Festival Canceled, Businesses Interrupted as Red Tide, Brown Seaweed Hit Florida March 14, 2023 Residents are complaining about burning eyes and breathing problems. Dead fish have washed up. A beachside festival has been canceled,...
Driver Flees After Hitting and Injuring Two Road Workers Near Atlanta March 14, 2023 Two road construction workers were hit by a car and seriously injured in suburban Atlanta early Sunday. Police tell local...
Credit Outlook for Allstate’s Florida Unit is Negative, Reflects Deteriorated Surplus March 14, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The AM Best financial rating firm’s tepid outlook for Allstate’s Florida subsidiaries, Castle Key Insurance Co. and Castle Key Indemnity...
Florida Girl Killed When Straight-Line Winds Blow Tree Onto Car March 13, 2023 A 16-year-old girl in the Florida Panhandle was killed when a tree fell on the vehicle she was in during...
Family of NC Meteorologist Killed in Crash Files Suit Against Helicopter Companies March 13, 2023 The family of a meteorologist who was killed last fall in a helicopter crash in North Carolina is suing a...
WV Lawmakers Cap Damages for Deliberately Putting Workers in Harm’s Way March 13, 2023 A bill that would cap some of the damages West Virginia workers and their families can receive if their employer...
Florida Adjusters’ Charges of Doctored Damage Reports Get Wider Spotlight March 13, 2023 By William Rabb Allegations that some insurance carriers have altered field adjusters’ damage estimates has gained more national attention after The Washington Post...
Georgia Business Owner Sentenced in $54M California Workers’ Comp Fraud March 13, 2023 Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts...
Another State, Tennessee, Moves to Authorize Family Leave Insurance for Employers March 10, 2023 A Tennessee lawmaker wants insurance carriers to offer paid family leave insurance as a way to make time off more...
NS Train Derails in Alabama Before CEO is Grilled in Congress March 10, 2023 A Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday in Alabama, just hours before the rail company’s CEO testified in Congress about last...