Southeast News for February 2023
- Georgia Bill Would End Direct Action Suits Against Insurers in Truck Accidents
- Latino Workers at Tennessee Meat Plant Reach $1.2M Settlement in Immigration Raid
- Florida Speaker Says Tort-Reform Bill May See Changes Before It’s Approved
- Appeals Court in NC Says Undercover Filming of Farms is Protected Speech
- Baddour Reappointed to NC Industrial Comm; Clement President of Alabama Agency
- Florida Nursing Home Operator Acquitted of Causing Patient Deaths in Hurricane Irma
- Lindberg Indicted on New Federal Charges of Skimming From His Insurance Companies
- Florida’s Universal Insurance Bounces Back in Q4 After Hurricane Ian Losses
- Kentucky Senate Votes to Provide Teachers with Liability Insurance for Lawsuits
- Florida City’s Insurance to Pay $2 million in Settlement in Fatal Police Shooting
- Florida TV News Crews Reeling After Reporter, 2 Others Gunned Down in Orlando
- Georgia Lawmakers Pare Back Bill that Would Increase Truck Weight Limits
- Fire at Tennessee Uranium Processing Complex Contained
- Florida’s Notice-of-Intent Trips Up Medicare Recovery Firm in Suits Versus Insurers
- SterlingRisk Acquires Worldwide Insurance in Florida
- DOL Recovers OT Pay for NC Workers Misclassified as Independent Contractors
- Florida Art Dealer Pleads Guilty in Warhol Forgery Scheme
- Proposed NC Rule Would Require More Flood History Disclosure on Homes for Sale
- Chaudhuri Moves from Alfa to Alabama DOI as Chief Actuary
- Florida Home Fire and Welding Site Explosion Kill Five People
- Owner of Hummer Found Buried in Alabama Indicted on Insurance Fraud
- Florida Workers’ Comp Revises Wording on Payment to Surgical Centers
- Georgia Nuclear Plant Again Delayed at a Cost of $200M
- Despite Troubles, Ygrene Energy Seeks Restart on Novel Home Improvement Plan
- Neighbors Recoil at Florida Pool Shaped Like Gun
- Orderly Runoff Didn’t Work; Florida’s United P&C Now Insolvent, Headed for Liquidation
- Kentucky Bill Advances, Would Give Lawmakers More Control of Relief Funds
- Georgia Senate Votes To Regulate Vaping Same as Smoking
- Insurer Can’t Object to Asbestos Makers’ Bankruptcy, Despite Fraud Concerns
- Orion180: From MGU to Stand-alone HO Insurance Carrier
- Historic Alabama City Facing Long Road to Recovery From Tornado
- Guest at Daytona Hotel Dies After Being Struck by Forklift During Storm Repairs
- Fla. Tort Bill Brings it: Limits Damages, Ends Fee Multipliers, Discloses LOPs – and More
- Georgia Bill Would Bar Public Camping But Allows Designated Areas for Homeless
- Doctor Headed to Prison After Extensive Hospice Fraud in Mississippi
- Trial Lawyers Push Back Against Florida Plan for More Insurance Tort Reform
- Former Alfa Agent Named Alabama Deputy Insurance Commissioner
- Georgia Committee Approves Higher Weight Limits for Trucks, Raising Safety Concerns
- WV House Approves $105M for Gates-backed Green Energy Battery Plant
- Ohio Train Derailment Prompts West Virginia Utility to Take Water Safety Steps
- Tennessee Names Wiedeman Head of Captive Insurance Section
- Risk Strategies Acquires High-Net Worth Broker Bullen Group
- Florida Citrus, Hit by Storms and Fungus, Now Faces a Butterfly from the Caribbean
- Kentucky Governor Says Storm Relief Fund ‘Open Book’ for Review
- More Than 100 Firefighters Battled Huge Industrial Site Fire in North Carolina
- Governor Names Yaworsky New Florida Insurance Commissioner
- Two Arrested in Homemade Bombing of Georgia Woman’s Home
- Hilb Buys Nowell in Mississippi, Alkeme Acquires PEO Exchange in Florida
- North Carolina’s 1930s Libel Law Likely Unconstitutional – Federal Appeals Court
- NC House Passes Bill Raising Penalties for Violent Protests
- Public Adjusters Can’t Also Be Appraisers on the Claim, Florida Supreme Court Finds
- Insurers’ Files, Adjuster Notes Not Always Discoverable, Says Florida Appeals Court
- 74-year-old Florida Lyft Driver Went Missing, Then Was Found Dead; One Arrested
- Three College Students Killed in West Virginia Auto Accident
- Magic Kingdom Could Soon Be Lost Kingdom for Disney
- Brothers in Fraud: Carolina Insurance Agents Plead Guilty to Ponzi Scheme Charges
- Swift Named VP at ATF Medical, a Workers’ Comp Rehab Equipment Supplier
- ‘Citizens’ Web Site Not Affiliated with Florida Insurer, Takes Users to Auto Quote Site
- Hurricane Irma Deaths at Florida Nursing Home: Accident or Manslaughter?
- Rogner, Helwig Named to Workers’ Comp Charity Board in Florida
- Brown & Brown Won’t Get Change of Venue in Coverage Gap Lawsuit by Property Firm
- Patronis Says New Insurance Commissioner Could Be Named Soon
- Ransomware Outbreak Hits US and European Universities, Florida Supreme Court
- Fla. Lawmakers to Start Another Session, Could Affect Workers’ Comp, Bens for Disney
- Former NFL Player Faces DUI Charge After Florida Crash
- Downing of Chinese Balloon Creates Spectacle, Concern Over SC Tourism Hub
- NOAA Says Tennessee Drought Management Plan Lacks Specifics
- Appeals Court Upholds Sanctions Against Florida Insurance Defense Attorney
- NLRB Allows Union Vote at Nissan Plant in Tennessee
- Florida Citizens’ Endorsement Now in Effect: Disputes to be Heard by Admin Judges
- Ethics Panel Recommends Georgia Appeals Court Judge Be Removed From Office
- North Carolina Rate Bureau Files for 28% Increase in Auto Insurance Rates
- Mississippi Pet Insurance Bill Fur Real This Time, Senators Say
- Kentucky Tornado Relief Payments Come Under Scrutiny
- Carolina’s Curi Merges with Constellation Medical Liability Insurer Group
- Wheelchair-Bound Woman Injured While Boarding Flight Has Died a Year Later
- Freddie Mac Accepts KBRA Ratings, Giving Fla. Agents, Mortgagees More Options
- Experts Urge Better Access to Opioid Rescue Drugs to Save Lives in Georgia
- Florida Citizens Shucks Nationwide Search, Names Cerio New CEO
- Slide Will Assume 91,000 Policies and Premium in United P&C Runoff in Florida
- Tennessee Department Obtains $11.5M for Policyholders in Insurance Claims Disputes
- Florida Approves New WC Rule: Carriers Must Verify Subcontractor Employees
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