Southeast News for March 2023
- Whipped Cream Vodka Not so Sweet for Florida Woman Linked to False Insurance Claims
- Quietly, Disney May Have Undermined DeSantis’ New Governing Board
- Florida Regulators Now Reviewing Rate Hikes of 14%, 62% and 103%
- Nashville School Shooting Spotlights Security at Private Schools
- Crews in Kentucky Work to Recover Loose Methanol, Other Barges on Ohio River
- South Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Uninsured Motorists, Liquor Liability
- Toxic Connection Not Proven, Appeals Court Finds in Florida Cancer Suit vs. Raytheon
- Federal Appeals Court Says Corps Doesn’t Have to Review ‘Polluting Spillway’
- Southeast Beware: More Killer Tornadoes on the Way, Study Says
- South Carolina Senate Moves to Ban Foreign Adversaries from Owning Land in State
- Mississippi Insurance Agency, Like Others Hit by Storms, Vows to Rebuild After Tornado
- Georgia Lawmakers Approve Lower Uninsured Motorist Coverage for Ride Sharing
- North Carolina’s First Citizens Bank to Acquire Most of Collapsed Silicon Valley Bank
- InsureTrust Names Levy EVP
- In Filing With Regulators, Florida Citizens Wants Appraisers to Be Licensed Adjusters
- Georgia Lawmakers Flip the Script on Use-and-File for Auto Rate Increases
- Unlicensed Roofing Contractor in Florida Charged After Soliciting Homeowners
- Tornadoes Wipe Out Parts of Mississippi Towns, Leave 25 Dead
- After Nonrenewals, Castle Key Files 53.5% Increase for Remaining Fla. Condo Policies
- Atlanta ‘Cop City’ Activists Question Police Evidence
- Coal Miner Killed in West Virginia, Second Fatality This Year in the State
- Proving Insurance Fraud: Is Metadata the Missing Piece of the SIU Puzzle?
- 25,000 Lawsuits by Today? Florida Plaintiff Firms Rushing to File Before Tort-Reform Bill Signed into Law
- Far from Home: Western-based Warner Pacific Acquires Agents Marketing Group in Miami
- Florida Insurance Agent Who Used $5M in Premiums for Safari, Condos Gets 14 Years
- Kentucky Governor Signs Bill: Guaranty Fund Won’t Pay Claims from Self-Insurers
- Insurer-Friendly Justice Retires, But That Gives DeSantis 5th Pick on Fla. High Court
- North Carolina Dems Hoping to Stop Elimination of Corporate Income Tax
- Mississippi Doctor Avoids Jail Time in Multimillion-Dollar Cream Scheme Fraud
- With Sex Assault Cases on the Rise, Insurers Tighten Hospital Liability Exclusions
- Erwin to Keystone VP; Jones to Tennessee PBM Compliance Role
- Correll Group Acquires Two More SE Agencies
- Without Veto, Tougher Riot, Property Damage Penalties Become Law in North Carolina
- Boaters Did Not Survive After Trying to Rescue Woman, Florida Sheriff Says
- Alabama Jury: Delivery Worker to Get $1.9M After Fall at Dollar General Store
- Kentucky University Agrees to $14M Settlement in Wrestler’s Death
- NC Authorities Trying to See if Tesla was in Autopilot When Teen Hit at School Bus
- DeSantis Turns Heads with Comment that Citizens Insurance ‘Not Solvent;’ Board Approves Cat Bond
- Florida House, Senate Committees Advance Slightly Different Tort-Reform Measures
- Alabama Senate Panel Wants $1B in Pandemic Relief for Infrastructure, Broadband
- Alabama-based National Security Group Promotes Three to Top Positions
- Tool & Die Workers at Tenn. Nissan Plant Vote Down Union Effort
- Carolina Town to Phase Out Golf Carts on Streets; Florida Lawmakers Want Age Limit
- Georgia Firefighter Charged with Arson of His Own Home After Filing $700,000 Claim
- Florida Lobbying Firm Hires Altmaier as Lobbyist and Consultant
