Southeast News for January 2023
- 25 Charged in Fake Nursing Diploma Scheme in South Florida
- Residents Told Structure Had No Insurance After Fire Destroys Miami Apartment Complex
- SC Workers’ Comp Commission Holds Hearing on New Medical Provider Fees
- SC Supreme Court: Missed Deadline Not Reason to Dismiss Workers’ Comp Fee Appeal
- Alabama City Starts $10M Upgrade to Failing Sewer System
- Administrator Releases Financial Plan for Jackson’s Shaky Water System
- Video Evidence Questions Alex Murdaugh’s Claimed Timeline in SC Murder Trial
- Allstate’s Castle Key Plans to Drop 33,000 Condo Policies in Florida
- Dollar General Cited Again for Safety Issues: $15M in OSHA Fines Since 2017
- Kentucky Contractors Workers’ Comp Insurance Fund Moves Into New Headquarters
- $1.5B Dike Repair Finally Done at Florida’s Okeechobee, Protecting Thousands of Home
- Risk Strategies Buys Tanenbaum-Harber Agency in Florida
- Alera Group Acquires Hackney Agency in North Carolina
- Bill Would Give State Board Control of Mississippi Capital’s Troubled Water System
- More Alabama Counties Eligible for FEMA Aid after Recent Storms
- Kentucky Officials Secure 2nd High-Ground Site for Flood Victim Relocation
- Few Florida Carriers Filed for Arbitration in 2022, But It’s Coming, Attorneys Say
- Louisiana’s Donelon Elected Chair of NAIC Southeast Zone
- Murdaugh Lawyers Want to Bar Lots of Evidence in Trial
- Brown & Brown Reports Q4 Net Income of $145M
- North Carolina Lawmakers Propose Power Grid Protections After Attacks
- Well-known Injury Lawyer Alex Murdaugh Now on Trial for Murder in South Carolina
- Uncertainty Over Whether Frontline’s KBRA Rating Will Be Accepted by Freddie Mac
- Protestor Killed After Shooting Trooper at Georgia Police Training Center Named
- Denny’s Responds After Falling Sign Crushed Car and Killed a Woman
- Florida Supreme Court Upholds Law That Bans Gun Restrictions
- South Carolina DOI Extends Expanded Wind Pool Area for 2 More Years
- Professional Soccer Player Killed in Miami Boating Accident
- EPA Will Help Extinguish Alabama Landfill Fire
- Florida Governor Awards $100 Million for Beach Restoration Efforts
- Florida Congressman Steube Recovering After Being Injured in 25-Foot Fall at Home
- Florida Adjusters Say No Action on Charges of Insurers Doctoring Their Reports
- People Moves: Kerton Joins IOA’s P/C Division
- FDA Charges Florida Pharma Supplier with Re-Selling Suspect Drug Ingredients
- Disaster Assistance Funds Available for Georgia Housing and Repairs After Tornadoes
- Gunfire Damages Another Electrical Station but No Power Outages
- Are More Tiny Homes the Answer to Orlando Area’s Housing Crisis?
- Alabama Governor Names Fowler Insurance Commissioner
- Heritage Insurance Authorizes Another Stock Repurchase Plan After Downgrade, Losses
- Alabama Landfill Still Burning, Triggering Health Concerns, Class Action vs. Owners
- Purmort & Martin Buys Lovinger Agency in Tampa
- Insurers Do Not Have to Defend in Opioid Litigation, Federal Appeals Court Finds
- World Insurance, Kin Make Moves in Florida, South Carolina
- Man Confessed to Staged Crash But Alleged Conspirators Went to PIP Clinics Anyway
- Alabama Survivors Hid in Tubs, Shipping Containers as Tornado Tore Through Homes
- Doctors, Insurers Clash on Florida Workers’ Comp Physician Dispensing Rules
- Exclusive Remedy Bars Uninsured Motorist Coverage for Crash — S. Carolina High Court
- Florida OIR: Litigation Cost Data Due March 1
- 7 Deaths, Severe Damage in Alabama as Tornadoes Rip Across the Southeast
- Morgan & Morgan Sues Trademark Office over Refusal to Register Phone Number
- South Korean Firm Hanwha Plans $2.5B in Solar Panel Plants in Georgia
- Jury Should Say if Lack of Captain Raised Hazard for Yacht Lost in Dorian, Court Says
- Mississippi’s SouthGroup Names Tullos CEO
- Alabama Home Builder’s Negligence Not Covered by Liability Policy, 11th Circuit Says
- South Carolina DOI Sees $10 Million to Policyholders After Complaints about Insurers
- $2 Million Now Available for Tennessee Rescue Squad Safety and Response Gear
- Florida Rodeo Rider Dies After Being Thrown From Horse
- Alera Group Continues SE Expansion with Sutter McLellan Agency in Georgia
- Georgia Has Funds for Testing Lead in Water But Few Schools Sign Up
- Mississippi Farms Settle Suits Over South African Laborers’ Higher Wages
- Former Florida Insurance Adjuster Pleads Guilty in Scheme that Robbed Drug Dealers
- Florida High Court Upholds Slashing of Punitive Damage Award in Tobacco Case
- Storms Cause Damage to Homes, Cars Across the South
- Insurer vs. Insurer: Appeals Court Affirms Bad Faith Verdict in Florida Work Injury Case
- New Florida Law Makes Joint Settlement Offers ‘Legit’ But May Not Go Far Enough
- Duke Energy Blames Rolling Blackouts on Perfect Storm of Issues
- Florida Workers’ Comp Division Busy with Panel Review, Hearings, Rule Changes
- 3 Dead, 2 Hurt in Scaffold Collapse at North Carolina Construction Site
- Update: Demotech Drops Frontline But Insurer Gets BBB+ from KBRA
- Emergency Berm Said to Have Helped Florida Beaches During Ian, Nicole
- Alabama Airport Worker Killed After Being Caught in Jet Engine
- New Georgia Laws: Mental Health Reporting by Insurers, Permitting for Food Trucks
- Tennessee Power Outages Amplify Calls for TVA to Rethink Fossil Fuels
- Bucs’ Quarterback, Brothers Rescue People in Tampa Chopper Crash
- Appeals Court Rules Against Transgender Man in Florida Bathroom Suit
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