Southeast News for April 2022
- Florida’s Largest, Universal P&C, Sheds Policies, Shows Improved Bottom Line
- North Carolina AG Sues Contractor for Deceptive AOB Work after Hurricane
- ‘Going and Coming’ Rule Gets a Little More Focused, Florida Court Decides
- Rooftop Solar Boom Continues: Florida Governor Vetoes ‘Net Metering’ Bill
- Mississippi Pharmacist, Now in Florida, Gets 10 Years in $180M Cream Scheme
- Florida Action Against Disney More Complicated Than Lawmakers May Have Known
- Alabama Auto Shop Owners Design Anti-Theft Cages for Catalytic Converters
- Relation Buys Rabon Agency in North Carolina
- Markets & Coverage: Companies Offer Pre-Paid Rides After Accident
- Five Days That Could Save the Insurance World: DeSantis Calls Session for May 23-27
- Florida Appeals Court: Pre-Suit Notices Required in AOB Cases After July 2019
- Rule Aims to Make Florida Electricity 100% Renewable by 2050
- Carolina People: Owens Agency Promotes One, NC DOI Elevates Three
- Premiums for Florida Cat Fund to Jump 12% This Year, Report Shows
- Kentucky Tornado Survivors Rebuilding With Help of Others
- Photos Do Lie: Carolina Authorities Charge Two With Insurance Fraud for Fake Fires
- FedNat Has Until Friday to Submit Improvement Plan, Florida OIR Says
- Column: Amid Increasing Abuse, Officials Walking Away From Youth Sports
- Fla. Supreme Court: Pre-Suit Notices Need Only Be Mailed, Not Received, Before Deadline
- Last Stockpile of Chemical Nerve Agent Destroyed in Kentucky
- South Carolina Insurance Fund Pays Out $275,000 in Citadel Sexual Abuse Case
- Insurer Jumped Gun with Appeal on CBD Plant Fire Claim, Appeals Court Finds
- ‘Deceptive’ Denial, Conflicting Policy Wording Costs Philadelphia Indemnity in Court
- Alabama Man Charged with Fraud After Hummer Found Buried
- South Carolina Ban on ‘Squatting’ Vehicles Inches Closer, But Time Running Out
- Florida Agents Must Return $4M in Unearned Commissions From Insolvent Gulfstream
- Sensors Had Been Adjusted on Thrill Ride Where Teen Fell to Death, Report Says
- SureTec Pays Bond on Atlanta Official Accused of $100,000 in Credit Card Charges
- Higginbotham Buys Lyon Fry Cadden in Alabama
- Florida’s Harbour Agency Joins Renaissance Alliance
- Hospital Must Turn Over Info on Famous Cardiologist, Appeals Court Says
- J&J Settles West Virginia Opioid Suit for $99 Million
- Special Florida Insurance Session Welcomed, but Will It Come Soon Enough?
- Kin Closes $175M Private Placement Cat Bond Transaction
- He Didn’t Want a Birthday Party at Work, Wins $450,000 in Court
- Federal Judge Certifies Class Action vs. PGAC on Auto Policy Fees
- Delta Airlines Ends Surcharge on Unvaccinated Workers
- Demotech Downgrades FedNat Rating, Just as Florida Guv Calls Special Session
- Physical Therapists, Others Charged in Miami PIP Fraud Scheme
- King Brokerage Acquires Ameriway in NE Florida
- Georgia Insurance Owner Sentenced for Bankruptcy Violations
- Relation Adds Yarborough Agency in South Carolina
- People: Lore Heads IAIABC, McPeak to USAA, Ford to Lockton Cyber, Bone to Trustmark
- After Suspending New HO Business, UPC Consolidates Subsidiaries
- 13 Tornadoes Destroyed 14 Homes in South Carolina
- North Carolina City Settles Female Firefighter’s Discrimination Lawsuit
- Carolina Supreme Court Says Insurers Owe in Aging Fertilizer Pollution Case
- Lighthouse in Rehab in Louisiana But Could Trigger Another Assessment in Florida
- This Year’s Hurricane Season Likely to Be Wetter, Just Like 2020, Study Finds
- Florida Man Charged With Unlicensed Adjusting, Promising Free Roofs
- Florida Senator Trying to Force Special Session with Support from Rank and File
- Proposed Miami Condo Rules Wouldn’t Prevent Another Collapse, Engineers Say
- South Carolina DOI Director Ray Farmer Retires after Half-Century in the Insurance Arena
- Louisiana Places Lighthouse Into Receivership; No Word Yet on Florida’s Plans
- People: Palomar Expands; Alabama DOI Adds Examiner
- Georgia Authorities Looking for Insurance Agent after $32,000 Goes Missing
- Walgreens Flooded Florida with Opioids, State Lawyer Tells Jury
- Bar Owners Get No Relief from Florida’s COVID Shut-Down Orders
- Court Won’t Intervene on Request to Show Morgan & Morgan’s Relationship with Doctors
- Families Blame CSX for Tennessee Flooding that Killed 20 in August
- Mississippi City’s Mayor Vetoes Use of Cameras to Catch Uninsured Drivers
- Appeals Decisions Give New Ground for Bad-Faith Claims But Support PIP Rules
- Six Years After Insurance Claim, Hummer Found Buried in Rural Alabama
- Consumer Advocate, Florida Trial Lawyers Concerned about Arbitration in Claims Disputes
- People Moves: Tucker Agency in Nashville Brings on Fischer
- Walgreens Goes to Trial in Florida Lawsuit on Opioids
- Storms Kill One in Georgia, Cause Damage Across South
- Georgia Lawmakers Adopt NAIC Rules on Group Capital, Stress Tests
- Three Miami People Charged in Cellphone Insurance Scam
- 17 Arrested in Carolina Auto Insurance Fraud; Alleged Ringleader at Large
- AM Best Revises Outlook for South Carolina-based Greenville Casualty
- Business Moves: King Insurance Acquires Generic Agency in Florida
- Hub Acquires JAG Group in Coral Gables
- Agencies Promoting People for Commercial Lines
- From Roof Building Codes to ‘Matching’ Limits, Some Changes Underway in Florida
- Georgia Jury Grants $2M to Daughter of Street Sweeper Driver Crushed by Machine
- Crist Slams DeSantis on Insurance Crisis, But Offers No Details on His Own Plan
- Alabama, Georgia Lawmakers Make Uber, Grubhub Drivers Independent Contractors
- 2nd Miami Beach Condo Evacuated After Inspection, Deemed Unsound
- West Virginia Starts Day in Court Versus Drug Opioid Drugmakers
- WV Governor Signs Bill Creating Mutual Company for Mine Reclamation Costs
- ClearPath Expands into West Virginia May 1
- Nationwide Doesn’t Have to Defend in Suit Against Alabama Child Molester
- Judge OKs $83M Settlement for Owners in Miami Beach Condo Collapse
- With Florida Rulings, Will More Insurers Require Arbitration in Claims Disputes?
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