Southeast News for November 2021
- OSHA Fines Georgia Grading Contractor $20,480 After Worker’s Death
- Tennessee Approves 5.6% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs; COVID Impact Uncertain
- McGriff Names Two to National Positions
- Georgia, North Carolina Move to Beef up Benefits for First Responders
- Florida Bill Would Extend COVID Liability Protection for Health Workers
- Universal Raises $100M for Future Growth
- Openly Moves into Alabama
- Alabama DOI Relaxing Rate Filing Requirements on Flood Insurance
- Florida Appeals Court Dismisses Lawyer’s Complaint Against CFO in Rubin Saga
- Florida Lawmaker Holds Town Hall Meetings on Insurance Crisis
- When Is Employer Immune from Tort Claims? Florida High Court Could Review
- Georgia High Court Leaves Truck Insurer on the Hook for Accident
- 50 Years Late, Miami Courthouse Gets Inspected after Condo Collapse
- Tennessee Governor’s Counsel Warned that Anti-Vax Bills Illegal
- North Carolina Homeowners Premiums to Rise 7.9% on Average
- Judge Strikes Florida Tribe’s Plan for Casinos, Sports Betting
- Reliance Expands Auto Quote Platform to Tennessee
- Warrants Issued for Woman After False Claims Filed in Georgia
- Alabama Agents Vow to Fight Tax Breaks That Mostly Benefit Two Carriers
- If a Tree Falls on a Porta-Potty, Injury Not Compensable, Tennessee High Court Finds
- Insurtech Slide Closes $100M Fundraising Round
- Habart Named Director of Tennessee’s Surging Captive Section
- Independent Agents Can Access Tech Training, Tools with Catalyit
- Down Then Up: Florida Litigated Claims Climbed a Bit in October
- Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on Merger of ProAssurance and Noetic
- Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund Returns $27M Dividend
- Florida Supreme Court Suspends Witness-Coaching Attorney for 91 Days
- Federal Juries Give Different Verdicts in Massive 3M Earplug Litigation
- Hair Affair: Carolina Man Claiming Hair in Burger Charged with Insurance Fraud
- People Moves: Accelerant Taps Data Scientist
- Jury Acquits 4 Coal Officials in Dust Collection Tampering Trial
- North Carolina Attorney General Sues E-Cig Makers
- Insurer Sues Florida Mom of Boys Killed by Husband
- Florida Legislature Passes Anti-Vaccine Bills
- West Virginia High Court Slams St. Paul Fire, Blocks California Suit
- Carolina Public Adjuster, a Candidate for Congress, Accused of Mishandling Payments
- Adjacent Condo Construction Triggered Surfside Collapse, Lawsuit Charges
- Georgia Man Wanted for Submitting Fake Police Report on Insurance Claim
- Brown & Brown Acquires Another Agency in Florida
- People Moves: Barner, Johnson to Builders
- GenX Chemical from Chemours Plant Not Found in Blood, But Other Compounds Present
- Florida OIR Approves 4.9% Comp Rate Cut; NCCI Drops Cat Fund Idea
- Insolvency Pool Can’t Yet Seek Reimbursement from Injured Worker
- Time Limit and Gap in Comp Benefits Not Unconstitutional, Florida Court Says
- Southern Cities Rank High on List of Places With Highest Rates of Car Accidents
- People Moves: Markel, Security First, Epic, Somers
- Insurers for High Crime Areas on Notice after Georgia Court Affirms $43M Verdict
- Federal Appeals Court Dumps Class Action Suit Over Bombay Gin Ingredient
- TypTap Moves Ahead with IPO, $100 Million Fundraising
- Venbrook Acquires Georgia E&S MGA
- North Carolina DOI Reaches Settlement on Mobile Home Rate Hikes
- FedNat Hopes to Improve Numbers By Concentrating on Florida Market
- Federal Court in Tenn. Dismisses Another COVID Coverage Suit
- Report Says Long-Haul COVID Cases Could Affect Workers For Months
- More Sponsors Sign on to Flood Insurance Reform Bill
- DFS Charges Miami Insurance Agent with Filing False Claim on Diamond Ring
- Southern Lawmakers Move to Blunt Vax Mandate
- Marsh McLennan Buys Pelnik Insurance in NC
- Women Pay More for Car Insurance in Some States, Report Finds
- Risk Strategies Acquires South Carolina’s Hibbits Agency
- Hub Acquires Florida’s Rider Insurance
- Florida Juries Ding Walmart, Hospital for Injuries
- Kentucky Approves Another Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease
- Basketball Star Must Decide: NBA or $5 Million in Insurance
- Florida Appeals Court: Delayed Claim Document Doesn’t Hurt Insurer
- University of Alabama Drops Mask Mandate for the Vaccinated
- Insurers Deny Surfside Claims, Sue Engineering Firm; Firm Counter-sues
- Kaiser Workers Set to Strike in Georgia This Week
- North Myrtle Beach Moves to Restrict Building in Flood Zones
- Florida Insurers Take Heart From Appeals Court Rejection of Large Attorney Fee
- Orion180 Expands Home Insurtech Model Into Georgia, South Carolina
- Verisk Acquires Driver Data Company
- South Carolina’s New Fraud Bureau Clears First Conviction
- Court Suspends Attorney For Failing to Disclose Work for Insurance Company
- 7 Arrested for Failing to Report $40 Million in Payroll and Shirking Workers’ Comp
- Gate Causes Accident But Insurer Off the Hook, Court Rules
- Federal Court Finds 27 Months is Too Late to File Irma Claim
- Florida Man Jailed on Insurance Fraud After ‘Theft’ of Motorcycle
- Get-A-Quote Expanding Online Tool in Florida
- Alera Group Acquires Bagwell, One of Oldest North Carolina Agencies
- North Carolina Again Postpones Hearing on 25% Homeowners Rate Hike
- Some Florida Agents Caught Off-Guard by Boom in Solar Power
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