Southeast News for August 2019
- Update Aug. 31: Hurricane Dorian May Veer Away From Direct Hit on Florida
- Sickened Coal Ash Workers Blame Tennessee Utility for Exposure to Health Hazards
- New Miami Hurricane Hazard: Dockless Scooters as Projectiles
- J.M. Wilson Hires Allison as Sales, Agency Relations Specialist in Florida
- Moody Insurance of Florida Joins Liberty Company Insurance Brokers
- Update: Hurricane Dorian Expected to Be Category 4 Storm When It Hits Florida
- Update: Florida Prepares for Hurricane Dorian; CoreLogic Cites $145B Exposure
- Barge Collapse in Tennessee River Leads to Oil Spill
- Update: Hurricane Dorian Goes Easy on Puerto Rico, Gathers Force Heading for Florida
- Insurtech Kin Insurance Raises $47M to Launch Florida Homeowners Carrier
- 3 Steps to Keep the Cameras Rolling for Entertainment Clients In Hurricane Season
- Tropical Storm Dorian to Drench Puerto Rico; Then Could Hit Florida as Hurricane
- Toxic Gas, EPA Silence Raise Concerns for Residents Near Georgia Factories
- North Carolina Insurers Request 19.2% Rate Increase for Dwelling Policies
- Florida Insurer American Integrity Launches Policyholder Home Maintenance App
- Mom of Tennessee Waffle House Shooting Victim Sues Vanderbilt Medical Center
- Southeastern Grocers to Spend $4.2M to Settle Clean Air Act Violations
- West Virginia AG Says Johnson & Johnson, Teva Hid Opioid Risks in New Lawsuit
- Florida-Based FedNat Holding Company Makes Changes to Board of Directors
- Former AIG, Aon Exec Teegarden Joins Lockton in Atlanta
- South Carolina Man Sues Walmart After Gas Can Explosion
- Report: Gas Pipeline That Caused Explosion in Kentucky Has History of Deadly Accidents
- South Carolina CBD Stores Face Uncertainty, Raids After AG Opinion on Hemp
- 45 Mississippi Counties Declared Primary Agriculture Disaster Areas Due to Weather
- Bridge Span Near Florida-Georgia Line Collapses, Causes 2 Accidents
- Authorities Investigate String of Arson Fires in Kentucky Neighborhood
- Miami Contractor Arrested Over $737K in Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Matiyow Joins Personal Insurance Federation of Florida as VP of Legislative Affairs
- Storm Damage Leaves Thousands Without Power in Alabama
- Unsafe Arsenic Levels Found at Beckham Soccer Stadium Site in Miami
- Risk Strategies Acquires National Insurance Consulting Group, Expands Southeast Reach
- Florida Insurer American Integrity Appoints Dowd as EVP
- South Carolina Joins Growing List of States to Sue Opioid Distributors
- Georgia-Based Colonial Pipeline Sues Contractor Over Alabama Spill
- Florida’s BKS-Partners Appoints Thompson to Managing Advisor
- Alabama Woman Sentenced for Embezzling More Than $600K from Fire Departments
- The Hilb Group Acquires Tennessee’s Mackie Financial Group
- The MEMIC Group Appoints Wilson as Senior Production Underwriter in Georgia
- Alabama High School Closed After Students Sickened
- At Least 17 Injured in Kentucky Crash Between Truck and Greyhound Bus
- North Carolina Caretaker Gets Prison for Embezzling $330K
- Fort Lauderdale Paid for Neglect After Leaving Water System Vulnerable
- Hundreds of North Carolina Transportation Workers to be Laid Off
- Brightway Insurance to Open Four Stores in Florida, South Carolina, Colorado
- Two Florida Independent Agencies Join Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services
- Olive Branch Residents Still Recovering Two Months After Flood
- Tennessee Park Where Toddler Drowned Adds Safety Features, Will Reopen
- Bill to Pool Small Businesses for Insurance Gets Final Approval in North Carolina
- Brown & Brown of Florida Acquires CKP
- Georgia’s INSUREtrust Hires Account Manager Ethan Frymark
- Lawsuit: Negligence Caused Legionnaires’ Outbreak at Atlanta Hotel
- Nissan Settles Suit Over South Carolina Teen Crash Death for $1.5M
- Commentary: As Flood Threat Grows, Florida Must Mandate Flood Risk Disclosure
- Disaster Declaration Granted to West Virginia for June Floods
- More Ride-Hailing Requirements Become Law in North Carolina
- North Carolina Criminal Investigations Reserve Unit Formed to Fight Insurance Fraud
- FEMA Awards $1.1M Mitigation Grant to Flood Zoned Homes on Georgia Coast
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Georgia Farm Bureau Group Members
- Saunders Joins Jackson Sumner & Associates as South Carolina Marketing Rep
- 2 Workers Injured in Gas Explosion at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Stadium
- Atlanta Bans Electric Scooters at Night After 4 Deaths
- Mendota, Mendakota Insurance Companies Relocate to Tennessee from Minnesota
- 1 Death Linked to Legionnaires’ Outbreak at Atlanta Hotel
- Alabama Truck Driving School Accused of Bribing Examiners
- Atlanta Looks to Halt E-Scooter Permits After 3 Deaths
- Florida Appoints State’s First Chief Resilience Officer to Prepare for Sea Level Rise
- CIC Services of Tennessee Forms Knox Reinsurance Co. in North Carolina
- Cobbs Allen in Alabama Adds JLT’s Payne to New Specialty Platform Team
- North Carolina’s Order for Duke Energy to Excavate Coal Ash Can Move Forward
- Naples, Florida Loses $700K in Spear Phishing Cyberattack
- Vanderbilt Doctors Admit Operating on Wrong Kidney in $25M Patient Suit
- Florida Supreme Court Dismisses Long-Awaited Case on AOB Policy Language
- AM Best Upgrades Credit Rating of State Farm Florida Insurance Co.
- Electric Scooter Rider Killed by Car in Atlanta
- Kentucky Jury Rejects Talc Powder Asbestos Claims Against J&J, Colgate
- McGriff Promotes Sellars, Cahill to Co-Practice Leaders of its Financial Services Division in Atlanta
- BRP Partners with Foundation Insurance of Florida
- Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Pleads Guilty in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Insurance Adjuster in North Carolina Finds Human Remains in House Ashes
- ISMIE Mutual to Offer Medical PL Coverage to Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association
- Carter Appointed Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate
- Family of Florida Man Killed in Autopilot Crash Sues Tesla
- 55 ‘Probable’ Legionnaires’ Cases Tied to Atlanta Sheraton Hotel
- West Virginia Lawmakers Ask Attorney General for Control of $37M Opioid Settlment
- 2 Workers Die in Separate Falls from South Carolina Roofs in Span of 3 Days
- Gas Line Explosion in Kentucky Neighborhood Kills 1, Ignites Homes
- Florida Regulator Calls Open Hurricane Michael Claims ‘Discouraging’; Plans Data Call
- World Insurance Associates Acquires West Coast Insurance, Combs Insurance of Florida
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