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AssuredPartners Acquires Transportation Insurance Advisors of Florida

AssuredPartners, Inc. has acquired Transportation Insurance Advisors, LLC located in Sanford, Fla. The team of 55 will remain under the operational leadership of Scott Light. The agency currently reports $14 million in annualized revenues. According to Light, the agency works …

Georgia Governor Gives Certain Businesses Green Light to Reopen Friday

Georgia’s governor announced plans Monday to restart the state’s economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen as early as Friday. The governor in neighboring Tennessee planned …

Florida Dive Shop Alleges Insurer Breach of Contract, Bad Faith in BI Denial Suit

A dive shop in South Florida is one of the first businesses in the state to file suit against its insurer for the denial of a business interruption claim initiated because of the current coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit, Mace Marine …

North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance to Give Insureds 20% Dividend on Auto Premiums

North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance will provide a 20% dividend payment to its automobile policyholders for April and May 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company announced the “Here for You Promise” 20% dividend was approved by its …

South Gets Slammed Again by Severe Storms, Tornado Suspected in Mississippi

Suspected tornadoes killed at least two people as severe weather blasted a wide area across the Deep South, officials said. Jerry Oliver Williams, 61, of Henry County died when the storm struck a rural area about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Coroner …

4 Tyson Foods Poultry Workers in Georgia Die of Coronavirus

Four employees of a major poultry producer’s operations in rural southwest Georgia have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus, a company spokesman said Friday. Tyson Foods spokesman Gary Mickelson said three of the employees worked at the company’s chicken …

South Carolina: Hurricane Response Plan a ‘Good Question’ Amid Virus Outbreak

With hurricane season less than two months away, officials in South Carolina said they don’t yet have a good plan in place if a storm hits during the coronavirus outbreak, particularly for people potentially displaced from their homes in the …

On the Front Lines: Georgia Insurance Commissioner Deployed by National Guard

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John F. King has been on the front lines during times of crisis for the United States for most of his career. A former Georgia police chief and current Major General in the U.S. Army National Guard, …

More Storms Hit South, Tornadoes Threaten Region

High winds, hail and heavy rain pounded parts of Alabama on Sunday, as forecasters warned residents to brace for possible tornadoes and flooding later in the day across a wide swatch of the southern United States. More than 24,000 customers …

Florida to Grant Temporary Agent Licenses Amid Testing Freeze

The Florida Division of Agent and Agency Services will resume its ability to begin processing insurance agent licenses despite the closure of testing centers around the state, under a directive from Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis. This directive issued April 17 …

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