Southeast News for May 2023
- SEC Seeks to Recover Funds from NC Insurance Agent’s Alleged Investment Scam
- Former HealthSouth CEO Scrushy Denies Hiding Millions of Dollars
- Eight Months After Ian, Struggles Continue for Swamped Florida Residents
- Florida Judge Slams SFR Contractor for Misrepresentation, Fraud in Tower Hill Case
- Police Departments Now Offering Steering-Wheel Locks for Vulnerable Kias, Hyundais
- Lightning May Not Have Struck at All: Georgia Man Wanted for False Insurance Claims
- South Carolina Firefighter Dies in Apartment Blaze
- Two Killed in Small Plane Crash at South Florida Airport, the Second This Year
- Hurricane Season Tempered by El Nino, but Climate Change Could Make it Worse
- Florida DFS Charges Claims Adjuster with Submitting $24,000 in Fraudulent Auto Claims
- Kin, Slide Say They’ve Completed Reinsurance Programs Ahead of June 1 Renewal
- Housing Crisis Remains in East Kentucky Almost A Year After Flooding
- Three Former Mississippi Officers Indicted in Death of Man Repeatedly Tased
- Murdaugh Indicted for Skimming Insurance Funds; Accomplice Attorney Pleads
- Mississippi Woman Pleads in Scheme to Steal Ownership of USDA-Mortgaged Homes
- Contractor Settles with Sickened Tenn. Workers Who Cleaned up Coal Ash Spill
- Viewpoint: Actual Cash Value on Roof Claims a Fairer, Simpler Way to Pay
- Crum & Forster Policy Covered Accidents, Not Intentional Pollution, Appeals Court Says
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Florida’s Ken Brown Brokerage
- Alabama Couple Charged with Dumping Oil Over 33 Miles of Road, Creating a Hazard
- Partial Crane Collapse at Atlanta Construction Site Injures Four
- Florida Reinsurance ‘More Orderly’ as Defense Costs Begin to Ease, Analysts Say
- Widower of Bride Killed on Wedding Night Sues Driver, Carolina Bars
- Alabama Lawsuit Shines a Light on Fee-Sharing Agreements for Storm Claims
- Karen Clark Report Shows Just What Failed in Ian, Making it Florida’s Costliest Storm
- Founder of Morgan White Insurance Group in Mississippi Dies in Arkansas Plane Crash
- Compre Group Buys SUNZ’ Workers’ Comp Portfolio
- Aftermath of Charlotte Fire: Two Workers Could Not be Saved by Firefighters
- Disney Cancels 2,000-job Expansion as Feud with Florida Governor Heats Up
- As Lawyers Warned, Florida Courts Flooded with Suits Before Tort-Reform Bill Signed
- Massive Fire Engulfs Charlotte, NC, Building, Parking Garage: One Dead, One Missing
- Alabama Judge Halts Bridge Project, Says DOT Director Had Vendetta
- Georgia Workers at Largest School Bus Maker, Blue Bird, Vote to Unionize
- Alabama Bill Would Give Childhood Abuse Victims More Time to File Suit
- TypTap Insurance President Talks About Insurtech’s First Profit, Future
- North Carolina Mobile Home Insurance Rates to Rise 15%, Starting in October
- OSHA Cites Georgia Wood Treating, Maintenance Firm for Arsenic Exposure
- Davies Insurance Tech Group Names Morrissey COO
- Risk Strategies Acquires Combined Underwriters of Miami
- Mississippi Doctor Suspended and Charged with Sexual Battery
- Tenn. Governor Signs Off on Additional Legal Shield for Gun and Ammo Dealers, Makers
- Fla. Appeals Court Upholds Lawyer’s $104,000 Fine for Sabotaging Med Mal Trial
- Florida Insurance Agent Convicted in $6M Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Investors
- More States Adopted Professional Standards for Public Adjusters This Year
- Florida Governor Signs Bill Limiting Skate Rink Liability
- Some Florida Insurers Stop Altering Adjuster Reports, But Many Claims Still Not Paid
- Armbruster Named Alliant VP for Benefits Group
- Florida Jury Finds McDonald’s Liable for Hot McNugget that Burned Girl’s Leg
- Want to Limit Roof Claims in Florida? Why Not a Roof Endorsement?
