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EPA Seeks to Test More Atlanta Properties for Lead

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking residents in parts of some west Atlanta neighborhoods for permission to test their soil for lead. The agency has been sampling yards and removing soil in parts of the Vine City and English …

Georgia County Invests $1.9M in Fire Fighting Efforts to Cut Insurance Rates

A southeast Georgia county will spend $1.9 million to buy three fire trucks and three water tankers, part of a strategy to increase fire protection and cut property insurance rates in rural areas. The Statesboro Herald reports Bulloch County commissioners …

Lamb Insurance Services Adds Penley as Director of Sales for the Carolinas

Lamb Insurance Services (Lamb) has appointed Doug Penley as the director of Sales. Penley is responsible for all aspects of sales and distribution strategies and leading a team of client executives in the Carolinas, which is an expansion market for …

Tennessee AG Sues Supermarket Chain for Flooding State with Opioids

Tennessee’s attorney general on Thursday sued Food City over claims that the supermarket chain’s pharmacies intentionally profited from the opioid epidemic by unlawfully selling tens of millions of prescription opioids in the state. Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed the 208-page …

Alabama Lawmakers Move Forward with COVID Liability Protections

Alabama lawmakers on Thursday fast-tracked a pair of pandemic bills – one to exempt coronavirus relief payments from state income tax and another to shield businesses, health care providers and others from virus-related lawsuits. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and GOP …

Applied Underwriters Closes on Acquisition of Centauri Insurance Companies

Applied Underwriters has completed its acquisition of Centauri Specialty Insurance Co. and Centauri National Insurance Co., based in Sarasota, Florida. Florida, Louisiana and Texas regulators have approved the transaction. The deal took nine months to close. Terms were not disclosed. …

Florida Peninsula Adds King as Director of Customer Experience

The Florida Peninsula Insurance family of companies has hired Mindy King as the company’s director of Customer Experience. This is a new role at Florida Peninsula, which will be focused on building customer experience programs across the entire enterprise. King …

Nearly $14M Settlement Reached in Crash that Killed Kentucky Officer

A nearly $14 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over a 2018 crash that killed a Kentucky police officer. The money will go to the son of Louisville Metro Police Detective Deidre “Dee Dee” Mengedoht, who died on …

Unlicensed Florida Agent Arrested Over Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme

A Florida woman allegedly acting as an insurance agent without a license was arrested last month after an investigation by the Florida Department of Financial Services Bureau of Insurance Fraud. According to a statement from DFS, Ida Bernadette Newsome of …

After 4-Year Wait, W. Virginia Rolls Out Medical Cannabis Registration System

Nearly four years after West Virginia lawmakers allowed a regulatory system to be established for medical cannabis products, eligible residents can start registering to eventually receive them. Residents with serious medical conditions could begin registering as of Wednesday at www.medcanwv.org. …

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