Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck News

Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner’s Conviction Stands, but Tax Repay Has to Wait

Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck’s fraud conviction stands, but he won’t have to pay part of the restitution until after he’s released from prison, a federal appeals court decided Monday. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals found no …

Former Insurance Chief’s Sentencing Delayed; Could Face 10 Years

Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck will have to wait a little longer to learn his fate, after his sentencing date was postponed until Tuesday. Federal prosecutors are now asking that he serve 10 years in prison and pay fines …

Jury Convicts Suspended Georgia Commissioner Beck on Fraud, Laundering Charges

Jurors convicted suspended Georgia insurance commissioner Jim Beck on 37 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering and tax fraud charges. The jury needed about an hour and 20 minutes to return the guilty verdict, putting an end …

Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck Takes Stand at Fraud Trial

Georgia’s suspended insurance commissioner testified at his federal fraud trial Tuesday, saying he oversaw valuable work for his former employer and that hundreds of thousands of dollars that flowed to an entity he controlled was not part of a scam. …

Witness Says Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Used Arson Money to Buy Campaign Signs

Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck improperly took money from the private insurer he led and used it to buy campaign signs when the Republican ran for office in 2018, a witness testified Friday in Beck’s trial. The testimony came …

Trial Underway For Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck

Prosecutors want jurors to conclude that suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck was running a $2 million scam to bilk money from the property insurer he led before being elected. Defense attorneys say Beck was actually an innovative executive who …

Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner To Go On Trial In Theft Case

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck will go trial this week on charges that he swindled his former employer out of $2 million to pay personal bills and pump money into his 2018 campaign. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that jury selection …

Democrat State Rep. Wilson to Run for Georgia Insurance Commissioner

A Democratic state House member announced on Wednesday that he’s running for Georgia insurance commissioner, aiming to defeat appointed Republican incumbent John King. Rep. Matthew Wilson of Brookhaven said he will advocate for lower insurance rates and to fully expand …

Georgia Insurance Commissioner King to Seek Re-Election

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King on Monday launched his 2022 election campaign. King is a Republican. He was the Doraville police chief and had no insurance experience when Gov. Brian Kemp named him commissioner in 2019 to succeed John Beck. …

Georgia Spending $200K a Year on Indicted Insurance Chief

Georgia taxpayers are spending nearly $200,000 a year in salary and benefits for an insurance commissioner who’s been suspended for nearly two years. When Insurance Commissioner John King presented his budget to lawmakers last week, it included $194,899 for “one-time …