Southeast News for February 2019
- Will 7th Time Be the Charm? Industry Makes Big Push for AOB Reform in 2019
- Green Beans, Butternut Squash Sold in Southeast Recalled
- Kentucky Governor Declares State of Emergency After Storms
- Mississippi House Votes on Bill Limiting Landowners’ Liability
- Officials Begin Assessing Damage as Rivers in Southeast Crest
- State Farm to Cut Auto Insurance Rates in South Carolina
- Judge Finalizes Chemours, North Carolina Water Pollution Settlement
- Tennessee River Valley Breaks February Rainfall Records
- FedNat to Buy Maison Homeowners Insurance Operations from 1347 Holdings
- EEOC Report Alleges Orlando Fire Chief Harassed Female Employee
- Tornado Kills 1 in Mississippi; Flooding Threatens Southeast
- Parker Joins Alliant’s Atlanta Benefits Team
- Neike Joins Jackson Sumner & Associates in North Carolina
- Georgia Lawmakers Approve $20M More in Loans to Farmers for Michael Recovery
- Florida Deputy Arrested for Filing False Auto Claim with GEICO
- Several Days of Heavy Rains Soak Southeast, Cause Flooding, Road Closures
- Heavy Rains Cause Flash Flooding, Mudslide in Deep South
- Kentucky Bourbon Industry Expresses Support for Proposed Ignition Interlock Bill
- Supreme Court Declines to Revive Wrongful Death Suit over Mississippi Police Shooting
- Florida Woman Arrested in $68K Hurricane Irma Scam
- Alabama Coal Firm to Pay $775K in Air Pollution Penalties
- Nashville Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Multiple Lawsuits Against Restaurant
- EPA Investigating GenX Production at Chemours’ North Carolina Plant
- Dodrill Appointed as West Virginia Insurance Commissioner to Succeed McVey
- Georgia Volunteer Firefighter Arrested for Arson
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Florida-Based Universal North America
- Highway Fatalities in Kentucky Drop Again in 2018
- North Carolina Insurers Request 19% Rate Increase for Mobile Home Policies
- South Carolina Officials, MADD Push Stricter DUI Legislation
- J.M. Wilson Adds Jefferson as Transportation Underwriter in South Carolina
- Natural Gas Company to Pay $3.15M Fine for Polluting West Virginia Waterways
- Kentucky Governor Voices Support for Medical Marijuana as Legislature Weighs Bill
- Famed Beachside Bar in Florida Panhandle Destroyed by Fire
- Yamazaki Colwell Joins Alliant in Atlanta
- Mississippi Sues Federal Government Over River Flooding
- Tennessee-Based The General Adds Radio Host Bobby Bones as Brand Ambassador
- South Carolina Opioid Deaths Up 47% Over 3 Years
- Report: Safety Management Gaps Led to 2016 Mississippi Gas Plant Blast
- Ryan Specialty to Acquire International Specialty Insurance Services of North Carolina
- Atlas General Insurance Services Adds Gray to Southeast Team
- Georgia Apartment Fire Damages 15 Units, Displaces 30 People
- Georgia House Budget Increases Funds for Hurricane, School Safety
- Horse Trainer Suit Alleges Vets Altered X-Ray Dates of Horses at Kentucky Auction
- Mississippi Lawmakers Consider Bill Limiting Liability of Property Owners
- Alera Group Acquires Whipple & Company of Florida
- Lawmaker: West Virginia Paying Insurance for 4K Vehicles It Doesn’t Own
- West Virginia City Investigating More Suspicious Blazes
- Causey Schedules Hearing to Settle Rate Dispute with North Carolina Insurers
- Horse-Drawn Carriage Overturns in Savannah, Georgia, Injures 7
- Tennessee Flooding Breaks February Record, Kills 1
- Feds Subpoena More Documents About Donor from North Carolina Insurance Dept.
- 5 Former West Virginia Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
- Hub Acquires Business from Fortenberry McNamara of Mississippi
- Dozens of Animals Killed in Fire at Florida Wildlife Sanctuary
- Man Killed in Workplace Accident at Kentucky Toyota Manufacturing Plant
- AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Auto Club Insurance Co. of Florida
- S.S. Nesbitt & Co. of Alabama Renamed Valent Group
- Feds Order Alabama Contractor to Pay $82K in Back Wages to 17 Employees
- West Virginia Gov. Appoints Hunter Acting Insurance Commissioner
- Construction Worker Killed on Florida Highway Expansion Project
- Florida Insurance Commissioner Altmaier Elected VP of the NAIC
- North Carolina Auto Insurers Request 7.6% Rate Increase
- Federal Disaster Declaration Issued for North Carolina for Michael Damage
- Officials Investigating 11 Fires in West Virginia City
- 16 High School Basketball Players Injured in West Virginia Bus Crash
- Keyes Insurance of Florida Hires Introcaso as COO
- South Carolina Hands-Free Driving Bill Advances in State Legislature
- CSX Settles Civil Suit in Train Death of Film Worker in Georgia
- Copters, Cops, Canines Patrol Atlanta; NFL Reports No Super Bowl Threats
- Sinkhole Investigation Uncovers Tunnel Heading to Florida Bank Branch
- Victims of Floor Collapse at Party Near Clemson Deal With Recovery, Lawsuits
- Nearly $4.2M Recovered for South Carolina Insurance Consumers in 2018
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