Southeast News for January 2021
- Tornado Hits Florida’s Capital City; Damages, Closes Airport
- Society Insurance Adds Travelers’ Aranas to Launch Restaurant, Bar Program in Georgia
- Citizens Immune from Bad Faith, Not Liable for Non-Contractual Damages: Court
- Duke Energy, North Carolina Reach Deal on Coal Ash Removal Costs
- Alabama Education Association Urges COVID Vaccinations for Teachers After 39 Deaths
- Governor Promises Help After Killer Tornado Devastates Alabama Town
- Florida’s Citizens Seeks to Stem Flow of New Policies with Drastic Rate Changes
- South Carolina County Suffers Cyberattack Against Computer Network
- Florida Introduces Bill to Protect Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits
- Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency Acquires Jeff DeJongh & Associates of Florida
- Tennessee Reports Highest Number of Boating Deaths in 37 Years in 2020
- Hay Joins Sedgwick in Tennessee as Global Chief People Officer
- Real Estate Developer The St. Joe Co. Forms Watersound Insurance Agency in Florida
- Georgia Spending $200K a Year on Indicted Insurance Chief
- Ex-Rep Hayes Pardoned by Trump for Role in North Carolina Insurance Bribery Scheme
- Teen Accused of Stealing Nearly $1M from Georgia Supermarket
- Former Kentucky Mine Safety Director Pleads Guilty to Dust Monitor Tampering
- Keeping Up with Changes in Florida’s Growing Private Flood Market
- Tennessee Insurance Dept. Makes Multiple Leadership Changes
- Alabama Transgender Driver’s License Policy Ruled Unconstitutional
- Farmers Launches Direct-to-Consumer Policies in Mississippi
- Hub Acquires Assets of Alabama-Based Shields Insurance Agency
- The Villages Insurance Partners of Florida Adds Allstate Agent Sheats
- Analysis: Fight Over Mississippi Flood Control Project Continues
- Hub Acquires Assets of MPE Employee Benefit Services of Mississippi
- Florida’s Property Insurance Market Is ‘Spiraling Towards Collapse’ Due to Litigation: Report
- Kentucky High Court Orders Online Poker Site to Pay State $1B for Illegal Gambling
- INSUREtrust Makes Multiple Personnel Changes After Merger
- Tennessee Touts 2020 Growth of Insurance Industry, Consumer Efforts
- Causey Sworn in for Second Term as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner
- UNC Chapel Hill Must Release Sexual Assault Discipline Records
- 21 Georgia Counties Approved for Federal Aid for Zeta Cleanup, Repair
- Constellation Affiliated Partners Acquires INSUREtrust; Haase to Retire
- Despite Pandemic, North Carolina Traffic Deaths Climb to 1,500 in 2020
- 2 W. Virginia Bus Drivers Who Attended Trump Rally Sue Over Suspension
- World Insurance Associates Acquires J.W. Edens & Company, Inc.
- North Carolina Retaining Wall Collapse Injures Construction Workers, Kills 1
- Florida’s Citizens Ends Moratorium on Cancellations, Nonrenewals
- Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Homeowners Coverage Into Georgia, Utah
- The Hilb Group Acquires Dwayne Wilson Insurance of North Carolina
- Delivery Driver Killed in Drywall Accident at Florida Home Depot
- ‘Zombie Law’ Cited in Court Fight Over Mississippi Marijuana
- Fitch: Florida Homeowners’ Insurers Performance Deterioration Continues
- Exceptional Risk Advisors Acquires International Specialty of North Carolina
- Ebner Retires from North Carolina-Based McGriff
- North Carolina College Restores Women’s Sports After Lawsuit Threat
- Rhodes Risk Advisors Acquires Atlanta-Based McEver & Tribble
- Reliance Partners of Tennessee Promotes Shelton
- Zero Fire Deaths in 2020 in Savannah, Georgia for First Time in a Decade
- Kentucky Lawmakers Pass Bills Limiting Gov’s Authority on Pandemic Restrictions
- Aspiring Rapper Admits to Starting Fires at South Carolina Governor’s Rental Homes
- Blackstone Makes ‘Significant’ Investment in Florida-Based SUNZ Holdings
- InsureTrust of Atlanta Adds Burke as Account Manager
- BevCap Management Forms Onshore Captive Domiciled in North Carolina
- Nashville Businesses Await FBI Decision On if Bombing Was Terrorist Act
- Gallagher’s Centeno Joins Lockton in Florida
- 372 DUI Arrests, 13 Killed in Traffic Crashes in Georgia Over Holiday Weekend
- Tennessee-Based Sedgwick Names Fisher Chief Data Officer
- LUBA Workers’ Comp Acquires Florida-Based FHM Insurance Services
- North Carolina CEO Sues Over ‘Faulty’ Windows, Doors in $16M Home
- Mississippi Disaster Request Approved for Hurricane Zeta
- Commentary: Florida Adoption of Federal Judgment Standard a Win for Insurers
- Judge OKs $20M Student Fee Refund Lawsuit Against University of Kentucky
- Top Southeast Region Insurance M&As of 2020
- Florida Court Upholds Policyholder Right to Assign Benefits
- Officials Assess Building Damage in Nashville from Christmas Bombing
- Kentucky Police Officer Fights Termination Over Breonna Taylor Killing
- Mississippi Defends Medical Marijuana Initiative Against ‘Baseless’ Suit
- Newly Appointed Florida Deputy CFO to Focus on Insurance Fraud
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