Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
American Medical Security Group Completes Ala. Class-Action Lawsuit
Mar 12 2004 // American Medical Security Group Inc. (AMS) and plaintiffs’ representatives have reportedly reached an agreement of understanding to certify and settle a class-action lawsuit, Gadson v. AMS, pending in the Circuit...
COUNTRY Insurance & Financial Services Awaits Reg. Approval of Cotton States Insurance Transactions
Mar 12 2004 // In an update to definitive agreements announced with Atlanta-based Cotton States Insurance Group in December 2003, COUNTRY Insurance & Financial Services has filed the required Form A with the Georgia Insurance...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Lawyers Marching on Atlanta
Mar 8 2004 // What lawyer doesn’t like a good fight? As we report in this issue of Insurance Journal Southeast, the Georgia Legislature is considering a number of bills that address tort reform in the Peach State (page 8)....
Georgia Legislature Gives Checkup to Reform Bills
Mar 8 2004 // The Georgia Legislature is certainly getting its share of tort reform news this session, considering almost a dozen House bills dealing with civil justice reform and medical malpractice reform. “We commend the...
Ga. Commissioner Rules Fire was Arson
Mar 8 2004 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said that a fire that destroyed a church in Tattnall County last week was arson. The Zion Union Primitive Baptist Church was located at 7601 Hilton Hall Road,...
Ga. Woman Accused of Filing Phony Claim
Mar 8 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced that an Adel woman has been arrested and charged with filing a fraudulent insurance claim. Teresa Kay Griffin, 33, was arrested and booked into the Cook County Jail....
Ga. Commissioner Offers Residents Tips in Conjunction with Severe Weather Awareness Week
Feb 20 2004 // Severe Weather Awareness Week in Georgia is Feb. 22-28, and Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine wants to remind homeowners of some important insurance tips to protect their property from tornadoes, flooding and other...
Ga. School Fire Ruled Arson
Feb 18 2004 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said a recent fire that destroyed the former Hahira High School was arson. High winds reportedly fanned the flames and made firefighting efforts especially...
Ga. Legislature Examining Civil Justice Reform Bills
Feb 16 2004 // The Georgia legislature is reportedly considering almost a dozen House bills dealing with civil justice reform and medical malpractice insurance reform. “We commend the sponsors of these bills for taking on this...
Workers’ Comp Second Injury Funds: Going, Going, Gone’
Feb 9 2004 // SIFs are designed to reduce the financial impact of a workers’ compensation claim in the event a worker with a disability, injured on the job, aggravates a pre-existing impairment. Maintaining healthy workers’...
Ga. Woman Accused of Filing Phony Claim
Jan 29 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced that an Adel woman has been arrested and charged with filing a fraudulent insurance claim. Teresa Kay Griffin, 33, was arrested and booked into the Cook County Jail....
Georgia is More than Peaches and Peanuts
Jan 26 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the population of the State of Georgia at 8.2 million. About 79 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 24 percent had earned a...
Ga. Commissioner Schedules Hearing
Jan 26 2004 // The Office of Georgia’s Insurance and Industrial Loan Commissioner has ordered the CEO of a chain of small loan companies to appear before Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine at a hearing to defend what the order...
PCI Said to Review Position on Ga. Captives
Jan 22 2004 // In light of new information, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has reportedly retracted its original position on admitting Georgia captive insurers to the state’s guaranty fund and will be...
Captives Don’t Belong in Ga. Guaranty Fund
Jan 16 2004 // A Georgia House bill requiring captive insurance companies that write workers’ compensation coverage to be covered under state guaranty fund laws will reportedly do nothing to identify or correct their financial...
Oxendine: Thousands of Georgia Consumers Helped in 2003; $20.5 Million in Insurance Claims Recovered
Jan 13 2004 // In 2003, Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine’s Consumer Services Division reportedly helped tens of thousands of Georgia consumers settle disputes with their insurance companies, returning $20.5 million in insurance...
Georgia Commissioner Has State on the Right Track
Jan 12 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has seen a number of changes in his department in his nine years in office. With three years left to serve, Oxendine hopes to see even more improvement as the department reaches...
Ga. Commissioner Orders Nev. Company to Cease Business
Jan 12 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has ordered Global Bonding, Millennium Bonding Enterprises, Robert Joe Hanson and Reve M. Pete to stop transacting surety insurance business in Georgia. Oxendine said his office...
Ga. Department Orders Hearing for Unlicensed Loan Shops
Jan 9 2004 // The Office of Georgia’s Insurance and Industrial Loan Commissioner has ordered the CEO of a chain of small loan companies to appear before Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine at a hearing to defend what the order...
