Southeast News for March 2018
- Florida Keys Request Additional $16M from FEMA for Irma Damage
- INSUREtrust Adds Beazley’s Ujjin as Account Manager in Atlanta
- Worldwide Facilities Hires Vaughn as SVP in New North Carolina Office
- Brightway Insurance Opens New Agencies in Florida
- Ransomware Cyberattack Still Affecting City of Atlanta’s Computer Network
- Main Street America Makes Staff Changes in Florida
- New Florida Law Requires Backup Power Sources for Nursing Homes
- Ammonia Leak at South Carolina Meat Plant Forces Evacuation of Nearby Residents
- Marsh & McLennan Agency Names Ivey CEO of Southeast Region
- Ex-AIG Execs Kick-Off New High Net Worth Insurer Vault in Florida
- Georgia Close to Passing Distracted Driving Bill
- Atlanta’s Computer Network Hit by Cyber Attack
- Revamp of Kentucky Workers’ Comp System Gets OK From State Senate
- South Carolina Insurance Dept. to Allow Employees to Bring Babies to Work
- After Uber Crash, Florida Still Welcomes Free-Range Robot Cars
- Weather Service: At Least 9 Tornado Tracks Found in Alabama
- Tennessee AG: State, Local Opioid Suits Complicating Settlement Efforts
- North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested for Embezzling $18K in Premiums
- Worldwide Facilities Hires New Broker, Claims Manager to TUMI Division in Georgia
- Appalachian Underwriters Adds Saunders to Workers’ Comp Team in Florida
- Tennessee Fines Agency Operator $187K, Revokes License for Defrauding Clients
- Storms Leave Trail of Damage Across Southeast
- Man Exonerated for Murder Settles With City of Louisville for $7.5M
- Severe Storms Spawn Tornadoes, Damage Homes in Southeast
- Scott Signs Bill to Combat Florida Prescription Opioid Abuse
- Cirque du Soleil Performer Dies After Fall at Florida Show
- Keystone Names Palefsky Georgia State Vice President
- Tennessee Fines Chemical Plant $25K Over Hydrogen Explosion
- $10M Settlement Proposed for North Carolina Tourist Islands Hit by Power Outages
- 11 More West Virginia Towns, Counties Sue Over Opioid Crisis
- Aon Promotes Craig-Burke to Managing Director in Atlanta
- Why Storm-Prone States Continue to Balk at Tough Building Codes
- Tennessee Reports 60% Increase in DUIs at College Campuses
- Florida DOT Missed Voicemail About Miami Bridge Crack Before Collapse
- North Carolina Insurance Department Expands Fraud Division, Adds 15 Agents
- Rescue Efforts Continue After Florida University Pedestrian Bridge Collapse
- Proposal to Arm Alabama Teachers Draws Support, Fire
- Harper Lee Estate Sues Over ‘Mockingbird’ Broadway Version
- Ropes, Phone Lights Used in Rescue after Deadly Bus Plunge
- Milliman Adds Property and Casualty Team to Tampa Office, Taps Rollins to Lead
- Two Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud by Arson in West Virginia
- Weather Service Confirms 2 Tornadoes in Mississippi
- Kentucky Governor Requests Disaster Declaration for Flooding
- Fire at Florida High Rise Leaves 1 Dead, 100 Displaced
- GEICO Names McKenzie VP of Southeast Regional Operations
- National Hurricane Center Updates Hurricane Irma Death Toll
- Personal Info of 3K South Carolina Scholarship Recipients Posted Online
- New York Life Sues North Carolina Woman For Insurance Fraud
- Maximum Taps Smid to Lead Florida Professional Lines Practice Expansion
- Residents of Mississippi City Threaten to Sue Over Flooding
- Fraud, Lawsuit Abuse Earns Florida No. 1 Spot on ‘Judicial Hellhole’ List
- Staged Car Crashes in South Carolina a Growing Problem
- Florida Legislature Passes Bill Targeting State Opioid Epidemic
- Tennessee Theater Worker Dies After Carbon Dioxide Exposure
- Two More South Carolina Counties Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Abuse
- Alabama Legislature Seeks to Increase Ignition Interlocks for Drunk Drivers
- FEMA to End Short-Term Shelter Program for Florida Irma Victims
- Water Main Break Near Atlanta Floods Highway, Closes Businesses
- Alabama Becomes 45th State to Pass Ridesharing Legislation
- Tennessee Workers’ Comp Bureau Launches Online Filing System
- More Than $8.4M Recovered for Florida Insurance Consumers After Hurricane Irma
- North Carolina High Court Rejects Dram Shop Claim Against Hotel in Woman’s Death
- JLT Re Appoints Hernandez as SVP in Miami
- Carbon Dioxide Leak at Tennessee Entertainment Venue Sends 3 Employees to Hospital
- Residents in Florida Retirement Community Still Evacuated by 6 Sinkholes
- SouthPoint Risk Advisors Acquires 2 Tennessee Agencies
- Risk Innovations in Atlanta Promotes Smith, Yost
- Florida Workers’ Comp Legislative Update: First Responder Benefits In, Attorney Fees Out
- Mississippi’s Coldwater River Reaches Record Flood Level
- Tennessee School Bus Driver Found Guilty in Crash That Killed 6 Kids
- Judge Awards $15M in Alabama Mortuary Worker Whistleblower Lawsuit
- BIB Appoints Szalkay to Continue Southern Expansion
- 13 South Carolina Hospital Employees Fired in 2017 Over Privacy Breaches
- Authorities Catch Arsonist Setting Fire to Florida Churches
- Appalachian Underwriters Adds Wixom to Tennessee Office
- Ali Center in Kentucky Closed for Several Days Due to Major Flooding
- More Than $8M Recovered for Georgia Insurance Consumers in 2017
- Prosecutor Blames Cell Phone Use, Speeding in Bus Driver Fatal Crash Trial
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