Southeast News for June 2019
- Second Florida City Pays Hackers As Third City Faces Breach
- Fire Destroys Furniture Building, Warehouse in Mississippi
- West Virginia Medical Marijuana Program Could Take Years to Roll Out
- XS Brokers Hires Delmonico-Long, Hall to Florida Business Development Team
- Sinkhole in North Carolina Parking Lot Reaches 27-Feet and Growing
- National Weather Service Confirms Rare West Virginia Tornado
- What Passed, What Didn’t: New Florida Laws Taking Effect July 1
- Georgia Court: Insurer Can’t Deny Coverage Despite Misinformation on Application
- U.S. High Court to Rule on Scope of Copyright for Legal Codes in Georgia Suit
- Florida Keys to Receive $21M for Hurricane Irma Recovery
- North Carolina, Feds to Purchase 24 Generators for Use During Storms, Disasters
- Kentucky Looks to Encourage Insurtech Investments Through Regulatory ‘Sandbox’
- Mississippi Floodgate Opened Again to Drain Delta
- Sinkhole Shuts Down Part of Major Florida Interstate
- North Carolina to Host Flood Insurance Conferences; Will Offer Agents CE Credits
- 12-Year-Old Boy Killed After Fall at North Carolina Trampoline Park
- 10 People at Clark Atlanta University Treated After Chemical Spill in Science Building
- How the Florida ‘Omnibus’ Insurance Bill Will Impact Insurer Duty to Defend, Appraisal
- Kentucky Supreme Court: Trampoline Park Not Immune from Liability in Injury Case
- Kentucky Distillery Trying to Save Thousands of Barrels at Storm-Damaged Warehouse
- Florida City Pays $600K to Hackers to Save Computer Records
- 2 Injured, Multiple Structures Destroyed by Fire on Alabama-Florida Line
- Lawrence Sworn In as Interim Tennessee Insurance Commissioner
- North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: May
- Tornado Damages Homes in Mississippi; No Injuries Reported
- Georgia Makes Multiple Arrests in $120M, Multi-State Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Florida’s Citizens Revises 2019 Rate Filing; Will Request 2.3% Statewide Rate Increase
- South Carolina Governor Looks to Tackle State’s Flooding Woes
- Tower Hill Specialty Adds Coverage Options in Mississippi
- 10 Arrests Made in Florida Unlicensed Contractor, Workers’ Comp Fraud Sting
- Kentucky Bourbon Warehouse Damaged in Partial Collapse
- Former Tenn. Insurance Head McPeak Joins Greenberg Traurig Law Firm in Nashville
- Hub Acquires Assets of Atlanta-based Insurtech In-Fi; Hires Chasteen
- What to Expect from Florida’s AOB Reform Law Taking Effect July 1
- Tennessee Valley Authority to Remove Coal Ash from Pits Near Tennessee River
- Alabama Tyson Foods Plant Waste Water Spill Spreads E. Coli in Rivers
- Florida Hopes to Lure Autonomous Car Companies Under New Law
- Kochilaris Joins Florida Homeowners Insurer Olympus as Sales Manager
- Mississippi Requests Pumps from Federal Govt. to Ease Flooding
- Pinnacle Adds Schubert as Consulting Actuary in Atlanta
- BB&T, SunTrust to Rebrand as Truist; North Carolina Headquarters Announced
- Georgia Gov Appoints Police Chief King as Insurance Head During Beck Suspension
- North Carolina Lawmakers Disagree Over Watered Down Hands Free Bill
- Atlas Hires Caldwell as Account Manager in North Carolina
- Former Florida Association for Insurance Reform Expands Nationally, Will Focus on Flood
- Florida Insurer American Integrity Appoints Ritchie as COO
- Report: North Carolina Agency Mishandled $9M in Matthew Recovery Funds
- West Virginia Governor to Pay $1M Fine Ordered Against Family Company
- New ‘Prepare Florida’ Initiative Offers Hurricane Preparedness Resources
- Zurich, Vertus Launch Hurricane Deductible Buy-Back Program in Florida
- Atlanta Officials Look to Crack Down on Electric Scooters
- Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in North Carolina, 3 Deaths
- Florida Timber Industry to Receive $480M from Feds for Hurricane Michael Recovery
- Mississippi Floodgate Closed as Delta Flooding Continues
- Florida Teacher Accused of Staging Accident in $15K Insurance Fraud Scheme
- CSX to Increase Train Speeds Along Georgia, Alabama Route
- Duke University to Pay $54M to Settle Suit Over Hiring Agreement with UNC
- Deck Collapse at Alabama Home Kills Child, Injures 2 Others
- Central Insurance Promotes Lee to AVP of Southeast Region
- Alabama Man Attacked by Support Dog On Delta Flight Files Suit
- Study: Extensive Coal Ash Detected at Bottom of North Carolina Lake
- Fitch Downgrades Ratings of Alabama-Based ProAssurance’s HoldCo; Affirms IFS Ratings
- National General Acquires Insurtech Syndeste; Launches Private Flood Product in Florida
- Researchers Try to Pinpoint Cracks that Can Cause Quakes in South Carolina
- How Daubert Standard Could Impact Florida Industry, Judicial Climate
- West Virginia Coal Industry Data Shows Mines Releasing Excessive Pollution
- Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action
- Audit: Multiple Water Leaks Found at New $160M Tennessee State Museum
- Disney World Union Warns of Safety Risks as Park Fire Dept. Faces Staffing Shortage
- Florida’s Citizens Joins NICB Disaster Response Services Consortium
- Georgia to Overhaul Warning System Procedures After Tornado Siren Failure
- Alabama Lawmakers to Form Medical Marijuana Study Commission
- North Carolina School System Settles Tornado Damage Claims with Insurer for $10M
- Szalkay Joins Appalachian Underwriters Brokerage Division in Florida
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