Southeast News for May 2022
- Hale Partnership Invests $15 Million into FedNat’s Monarch National
- Seven Die on Georgia Waterways over Memorial Day Weekend
- People’s Trust, Southern Fidelity Stop Writing New Business in Florida
- High-Speed Lawmaking: Florida Governor Quickly Signs Insurance, Condo Reform Bills
- North Carolina Unveils Flood-Warning System for Roads
- Miami-Dade to Pay $4 Million in Police Chase Crash That Injured Baby
- Teva, Allergan Reach $161.5 M Opioid Settlement with West Virginia
- King Cruises to Victory over Trump Pick in Georgia Insurance Commissioner Primary
- Florida Legislature Wraps Early with Insurance Fund, Roof and Condo Bills
- State Farm Drops Support of LBGTQ Awareness Group After ‘Creepy Neighbor’ Campaign
- Florida Lawmakers Set to Adopt Strict Statewide Condo Inspection, Reporting Bill
- Florida House Committee Follows Suit, Quickly Approves Insurance Reform Bills
- Ski Mask and Assault-Rifle Water Gun Prank Leads to Killing of Mississippi Teen
- Florida Senate Committee Passes Insurance Market Rescue Bill 19-2
- Court Blocks Bulk of Florida’s New Social Media Law as Free Speech Violation
- Sovereign Immunity No Defense in $3B Tenn. Coal-Ash Lawsuit, 6th Circuit Rules
- Hearing Scheduled on Damages Owed by Mississippi Ex-Cop Who Killed Mother of Four
- Grand Jury Indicts Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Oxendine on Fraud Charges
- Florida DFS Posts Autopsy Reports on 18 Insolvent Insurers, 2012-2017
- Florida Insurance Groups Divided on Proposed Special Session Bill
- Two of Central Kentucky’s Oldest Agencies Merge
- Pharmacy Owners Sentenced in ‘Astonishing’ $174M Cream Scheme
- Florida Appeals Court Slashes $600,000 Attorney Fee on $52,000 Claim
- North Carolina Judge Orders Lindberg to Give Up Control of Firms to Repay Insurers
- Policies’ Arbitration, AOB Endorsements are Unconstitutional, Florida Lawsuit Claims
- People Moves: Longtime Alabama Agency Adds New Shareholder-Owners
- Kentucky Coal Mine Cited for Tree Fall That Killed Worker in January
- Asked to Rethink 41% Rate Increase, Florida Farm Bureau Did. New Request is Higher
- 11th Circuit: Safeco Doesn’t Owe in Subro Claim by Agency’s E&O Carrier
- Video of Carolina Beach House Collapsing into Sea Continues to Go Viral
- Three More Florida Insurers Asking for Big Rate Hikes at Hearings
- Florida Law Requires Post-Mortem on Insolvent Insurers, But Few Reports Available
- Sunshine State Could See Higher Risk of Property-Destroying Wildfires
- Florida Accidents Leave Injuries, Death, Property Damage
- Florida CFO Wants More Insurance Fraud Investigators, Education Campaign
- FedNat to Cancel 56,000 Policies Under Restructuring Plan; Monarch Finds Investor
- Agency Promotes Shulz to Expand Tennessee as Captive Domicile
- People: Keystone Names Nalley Tennessee VP
- Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on VR Acquisition of National Security Group
- Georgia Ethics Agency Settles Case Against Former Insurance Commissioner
- Strems, Adjusters, Restoration Firm Settle Florida Citizens Lawsuit for $1M
- Florida Restaurants Go Hungry in Federal, State COVID Suits vs. Lloyd’s
- Surfside Condo Families and Survivors Reach $1B Settlement with Insurers, Others
- Risk Strategies Acquires Insurance Center of Central Florida
- Florida, Louisiana Ranked Highest for Auto Insurance Costs
- Florida Lawmakers to Hold Town Hall Meeting Ahead of Insurance Special Session
- South Carolina House Nips Medical Marijuana Bill in the Bud on Constitutional Concerns
- Lawsuits, Investigations After 90 Luxury Cars Go Missing from Bankrupt Dealership
- Visit to Plant Clinic Extends Life of Comp Claim, Carolina High Court Finds
- ‘Broken Arm Poster’ Can be Sent Via Email, Florida DWC Again Proposes
- West Virginia Governor Declares Emergency After Flooding in Three Counties
- OSHA Fines Florida Utility $500,000 for Power Plant Deaths of Five Workers
- Another Florida Insurer Adds Binding Arbitration Endorsement Amid Losses
- Atlanta Firefighter Shortage Could Mean Higher Insurance Rates
- Walgreens Settles Florida Opioid Lawsuit for $683 Million
- With Inadequate Natural Catastrophe Prices, Swiss Re Gives Florida a Wide Berth
- Florida Governor Said to Be Eyeing Texas-Style Litigation Law for Special Session
- Seaglass Opens Workers Comp MGA in Florida
- Two Sentenced in Compounded Medicine Fraud Scheme
- People: Georgia-Based Oakbridge Names Kiser Senior VP
- New Agency Forms in Florida
- Weight-Loss Surgery Covered by Workers’ Comp, Carolina Appeals Court Finds
- Social Media Valuable Tool for Forecasters, Residents in Path of Tornadoes
- Brown & Brown Acquires Orchid, CrossCover
- Another Strems Law Firm Attorney Suspended by Florida Supreme Court
- BXS Insurance Morphing to Cadence After Mississippi-Texas Bank Merger
- Rating Firms Urge Florida Lawmakers to Take Swift Action on Litigation, Cat Fund
- Black Neighborhood Lost $5M When Homes Taken by Georgia Authorities in 1960s
- Medical Marijuana Industry Booming in Florida in Last Two Years
- Louisiana Judge Orders Liquidation of Lighthouse
- Kentucky Becomes 21st State to Adopt Model Cyber Security Law for Insurers
- Florida Man Charged with Fraud After Claiming He Was in Uber Crash
- Historic Black Town in Carolina One Hurricane Away from Disaster
- Mississippi’s Autopsy Backlog Worst in Nation
- Case of COVID Same as Vaccine, Tennessee Law Says
- People: Florida OIR’s Phillips Moves to Branch, Epic Hires Kennedy
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