Southeast News for February 2018
- Georgia Lawmakers Consider Sweeping Georgia Cybercrime Bill
- 10 Doctors Charged in West Virginia, Virginia Pill Mill Case
- Demotech Holds-Off on Affirming ‘A’ Ratings for 16 Florida Insurers
- Tornadoes, Flooding From Severe Storms Cause Damage, Deaths in Appalachia
- Alabama Agency Employee Arrested in $116K Crop Insurance Scam
- Judge Denies McKesson Bid to Keep Lawsuit Out of West Virginia County
- Former Nationwide Agent in Mississippi Gets 10 Years for Embezzling $117K
- West Virginia Judge Tosses Coal Company Lawsuit Against HBO’s John Oliver
- Florida House to Vote on Bill to Restrict, Monitor Opioid Prescriptions
- Reisdorf Named North Carolina State Director of Smart Choice
- Parents of Fraternity Pledge Killed at Florida State University File Civil Suit
- Arson Caused Georgia Fire That Destroyed 5 Homes, Damaged 14
- Former Swett Exec Vogle Joins Worldwide Facilities as SVP in Atlanta
- Gone With The Wind: Storms Deepen Florida’s Beach Sand Crunch
- Miami Roofing Company Owners Arrested Over $1 Million Workers’ Comp Scam
- Collins to Replace Schuettner as President of Insurance Designers of America
- Government Servers in Savannah, Georgia Hit by Malware Attack
- Panettiere Appointed SVP of Lockton Employee Benefits in Atlanta
- Kentucky Sues Cardinal Health Over State Opioid Epidemic
- Flood Warnings in Effect Along Ohio River in West Virginia
- Multiple Sinkholes Open in Florida Retirement Community
- Kemper Corp. Acquires Infinity Property & Casualty of Alabama for $1.4B
- Kentucky House Advances Bill Overhauling Workers’ Comp System
- Attorney, Vendor AOB Lawsuits Top Insurance Litigation in 2017: FJRI Report
- Drone Suspected in Helicopter Crash Landing in South Carolina
- Georgia Insurance Agent Faces 28 Counts of Insurance Fraud
- Kentucky Launches Website to Help Fight Opioid Abuse
- 18 States, Business Groups Oppose Coal Ash Cleanup Order at Tennessee Utility
- Appalachian Underwriters Adds Workers’ Comp Underwriter Cohn in Florida
- Ex-Kentucky Insurance CFO Gets 37 Months for Embezzlement, Tax Evasion
- West Virginia Officer Fired For Refusing to Shoot Suspect Settles Suit for $175K
- Tennessee Insurance Consumer Complaints Down Slightly in 2017
- Heavy Rains Cause Flooding, Mud Slides in Appalachia
- Oxygen Media, Father of Missing Alabama Teen Natalee Holloway Defend TV Show
- Stamper Appointed Managing Director of Risk Strategies in Florida
- Georgia Considering Commercial Truck-Only Highway
- Duke Energy, Environmentalists Clash Over 5-Year-Old Groundwater Cleanup Lawsuit
- State of Emergency Declared from Flooding in Kentucky County
- Study: Black Lung Cases Among Appalachian Coal Miners On the Rise
- Mickletz to Lead Everest Insurance Excess Casualty Division in the Southeast
- 10 Years Later: The Aftermath of Georgia Imperial Sugar Explosion That Killed 14
- North Carolina Museum Reports Theft of $10K Emerald
- Arson Arrest Made For Fire At Mississippi Delta Community College
- Wife of Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Sues Rail Companies for Negligence
- Kentucky Advances Legislation Aimed at Revising State’s Medical Malpractice System
- Storage Tank Spills At Least 1K Gallons of Oil Into North Carolina River
- NSM Insurance Group Acquires TranSpec of Tennessee
- North Carolina Rate Bureau Seeks 18.9% Average Rate Hike on Dwelling Policies
- HVACi Acquires Kentucky-Based Donan Engineering’s HVAC Forensics Division
- Underground Coal Miner Killed in West Virginia
- South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
- AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Seacoast Brokers, Trident Claims Management
- Alabama Sues OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Epidemic
- Appalachian Underwriters Taps Mambuca as Central, Northern Florida Marketing Rep
- Mother of Missing Alabama Teen Natalee Holloway Sues For $35M Over ‘Fake’ TV Series
- Railway Signals Turned Off For PTC Installation At Time of South Carolina Crash
- Worley Claims Services Acquires Audit Services Incorporated of Georgia
- South Carolina Reports Nearly $5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
- SterlingRisk Insurance Names O’Donnell President of Aviation Practice Group in Florida
- Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Concert Injury Suit Against Booking Agent
- Amtrak Blames CSX for Deadly South Carolina Crash
- Guardrail Manufacturer Sued Over South Carolina, Tennessee Accidents
- Tennessee Fire Marshal: January Third-Deadliest Month for Fire Deaths Since 2010
- Heritage Insurance Holdings of Florida Appoints Lusk as CFO
- Florida Construction Company Owner Arrested For $1.8 Million Workers’ Comp Scam
- Willis Towers Watson Makes Staff Changes in Florida, Taps Zutel to Lead CRB Business
- Explosion at Pecan Storage Silo in Georgia Damages Nearby Businesses
- Patriot National Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
- 1 Child Killed, 5 Injured in Georgia School Bus Crash
- Froman to Lead McLarens’ Business Development from Atlanta
- 5 in U.S., 2 in Italy Arrested Over $21M Opioid ‘Pill Mills’ Scheme in Florida, Tennessee
- XPT Group Partners with Transportation MGA W.E. Love of North Carolina
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