South Carolina Extends Use of Emergency Adjusters After Helene January 14, 2025 Property and auto insurers in South Carolina can keep non-resident adjusters on the job for at least another 90 days,...
Florida Store Owner Who Faked Death for Insurance Gets Sentence Commuted January 14, 2025 Floridians may remember the strange case of Jacksonville businessman Jose Lantigua, who faked his own death in 2013 in an...
With Waters and Mandates Rising, HoneyQuote Adds Flood Insurance Price Tool January 14, 2025 By William Rabb As more policyholders with Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance are statutorily required to purchase flood insurance, another insurance rate-quoting service has...
Winter Storm Gripped on Parts of the South, With Snowy Roads, Flight Cancellations January 13, 2025 By Jeff Amy and Ben Finley ATLANTA (AP) — Flight cancellations piled up and officials warned of continuing dangerous roads Saturday in the wake of a...
Kentucky AG Settles Opioid Suit vs. The Kroger Co. for $110 Million January 13, 2025 By Bruce Schreiner Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel...
Mississippi Police Officer Suspended After Chase That Ended in Three Deaths January 13, 2025 BYHALIA, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi police officer whose pursuit ended in a crash that killed three people has...
Judge Triples Jury Award in Nautilus Insurance Suit Against Murdaugh Accomplice January 13, 2025 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A federal judge last week tripled the damages that Alex Murdaugh’s co-conspirator must pay to Nautilus Insurance Co., bringing the...
FEMA Maps Lead to Development in Flood-Risk Areas, NC State Study Shows January 13, 2025 By William Rabb A study by researchers at North Carolina State University supports what some critics of federal flood maps have said for...
$1.7B in Block Grants Awarded to North Carolina Governments for Helene Recovery January 10, 2025 ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina governments are receiving over $1.65 billion in federal block grant money to help address...
Georgia Lawmakers Gearing Up for New Tort Reform Push January 10, 2025 By Charlotte Kramon ATLANTA (AP) — After years of stalled efforts to limit civil lawsuits, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican lawmakers are...