Southeast News for June 2022
- Court Orders New Trial for Insurance Exec Convicted of Bribing NC Commissioner
- Hattersley Faults Patronis for Inaction on Florida Insurance Crisis
- South Carolina Makes $2.2 Million Available for 2022 Wind Mitigation Grants
- People: Risk Strategies Names Ellison Benefits Leader
- Like Bonnaroo Fest in Tenn, Outdoor Venues Facing Challenges with Climate Change
- Georgia Doc Sentenced in Scheme That Implicated Former Insurance Commissioner
- Florida Driver Could Get $12M After Insurer Did Not Respond to Settlement Offer
- Starting July 1, Sea-Level Rise Studies Required for Florida Gov’t Coastal Structures
- Court Ruling Provides Ammo for Insurers in Florida AOB Cases
- People: Alliant, Seibels Name New VPs
- Is Hyperbaric Therapy a Fire Risk? North Carolina Authorities Say It Is
- Names Released in WV Crash That Killed Six on Helicopter’s Last Flight
- DeSantis Appoints 3 Insurance Defense Attorneys as Workers’ Comp Judges
- Business Moves: Sandbox Invests in Florida Insurance Data Firm Confianza
- Florida OIR Trims Citizens’ HO Rate Increase to 6.4%
- After Halting New Business in Florida, Bankers Faults Reinsurers’ Excessive Price Hikes
- People Moves: McGriff Names Curtis VP for Captives, Alternative Risks
- Florida’s Citizens Insurance Could Spend $100M on Defense Legal Fees This Year
- Florida HO Premiums Highest in Nation at $4,200 Average, Triple I Report Shows
- ‘Weston’s Law’ Elevator Upgrade to NC Cottages Close to Approval
- ‘Well-to-Do’ Investment Firm Head Charged in $300,000 South Florida Insurance Fraud
- Former Florida Mayor Who Almost Defeated DeSantis in 2018 Indicted on Federal Charges
- Alabama Counties’ Insurance Fund Not Liable for its Own Actions in Deadly Dock Fire
- Another Emergency Declared after Flooding in West Virginia
- A Year Later: Tennessee Flood that Killed 20 Challenges Community
- Florida CFO Steps in, Urges Court to Uphold PTSD Benefits for Firefighter
- Alabama Retirement Fund Shows Challenges of Investing in Current Market
- NC High Court Restores Verdict Against Health Care Co. in Home Invasion
- Miss. Supreme Court Counts Unproven Comp Benefits in Legal Malpractice Claim
- After Federal Court Bans Brazilian Plywood Certifier, Another Appears
- Cast Iron Drainpipes Latest Target in Florida Claims. But They Can Be Defended.
- People: FAIA Names Six to Board of Directors
- Alabama Insurance Commissioner Ridling to Retire; Fowler To Take Over
- North Carolina Governor Signs Law Waiving Premium Taxes for Relocating Captives
- Rehab Plan Didn’t Suffice. Southern Fidelity Sinks into Insolvency
- Wright to Pick Up United P&C’s Flood Book in July
- Attorneys in Florida Condo Collapse Settlement Seek $100 Million in Fees
- Florida’s Litigated Claims Dropped 14% from April to May for Largest Carriers
- Three Nominees for Florida Supreme Court Appear to Lean the Insurer Way
- Nashville Airport Plans to Spend $1.4 Billion on Expansion
- Three Teens Arrested in Fire That Burned 3 Historic Homes in Georgia
- Florida Plaintiffs Claim Victory After Dropping Suit to Block SB 76’s Solicitation Ban
- 1971 Georgia Thiokol Plant Explosion That Killed 29 Now Largely Forgotten
- King Brokerage Acquires Wurzel Agency in Florida
- North Carolina Brush Fire Ignites Fireworks, Killing One, Injuring Three Firefighters
- Ford Donates Sale of Trees at Kentucky Battery Plant to Volunteer Fire Department
- OSHA Fines Georgia Pillow Maker $191,000 after Repeated Amputations
- North Carolina Asbestos Suit vs. Ford, Other Parts Makers Moves Ahead
- Florida Must Pay $1.2 Million for Destroying Sickened Citrus Trees, Jury Finds
- Citizens Adds Thousands of Policies But Has Yet to Complete Reinsurance Needs
- People Moves: New Faces at Hub and at North Carolina Industrial Commission
- Mother Charged After Florida Toddler Fatally Shoots Father
- Insurers, Self-Insureds Now Facing $9B in Black Lung Liabilities, Milliman Says
- Georgia Authorities Investigating Fires that Destroyed Three Historic Homes
- After Multi-Year Probe into Carolina Construction Payroll Scheme, 12 Get Probation
- Keystone Agency Partners Takes Majority Stake in Large Florida Agency
- People Moves: Honaker Named Senior VP at Liberty Co. Brokerage
- Audit Faults Florida’s COVID Data Tracking Efforts in 2020
- Tennessee Regulators Tout Insurance Industry Growth in the State
- Lydecker to Replace Dunbar at Florida’s Citizens’ Board; Murray Moves to Seaglass
- Alabama Seafood Company Recalls Crabmeat Sold in 4 Southern States
- Homeowners Can Record Insurance Company Adjusters’ Inspections, Florida Court Says
- Excluding Sex-Change Surgery from Policy Discriminates, Georgia Federal Court Finds
- First Named Storm of 2022 Brings Minor Flooding to Miami Area. Bermuda Next
- Southern Fidelity Loses Rating; Heritage, People’s Trust Complete Re Programs
- Hub Acquires Georgia-based Alexander & Co. Benefits Firm
- 7.9% Average Rate Increase for North Carolina Homeowners Kicks in This Week
- Tennessee Supreme Court Hears Coal-Ash Workers’ Arguments
- Pro Golfer Killed in Florida Car Accident
- RoofClaim.com Fires Up Florida Insurers with Roof Financing Plan
- Parasailing Death in Florida Keys Raises Questions about Captain Cutting Line
- FEMA Pushing for Stronger Building Codes Nationwide
- Workpartners Expands Workers’ Comp Program to Florida
- One80 Intermediaries Buys VFIS of North Carolina
- Universal Completes $696M Reinsurance Program; Five Others in Florida May Not
- Florida Contractor Group Already Files Suit Challenging New AOB Fee Restrictions
- Construction Worker Falls to Her Death from High-Rise West Palm Condo
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