Georgia Trial Lawyer Surrenders License After Using Insurance Settlement Proceeds July 6, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Georgia Supreme Court has accepted the voluntary license surrender of a plaintiffs’ attorney who had been in practice for...
Kentucky Official Pleads Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud June 30, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A central Kentucky farmer who is also a county official has changed his plea, admitting to charges of crop insurance...
Starting July 1, Florida Insurers Face New Guardrails on Force-Placed Insurance June 30, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Starting Saturday, insurers and mortgage lenders for Florida homeowners will face some new restrictions on lender-placed insurance policies, thanks to...
USAA Settles Georgia Class Action on Underpaid Taxes in Auto Claims June 29, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A federal judge in Georgia has given preliminary approval to a $2.3 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that charged...
Court Agrees to Postpone One Lindberg Trial While Bribery Case is Retried June 14, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Embattled North Carolina insurance magnate and businessman Greg Lindberg won’t have to face two criminal trials in the same year,...
Florida Gov. Signs One Last Bill, Allowing Higher Deductibles, More Storm Models June 14, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports One of the last property insurance-related bills to come out of the 2023 regular session of the Florida Legislature was...
OSHA Says Fatal Florida Fireworks Fire Was Preventable, Fines Company $109,000 June 13, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A December fire at a fireworks company warehouse, which killed four workers and gravely injured a fifth, was preventable, but...
Keys Staffing Firm Owner Gets 32 Months for Illegal Worker Tax Violations June 7, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The owner of several Key West staffing companies is on his way to prison after a federal judge sentenced him...
Florida OIR Hearing Set for Citizens’ Latest Rate Increases June 6, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a rate hearing Thursday, June 8, on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s proposed...
Kentucky Tobacco Crop Insurance Fraud Ring Results in Two More Guilty Pleas June 5, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A Kentucky farmer and his sister-in-law have pleaded guilty to a multi-year scheme to defraud the Federal Crop Insurance Corp....