- Driver Falls Asleep, 18-wheeler Hits Federal Courthouse in Georgia
- Tenn. Company Refuses Request to Recall Millions of Air Bag Inflators
- Patriot Growth Adds Savannah Agency to the Team
- Tennessee Governor Signs School Safety Bill; Gun-Maker Protection Bill Pending
- Ex-Mississippi Governor Wants Apology for News Outlets’ Welfare Fraud Comments
- Kentucky DOI Hosts Virtual Session on Local Government Premium Taxes
- Georgia Commissioner Wants Consumers to Stay Away from ‘Dirt-Cheap Insurance’
- Hylant Expands with Acquisition of Aegis Insurance in Georgia
- Florida Driver in 116-mph Fatal House Crash Sentenced to 27 Years
- Flood Requirements, Condo Inspection Rules Revised in Fla. Bills Sent to Governor
- Carolina-based ECM Solutions Merges with IMA Financial Group
- Florida Could Study Use of Radioactive Gypsum on Roads if Bill Signed
- Disney Updates Lawsuit Against DeSantis to Add New Developments
- It’s Time to Roll up Our Sleeves and Rebuild the Florida Insurance Market
- Brown & Brown Buys Brownlee Agency in Georgia
- West Virginia Fumigation Facility May be Barred by Zoning Rules
- Confie Acquires Miami-based Estrella Insurance
- NC Youth Again Need Learner Permits for Just Six Months Under New Law
- Light Duty or Scheme to Avoid Workers’ Comp Claim? Florida Appeals Court to Decide
- Florida-based Bankers Insurance Founder Menke Remembered for Entrepreneurial Spirit
- After Years of Delay, Federal Agencies Unveil Flood Plan for Mississippi Delta
- Oakbridge Adds Mississippi Agency, Agents to the Family
- FEMA Releases New Flood Insurance Rates by ZIP Code. Brace for Impact.
- Alabama DOI Needs Insurers to Light Up the Nascent Medical Pot Business in the State
- Georgia Couple Wins $135.5M for Land Damaged by Runoff from Solar Farm
- Churchill Downs Investigates 4 Horse Deaths Ahead of Kentucky Derby
- McDonald’s Kentucky Franchises Fined for Working 10-year-olds at Restaurants
- Maury, Donnelly Acquires CANUSA Insurance in Sarasota
- ‘Insufficient Support’ Blamed for Collapse of Georgia Courthouse Under Renovation
- Fla. Solons Pass Accountability Bill, Banning Unexplained Changes to Adjuster Reports
- Summit Makes Grimm Senior VP of Claims
- Tennessee Lawmakers Approve PTSD Workers’ Comp Presumption for Firefighters
- DeSantis vs. Disney: New Governing Board Countersues Entertainment Giant
- SE University VP Sentenced for Defrauding School in Website Design Project
- Just Married, Then Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver: SC Bride Dies After Car Slams Golf Cart
- Florida Lawmakers Approve Expanded Wind-Mitigation Program
- Florida Legislature Sends Windshield Repair Bill to Governor, Ending AOBs
- Widow Bound by Exclusive Remedy in Band-Saw Fatality, NC Court Finds
- Leavitt Group Expands with Another North Carolina Agency Acquisition
- Natural Gas Pipeline Restored After Lightning-Sparked Inferno in Mississippi
- Recovery Continues After Tornado Hits Palm Beach Gardens
- West Virginians Fear Log Plant’s Potential Health Risks
- New Risk Retention Group Requirements in Question as Fla. Session Winds Down
- Tennessee Special Session on Gun Laws Won’t Come Until After July 4
- Georgia Sheriff’s Chief of Staff Charged with Insurance Fraud in ‘Hit-and-Run’ Claim
- TN Volkswagen Plant Shut Down After Three Workers Hit by Vehicle Outside
- Mississippi Tire Plant Partly Covered, Will Reopen in June After Tornado
- South Florida Jury Awards Woman $5.5M from Mold, Water Damage in Condo
- Biden Declares Flooded Part of South Florida a Disaster Area
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