- Amendment to Florida Tort-Reform Would Grant One-Way Attorney Fees in Some Cases
- Federal Appeals Court Reverses, Allows $5M Bad Faith Claim vs. USAA to Proceed
- Three Killed in Georgia House Fire as Propane Tanks Explode
- Georgia Senate Gives Final Approval to School Safety Bill
- Where Relationships Matter, Mergers Also Matter in Alabama
- Update: Florida Bill to End AOBs in Windshield Repair Inches Closer to Finish Line
- Miami Homeowner Charged with Falsifying Insurance Claim on Patio Door Damage
- Festival Canceled, Businesses Interrupted as Red Tide, Brown Seaweed Hit Florida
- Driver Flees After Hitting and Injuring Two Road Workers Near Atlanta
- Credit Outlook for Allstate’s Florida Unit is Negative, Reflects Deteriorated Surplus
- Florida Girl Killed When Straight-Line Winds Blow Tree Onto Car
- Family of NC Meteorologist Killed in Crash Files Suit Against Helicopter Companies
- WV Lawmakers Cap Damages for Deliberately Putting Workers in Harm’s Way
- Florida Adjusters’ Charges of Doctored Damage Reports Get Wider Spotlight
- Georgia Business Owner Sentenced in $54M California Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Another State, Tennessee, Moves to Authorize Family Leave Insurance for Employers
- NS Train Derails in Alabama Before CEO is Grilled in Congress
- Groups Charge Alabama Officials with Discrimination in Wastewater Funds Allocation
- Georgia Insulation Maker Fined $432,400 After Worker’s Head Injury
- 4 Killed When 2 Small Planes Collide Over Florida Lake
- Former Florida Insurance Commissioner Named to BOD for Aspen Insurance
- Judge Wants Fla. Adjuster Suspended, But Question Arises: Must Appraisers Be Licensed?
- Florida Senate Committee Approves Tort-Reform Bill, but Changes Are Possible
- Georgia Coliseum Closed for Repairs after Concrete Chunk Falls from Ceiling
- Florida’s Heritage Insurance Posts Q4 Profit, But Losses for the Year
- Claims Management Firm Crawford & Co. Posts 4Q Loss for 2022
- Will $4 Billion Be Enough for Everglades Restoration?
- DOL Says It Recovered $330,000 from NC Contractor that Misclassified Workers
- Citizens Faces Redo of Hole-in-Roof Claim Denial It Won on Hearsay
- Florida Man Paralyzed When Shot by Officer Who Mistook Gun for Taser Sues City, Police
- United Insurance Holdings Moves Forward With Specialty Commercial Business: CEO
- West Virginia House Backs Cap on Workers’ Damages in Deliberate Intent Cases
- A.J. Gallagher Buys Nashville Brokerage
- Insurance Executive Lindberg Remains Free After Indictment on New Fraud Charges
- Kentucky Bill Would Boost Disclosure of Teachers’ Misconduct
- Authorities Investigating After Train with Propane Derailed in Florida
- People Moves: Wallace to NC Commission, Draddy to McGriff
- Keyes Acquires Three Florida Firms
- Florida’s Reform Bill Means New Deadlines for Insurers, Insureds, Starting This Week
- Georgia House Votes to Raise Workers’ Comp Benefits, Still Lower than Other States
- $1 Million Settlement in Class Action over Immigration Raid at Tenn. Meat Plant
- NC Senate Advances Bill to Stiffen Penalties for Attacks on Utility Stations
- Florida Injury Attorney Who Used LOPs Charged With Stealing $850,000 from Clients
- South Carolina Man Admits to Burning His Car, Filing False Insurance Claim, DOI Says
- Kentucky Man Dies in WV Coal Mine, First U.S. Mining Fatality This Year
- Alabama Insurance Agent Charged with $600,000 in Fraud, Elder Exploitation
- Florida’s SB 2A Ended One-Way Legal Fees. Now Some Insurers Say it’s Retroactive
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