Latest Georgia Headlines

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...

Warm winter helps Georgia lower fire death

Jan 8 2007 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year — the lowest toll in nearly a decade, thanks to warm weather, according to the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office. “Most of our fatal...

Warm winter helps Georgia lower fire death toll even in most vulnerable, colder counties

Jan 7 2007 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year – the lowest toll in nearly a decade, thanks to warm weather, according to the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office. “Most of our fatal...

Ga.-Based Auto Writer AssuranceAmerica Expands to Louisiana

Dec 29 2006 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta based insurance holding company, has written its first auto insurance policy in Louisiana. The company now writes in six states including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and...

Ga. Commissioner Urges Fireworks Safety for New Year Celebration

Dec 28 2006 // Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine and the National Association of State Fire Marshals urges parents to protect their children – and themselves – from the dangers of fireworks during the...

Warm Winter Weather Helps Georgia Lower Fire Death Toll

Dec 20 2006 // Georgia could see fewer than 100 fire deaths this year — the lowest toll in nearly a decade — thanks to warm weather that is expected to last for rest of the year, according to statistics from the state Insurance and...

People and Places

Dec 11 2006 // The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according to...

Dec 10 2006 // People The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another,...

Campbell, Swing Join Britt/Paulk in Georgia

Dec 5 2006 // Britt/Paulk has hired two underwriters to join its Carrollton, Georgia office. David Campbell is now underwriting operations manager, while James Swing has been hired as equipment chief underwriting officer. Campbell has...

Management Shifts at Georgia Casualty, Association Casualty

Nov 30 2006 // Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. and Association Casualty Insurance Co. – properties of Atlantic American Corp. – announced management changes in itheir regional property and casualty operations. Effective...

Fire at 100-Year Old Georgia Church Deemed Arson

Nov 29 2006 // A fire that destroyed the sanctuary of a 100-year-old church in Statesboro, Georgia was ruled an arson, Insurance and Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said. Authorities have arrested a suspect after the fire engulfed the...

OSHA Cites Ga. Contractors For Work Site Hazards at Trenches

Nov 22 2006 // A federal work safety agency accused contractors in north Georgia and metro Atlanta last week of allowing employees to work in unsafe conditions in deep trenches at their sites. The Occupational Safety and Health...

Newcomer Sink, veteran Oxendine elected key insurance players

Nov 20 2006 // A veteran Republican Georgian commissioner and a Democratic novice Florida financial chief promise to play key roles in insurance issues in the Southeast in the years ahead as a result of the midterm elections. When the...

Judicial races in Southeast, nation prove contentious, costly

Nov 20 2006 // The midterm 2006 judicial elections saw judicial campaign contribution and advertising records smashed in numerous states holding high court elections. Voters went to the polls in 22 contested Supreme Court races in 10...