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Insurer Off the Hook in $200K Georgia House Fire Claim Due to Agent Premium Theft

A property insurer is off the hook for a $200,000 claim against a policy that it canceled, leaving a lawsuit filed against a former insurance agent who was arrested for pocketing premiums as the only apparent recourse available to the …

Mississippi Insurance Agent Arrested for Embezzling Customer Premiums

A Mississippi insurance agent was arrested last month for allegedly converting customers’ premium payments for his own use. Attorney General Jim Hood said Sept. 12 that a Lamar County Grand Jury indicted 30-year-old Brian Hudson, of Sumrall, on two felony …

Florida Insurance Agent Gets 4 Years for $100K Premium Theft

A former Florida insurance agent has been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for stealing more than $100,000 from two elderly clients, according to a statement from the state’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. The Florida Department of …

Georgia Agent Arrested for Premium Theft

An investigation by the Georgia Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division has resulted in the arrest of an agent in Gwinnett County insurance for fraud, according to a statement from Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Julia Cruz, 37, of Norcross, has been charged …

North Carolina Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzlement

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Jacob Christopher Mullins, 28, of Fremont; he is charged with one count each of embezzlement by an insurance agent, financial card fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Department of …