Would Require Prior State Approval of Med-Mal Rates
Feb 14 2007 // House Republicans introduced a measure that requires Georgia’s top insurance official to sign off on each medical malpractice rate hike, saying they’re unconvinced that new state laws aimed at suppressing...
The Commissioners: John Oxendine
Feb 12 2007 // Oxendine defends Main Street independent insurance agents Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, who was recently elected to his fourth four-year term, spoke with Insurance Journal’s Andrea Ortega Wells at the...
St. Paul Travelers retreats on Ga. commissions
Feb 12 2007 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced that St. Paul Travelers Insurance Companies has changed what he alleges was the company’s prejudicial agent commissions on homeowners policies in...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
Georgia – John Oxendine
Feb 11 2007 // Commissioner John Oxendine hopes to set Georgia’s coast apart from its neighboring coastal states, and says he is wrestling with some insurers that are trying to put “big insurance loads” on the...
Georgia Lawmaker Wants to Ban Genetic Profiling by Insurers, Employers
Feb 6 2007 // Georgia state Rep. Ed Setzler says he’s seen a glimpse into the future — and he doesn’t like all he sees. The Acworth Republican has introduced a bill aimed at outlawing genetic profiling in Georgia by...
St. Paul Travelers Retreats on Ga. Commissions; Hearing Called Off
Feb 5 2007 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced that St. Paul Travelers Insurance Companies has changed what he alleges was the company’s prejudicial agent commissions on homeowners policies in...
Driver’s Ed Now Required, Georgia Teens Line Up for Classes
Jan 30 2007 // Driver’s education programs across Georgia are experiencing traffic jams of their own because of a new state law requiring 16-year-olds to undergo behind-the-wheel training before getting a license. The statute,...
Georgia Chief Vows Hearing into Commission Cuts by St. Paul Travelers
Jan 22 2007 // St. Paul Travelers has reduced commissions paid to insurance agents on homeowners policies sold in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty, and McIntosh Counties, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner John...
Report: U.S. Rails with Hazardous Materials Vulnerable to Terrorists
Jan 18 2007 // Train lines that carry hazardous shipments have little or no police presence and shoddy security that makes them easy targets for terrorists, according to a newspaper investigation. During a several-month, nationwide...
