Southeast News for April 2024
- Two Montgomery Workers Charged with Insurance Fraud in Alabama
- Billionaire Ellison Is Moving Oracle to Nashville From Texas
- Sister of Mississippi Man Who Died After Police Stop Rejects Settlement
- Fla. Regulators’ Effort to Remove Insurer Execs May Not Pass Constitutional Muster
- Florida Governor Signs Wind-Mitigation Funding Bills for Homes, Condos
- Liberty Co. Names Allen, Hayes to Leadership Positions
- Insurers Get Green Light to Pay Less Than Billed Charges in Florida PIP Cases
- Higginbotham Adds South Florida Benefits Agency to Team
- NC Agent, Missouri Lawyers Convicted in $4M Tax Shelter, Insurance Scheme
- Employer Can’t Deny Comp Claim in Shooting Then Argue Immunity, Court Says
- South Carolina Ringleader Sentenced to 8 Years for Staged Accidents
- 4,800 Claims Handled by Unlicensed Adjusters in Florida After Irma, Lawsuit Says
- Marsh McLennan Agency to Buy Fisher Brown Bottrell for About $316M
- Oakbridge Adds Strawn & Co. in Georgia
- Workers’ Comp Apportion Evals Must be Well-Reasoned, WV Supreme Court Says
- FAU Gets Grant to Study Seaweed Harvesting, Just as Blobs Approach South Florida
- Cape Coral Says FEMA Giving More Time on Questioned Rebuilding Info After Ian
- Savannah Ordinance: Vehicles Should be Locked When Guns Left Inside
- South Carolina Allows Out-of-State Adjusters After Massive Hail Storm
- Investment Funds File New Suits Over Lighthouse Insurance Collapse in 2022
- TN VW Employees Vote Overwhelmingly to Join United Auto Workers Union
- Alabama City Councilman Hit With New Auto Insurance Fraud Indictment
- Arbol Unit Buys Centauri Insurance, Forms Lilypad to Broaden Climate Risk Coverage
- Once Praised, Settlement to Help BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing
- U of Kentucky ‘Distressed’ Over Alleged Misconduct by Former Swim Coach
- Georgia Town Aims to Disrupt Student Beach Bash After Last Year’s Chaos
- Former Congressman Charged After Collision with State Trooper in Florida
- People Moves: Slide Names Powell Sales VP; Garner Moves to Alliant SE
- Survey Shows Majority of Florida, California Homeowners Seeing Higher Insurance Costs
- Attorney Wants Footage of Fatal Chase in Mississippi But Town Says None Exists
- NC Governor’s Pandemic Rules for Bar Closures Were ‘Illogical’ Court Says
- North Carolina Adjuster and Son Charged With Embezzlement in Roof Jobs
- NC Rate Bureau Wants 83% Elevation in Mobile Home Fire Rates
- Zurich, Philadelphia, Others Ordered to Pay $345M to Cover Abuse Charges at Ga. School
- Cerebral Inc. to Pay $7M for Data Exposure, Non-Cancels on Counseling Subscriptions
- CRC Moves InsureTrust Cyber Broker to Wholesale Division
- King Acquires Dave Alton Agency in North Carolina
- Former MLB Player, 3 Others Charged with Staging Auto Accident in Miami
- Supplemental Claims Don’t Need to Include Damage Estimates, Fed Appeals Court Says
- Georgia Bill Requiring Boat Livery Insurance Waiting on Governor’s Signature
- Coral Gables, Florida Tops Beverly Hills as Ritziest Home Market in US
- Harvard Study Again Stirs the Pot on Demotech Ratings of Florida Carriers
- Storms Bring Floods and Damaging Wind Across the South
- DeSantis Signs Bill Barring Local Worker Heat Protection Measures
- Georgia Regulator Bars Home Warranty Company for Failing to Secure Bond
- SC’s Top Officer: No Details on 2012 Hack That Forced $12M in Cyber Insurance
- SC High Court Strikes ‘Troubling’ Denial of Comp Claim, Says Can’t Be Based on Stats
- Florida Peninsula Says Reforms Have Had an Impact, Announces 2% Rate Cut
- Florida’s Slide Insurance Secures $210 Million Catastrophe Bond
- Carnival Puts Miami Headquarters Up for Sale as Florida Real Estate Soars
- Florida Public Adjuster, Renter Charged With Filing Claim on Rental Home
- Help Wanted: Alabama DOI Seeks Proposals on Actuarial, Examination Services
- West Virginia Saw 5 Tornadoes Last Week, Double the Yearly Average
- More Data Show All Trends Pointing in Right Direction for Florida Insurers
- Employers Can’t Use Vicarious Liability to Block Negligence Claims, TN High Court Says
- Federal Investigation Begins into Fatal Crane Collapse in Fort Lauderdale
- Slow Recovery in Mississippi a Year After Tornado Ripped Town Apart
- King Partners Buys Vero Beach-based Prestige Insurance
- Former Florida Insurance Commissioner, Agent and FAIA Chair Gunter Dies
- 11 Injured When Bus Carrying Fraternity Members Blows a Tire in Mississippi
- Florida Panhandle Wildfire Destroys Home, Damages 15 Others
- Gunfight at South Florida Bar Leaves 2 Dead, 7 Injured
- SC Bill, Passed by House, Would Let Captives Solve the Liquor Liability Squeeze
- Higginbotham Continues Growth Spurt with Tennessee’s Thompson & Smith
- Florida OIR Says Enhanced Data Reporting on Hurricane Ian Claims is Due April 17
- Viewpoint: Florida Insurance Market on the Mend
- South Florida Crane Collapse Kills 1 Worker, Injuries People on Bridge
- Nationwide Wants 19% Increase in Auto Rates in West Virginia
- Brown & Brown Buys Citrus/CHAPP Agency in Florida
- Severe Weather Spawns Tornado, Damage and One Death in South, Midwest
- A New Approach: Florida Agents Association Makes Big Investment in Startup Insurer
- Palm Beach Elite Are Raising Money to Lure Vanderbilt to Florida
- PCF Insurance Acquires Alabama’s MK Insurance Agency
- Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard by DeSantis Can Sue Charter Flight Company
- Murdaugh Sentenced to 40 Years for Stealing Insurance, Other Funds from Clients, Firm
- Georgia’s Latest Effort on Plaintiff Demands Aims to Deter Bad-Faith Claims
- Florida Supreme Court Lets Recreational Marijuana Stay on November Ballot
- From NFP to Alliant: Pestana to Head Real Estate Section, Based in Charlotte
- NC Body Shop Owner Charged With Using Used Parts, Billing for New
- AJG Acquires Florida’s Specialty Risk Management Agency
- NICB Praises Florida’s New Law on Predatory Tow Truck Practices
- Student from China Sentenced in Arson of Alabama Church in 2021
- Kentucky Senate Votes to Expand Family Leave as Insurance Product
- US Home Insurance Premiums May Hit a Record This Year, Report Warns
- FEMA: SW Florida Stripped of Flood Insurance Discounts After ‘Improper Rebuilds’
- Georgia Lawmakers Approve PTSD Disability Insurance Bill with Smaller Payout
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