Southeast News for October 2019
- Kentucky-Based Humana to Lay Off More Than 800 Employees
- Officials Say Warehouse Fire Most Costly in Alabama City’s History
- Georgia Plant Agrees to Close in Fight Over Gas Emissions
- Liberty Company Brokers Announces New Affiliate in Atlanta
- Two Georgia Suspects Arrested, Charged With Defrauding Lemonade Insurance Company
- Beazley Appoints Smith as Miscellaneous Medical Underwriter in Georgia
- PMC Insurance Group Promotes Nina Vellucci to VP in the South Region
- Serial Arsonist Arrested in Georgia After Setting Three Fires
- Louisiana Homeowners Insurer, Gulf States, Acquires Coastal American Holdings
- Alabama Power to Pay $222K Over Chemical Spill, Dead Fish
- Mississippi Highway Worker Killed Clearing Trees from Road
- Alabama Auto Parts Manufacturer Cited for Amputation Hazards After Worker Injury
- Remnants of Olga Push into Mississippi, Leaving Damage
- Florida Health System Fined $2M for Multiple HIPAA Breaches
- University of Louisville Settles Naming Rights Dispute with Papa John’s for $9.5M
- Southeast Haunted House Requires Scary Amount of Preparation, Insurance
- Regulator Orders Further Decrease to Proposed Florida Workers’ Comp Rates
- NTSB Blames Miami Bridge Collapse on Design Errors, Lack of Oversight
- Georgia City Imposes Moratorium on New Vape Shops
- Alabama-Based CNC Hires Kattermann as SVP of Claims Operations
- Insurance Agency BRP Group’s IPO Starts Today at $14 a Share
- Florida Specialty CEO Disputes State Regulator’s Claims, Says Insurer Not Insolvent
- Georgia Wants Medical Sterilization Facility Closed Over High Carcinogen Emissions
- Family of Alabama Student Awarded $9M in Wrongful Death, Med Mal Suit
- North Carolina Fines Utility, Subcontractors in Deadly Gas Explosion
- Harden Adds Mershon to South Florida Employee Benefits Team
- Georgia County Ransomware Attack Highlights Cyber Exposures to Local Agencies
- Florida to Seek $633M in Federal Disaster Prevention Funds
- North Carolina Health System Alerts Customers to Data Breach
- Olsovsky Joins Insurance Office Of America’s Southwest Florida Region
- 4th Person Dies from North Carolina Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- Tropical Storm Nestor Spawns Tornadoes in Florida Gulf but Spares Panhandle
- Florida Attorney General Launches Investigation of Vaping Companies
- National Hurricane Center Issues Tropical Storm Warning Along Gulf Coast
- Florida Hires Mental Health Coordinator for Disaster Recoveries
- Kentucky Officials Warn of Growing Number of Vaping-Related Illnesses
- Tennessee Reports 49 Cases of Lung Injury Linked to Vaping
- Florida Officials Say Insurers Not Doing Enough to Settle Hurricane Michael Claims
- Florida CFO Patronis Appointed to FEMA National Advisory Council
- North Carolina to Create Program to Help Dorian Victims After FEMA Rejection
- Timber Farmers in Florida Panhandle Face Tough Choices Year After Michael
- Skelly Joins Southern Insurance Underwriters in Atlanta
- Atlanta-Based Prime Risk Partners Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers
- Good Grief: Dollywood Sued by Copyright Owners of Charlie Brown Christmas Song
- University of Alabama Researchers to Study How People React to Severe Weather
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Florida-Based Direct To PolicyHolder (DTPH)
- Insurance Office of America Adds Moser to Southwest Florida Team
- CRC Group Hires Watson to Open CRC Office in Charlotte, North Carolina
- North Carolina Confirms Second Death from Legionnaires’ Disease
- Alabama Hospitals Back Online 10 Days After Malware Attack
- 70-Year-Old Pipe Break in South Carolina Causes 30M Gallon Water Spill
- Federal Officials Investigate 6th Church Fire in Tennessee
- Florida Panhandle Facing Uphill Battle in Recovery One Year after Michael
- Rivard Appointed Chair of Board of Governors for Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance
- Hurricane Michael: One Year Later, Federal Aid for Recovery Totals Nearly $2B
- CRU GROUP Adds Lalaian to Executive Team in the Southeast
- Kentucky Launches ‘Buckle Up Phone Down’ Highway Safety Campaign
- NTSB Report: Firm Tied to Collapsed Miami Bridge Wasn’t Qualified
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Garrett-Stotz Co. of Kentucky
- Florida Governor Appoints 8 to Cybersecurity Task Force
- 3 West Virginia Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
- XS Brokers Makes 4 Hires to Atlanta Office; Johnson Named VP
- Red Tide Returns to Florida’s Southwest Coast
- Federal Disaster Declaration for North Carolina Counties Hit by Dorian
- State Finds Florida Specialty Insurance Insolvent; 90K Homeowners Lose Coverage
- Report: Alabama Hospitals Pay Hackers in Ransomware Attack
- North Carolina State Bar Fights Off Spread of Ransomware Attack
- Hub Acquires the Assets of Florida-Based Doug Johnson Insurance
- Hot Tub Displays at North Carolina Fair Likely Cause of Legionnaires’ Outbreak
- Kentucky Zoo Pouring Thousands into Solving Sinkhole Issue
- 3 Arrested in Miami in $39K PIP Fraud Scheme
- 116 Sickened, 1 Death Reported from North Carolina Legionnaire’s Outbreak
- Former Head of North Carolina GOP Pleads Guilty in Insurance Commissioner Bribery Case
- Alabama Hospital System Halts Admissions Amid Malware Attack
- Beecher Carlson Names Darr Client Solutions Leader in Atlanta
- Fire that Destroyed 6 Homes in North Carolina Beach Town Under Investigation
- Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Sues Over Lack Of Transgender Insurance Coverage
- $2B Orlando Highway Construction Project Halted After 5th Worker Death
- Insurance Office of America Adds Claypool to Southwest Florida Team
- Florida Law Banning Cellphones While Driving in School, Construction Zones Takes Effect
- 11 South Carolina Counties to Receive Federal Aid for Hurricane Dorian Damage
- Report: Kentucky Coal Miner Crushed by 2,000-Pound Rock
- Madden Joins Alliant’s Southeast P&C Team in Atlanta
- Wildfire Risk in Georgia Increasing Amid Southern Drought
- North Carolina Jury Awards $8.3M in Excessive Force Suit
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