Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dear Ga. Parents: unsafe teen drivers nabbed
Oct 23 2006 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has launched a program to send letters to the parents of teen drivers who receive traffic citations or warnings from state troopers. The letters are to include the date and reason the teenager was...
Georgia commissioner candidates clash over money, incumbents’ record
Oct 23 2006 // The midterm race for Georgia Insurance Commissioner pits a veteran politician against an attorney in his first foray into politics. Each candidate has an ‘x’ in his three-syllabled surname – but...
Georgia to Send Teens’ Traffic Violation Notices to Parents
Oct 11 2006 // Letters would be sent to the parents of teen drivers who receive traffic citations or warnings from Georgia troopers under a new program Gov. Sonny Perdue announced. The letters would include the date and reason the...
Georgia Slashes Unemployment Insurance Tax
Oct 10 2006 // Georgia is implementing a $100 million unemployment insurance tax cut that will affect most of the state’s 200,000 employers, state labor officials said. The tax cut will begin in January, according to state Labor...
Fla., Ga. Regulators Warn Consumers of Multi-state Scam
Sep 28 2006 // A bogus letter telling recipients they have won a contest with a chance to win big money is at the center of fraudulent activity being perpetrated in multiple states. The letter is on forged MAG Mutual Insurance Co....
Georgia threatens Safeway
Sep 25 2006 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine has fined Safeway Insurance Co. of Georgia $500,000 and given the insurer an ultimatum. Oxendine told the insurer it must: radically adjust its claims practices over the next...
Ga. Firefighters Accused of Arson
Sep 10 2006 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said arrest warrants have been issued for four volunteer firefighters and three junior firefighters in Rabun County for allegedly setting a fire in...
Georgia Commissioner Threatens to Eject Safeway Insurance
Sep 7 2006 // An historic ejection of an insurance company from Georgia is at hand if the insurer does not comply with state-mandated rules and radically adjust its claims practices over the next two years. Georgia Insurance...
Montgomery Insurance Rolls Out Streamlined Commercial Pricing
Sep 1 2006 // Appointed agents of Montgomery Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, can now get faster and more precise quotes with the implementation this month of the Commercial IQ SmartRisk underwriting and pricing system for...
Ga. Apartment Complex Pays $2.25M In Drowning of Toddler
Aug 24 2006 // The owners of a DeKalb County, Georgia apartment complex have reached at $2.25 million settlement with the family of a 2-year-old boy who died in a 2003 drowning in the complex pool. Jonathan Flores was three days shy of...
Georgia’s Britt/Paulk Says It’s Looking to Acquire Brokers
Aug 22 2006 // Britt / Paulk Insurance Agency, Inc., a privately held program administrator in Carrollton, Georgia, , has announced plans for growth through acquisition. Britt / Paulk has engaged LMC Capital LLC, an insurance investment...
WellPoint Names New Charitable Foundation President
Aug 21 2006 // Indianapolis-based WellPoint, Inc. recently announced that Caroline “Caz” Matthews, currently president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, has been named president of the WellPoint Foundation. She will lead...
Insurer to Refund $1M to Ga. Policyholders
Aug 18 2006 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced he has ordered a Kansas insurance company to return $1,016,518 in overcharges to 159 Georgia customers. Oxendine said Universal Underwriters Insurance Company will...
Ga. Commissioner Revokes License of Stockbridge Agent
Aug 18 2006 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine has issued an order revoking the license of a Stockbridge insurance agent who was allegedly allowing his father to sell policies, though the father had surrendered his...
Wildfire Injuries, Deaths on Rise in Georgia, Other Southern States
Aug 17 2006 // Wildfire-related injuries and fatalities are on the rise this season in Georgia and some other states, with sprawling suburban growth, dry conditions and changes in land-use patterns contributing to the problem. With urban...
Georgia Athletic Group Weighs Heat Safety Policy for High Schools
Aug 17 2006 // The Georgia High School Association is considering changing regulations to require schools to have a written heat policy and thermometers on the field. The change comes amidst growing criticism from state lawmakers after...
Gov. Perdue Welcomes Swett & Crawford to Georgia
Aug 17 2006 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue recently met with Swett & Crawford President and CEO J. Neal Abernathy to commemorate the establishment of the wholesale broker’s corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. The company...
Alberto Moves Into Southern Georgia
Jun 13 2006 // After Tropical Storm Alberto moved inland this afternoon south of Tallahassee, Fla., with 50 mph winds and heavy rain it moved across Florida and is now buffeting southeastern Georgia with heavy rain. According to the...
Oxendyne Tells Ga. Big ‘I’: Abolishing Contingency Fees ‘A Mistake’
Jun 12 2006 // Abolishing contingency commissions and making them illegal would be a mistake, John Oxendine, Georgia Insurance Commissioner, told more than 800 agents attending the 109th Annual Convention, Trade Show and Young Agents...
People and Places
Jun 5 2006 // Three new vice presidents, Michael Stuart, Mark Pergolini and John Cash, have joined Cypress Care Inc. of Atlanta, a pharmacy benefits management company. Stuart, vice president of strategic initiatives and implementation,...
