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Three Nominees for Florida Supreme Court Appear to Lean the Insurer Way
Jun 15 2022 // Some Florida insurers may feel like they didn’t score a home run with the recent property insurance reform measures signed into law in May. But they could soon see a friendly umpire on the state Supreme Court, likely...
Three Teens Arrested in Fire That Burned 3 Historic Homes in Georgia
Jun 14 2022 // Police charged three boys with arson in fires that destroyed three historic homes in an Atlanta suburb over the weekend. Two 14-year-olds and one 15-year-old were arrested Wednesday at their homes in Clayton County,...
Seven Die on Georgia Waterways over Memorial Day Weekend
May 31 2022 // Searchers recovered the bodies of three missing boaters Sunday after two vessels collided on a Georgia river, bringing the crash’s death toll to five people. One of the surviving boaters was charged with boating...
Two More Louisiana Defendants Sentenced in Operation Sideswipe
May 26 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on May 25, 2022 that Doniesha Gibson (Gibson) age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana and Erica Lee Thompson (Erica Lee), age 47, of Harvey, Louisiana, were sentenced for...
3M Ordered to Pay $77.5 Million to Veteran in Latest Earplug Trial
May 23 2022 // A jury in Pensacola, Florida federal court on Friday ordered 3M Co. to pay $77.5 million to a U.S. Army veteran who said he suffered hearing damage as a result of using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The...
Two of Central Kentucky’s Oldest Agencies Merge
May 20 2022 // Two of the oldest insurance agencies in Central Kentucky have merged. Rightmyer Insurance Agency in Danville, founded in the 1930s, has joined forces with Sam Dexter Insurance Agency, which began in 1954, according to a...
Three More Florida Insurers Asking for Big Rate Hikes at Hearings
May 17 2022 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held hearings Tuesday on major rate increases from three more property insurers: Florida Farm Bureau, First Floridian, and Kin Interinsurance Network. The Kin and First Floridian...
Two Barges Break Free in Flooding, Float Down the Potomac
May 11 2022 // WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) — Two construction barges broke free from their moorings amid flooding on the Potomac River over the weekend and floated downstream before being snagged by underwater materials, a National Park...
Two Sentenced in Compounded Medicine Fraud Scheme
May 5 2022 // An Arkansas man and a Florida man have been sentenced to prison for their roles in giving kickbacks in compounded cream schemes that defrauded a government insurer of millions of dollars. Federal prosecutors said Brad...
Five Days That Could Save the Insurance World: DeSantis Calls Session for May 23-27
Apr 26 2022 // May 23 through May 27. Those are the dates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has set aside for a special session of the Florida Legislature to address a number of changes that could ameliorate what many have called a property...
Two-Thirds of Employees Might Seek New Jobs if Forced Back to Office: Global Survey
Apr 26 2022 // Worker demands for more flexibility and security, bolstered by the pandemic and a tight labor market, are only growing more intense as the world economy reopens and some firms begin trying to pull employees back to...
One or Two Days in the Office Is the ‘Sweet Spot’ of Hybrid Work
Apr 12 2022 // Just one or two days in the office is the ideal setup for hybrid work, according to a new study, as it provides workers with the flexibility they crave without the isolation of going fully remote. The findings, in a paper...
Six Years After Insurance Claim, Hummer Found Buried in Rural Alabama
Apr 8 2022 // The owner of a Hummer vehicle found buried in rural Alabama will have some explaining to do when he returns home, the local sheriff said after crews used a backhoe to unearth the vehicle this week. “We had our...
Two Promoted to Executive Vice President of Programs at Breckenridge Insurance
Apr 7 2022 // Atlanta, GA., April 7, 2022 —Breckenridge Insurance recently promoted Cricket Thomas, CRIS and Tim Anders, CPCU to executive vice presidents of programs having demonstrated their respective operational, underwriting, and...
Three Miami People Charged in Cellphone Insurance Scam
Apr 7 2022 // Florida authorities have charged three Miami people with cellphone insurance fraud after they allegedly submitted 40 fraudulent claims to American Bankers Insurance Co. The state’s chief financial officer, Jimmy...
Two South Florida Construction Workers Crushed by Concrete Wall
Mar 23 2022 // Two construction workers in Boynton Beach were killed Tuesday when a concrete wall they were installing fell and crushed them. One local TV news station said the fatalities happened when a construction crane collapsed at...
Two North Carolina Insurance Agents Charged with Fraud
Mar 18 2022 // Two North Carolina insurance agents have been accused of submitting false insurance claims to collect more than $30,000, authorities said. The N.C. Department of Insurance said in a news release that Christian LaFabian...
Two Kansas City Workers Die in Trash Truck Fire
Mar 4 2022 // A second Kansas City worker has died from injuries after a trash truck crashed and caught fire, police said. The crash happened the morning of March 1 as the trash truck tried to exit Interstate 435 onto Front Street in...
Six Years After Deadly Police Chase, Georgia High Court Limits Insurer’s Obligation
Feb 17 2022 // The headlines in 2016 provoked an outcry across Georgia: A man stole a car near the Atlanta airport, fled from police in a high-speed chase, then crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman and her two grandchildren. Six...
Three Vie for Georgia Insurance Post: Trial Attorney, Insurance Agent, Former Cop
Feb 10 2022 // Although the election is still months away, the race for Georgia insurance commissioner already is a campaign of firsts — and some strong rhetoric aimed at insurance companies and regulators. Janice Laws Robinson, an...
