Southeast News for January 2017
- Mississippi Estimates More Than $1M in Timber Damaged by Tornado
- Heroin Overdoses Cause 3 Crashes in North Carolina City in 1 Week
- ARC, Topa Insurance Launch Coverage for Post-Hurricane Losses in Florida
- Alliant Adds Beachem to Lead Continued Expansion in the Southeast
- Georgia Insurance Department to Hold Claims Village in Albany for Tornado Victims
- 14K Gallons of Sewage Spills Into Space Coast Water System
- AXIS Capital Opens Miami Office; Expands Presence in Latin America
- J.M. Wilson Adds Bolinger as Transportation Underwriter in South Carolina
- Next Level Administrators Of Florida Adds Blanch as VP of Business Development
- Rupture at Plant Contaminates North Carolina Creek with Red Dye
- American Water Files Settlement Over Role in 2014 West Virginia Water Crisis
- Alliant Americas Taps Young to Continue Southeast Growth
- Florida-Based American Integrity Insurance Group Adds Brown as CFO
- Florida Sheriff Asks for Ticket After Getting Caught Speeding
- Mississippi, Georgia Commissioners Call on Industry to Assist Residents Affected by Tornadoes
- Willis Towers Watson Makes New Appointments in South Florida, Appoints Zutel to Lead
- North Carolina Insurance Head Apologizes for Sharing Post Mocking Women’s March
- Alabama-Based Cobbs Allen Taps Reed as HR Director
- Accredited Surety and Casualty Enters Agreement with Miami-Based Cinium Financial Services
- Mississippi Tornado Damaged At Least 1,100 Homes
- Judge Rules Snapchat Immune from Georgia Distracted Driver Crash Claim
- Tennessee Insurance Dept. Wraps Up 2016 With Disciplinary Actions Against 5 Agents
- 39 Possible Tornadoes Devastate Southeast, Leave 19 Dead
- Alabama Saw 25% Increase in Fatal Wrecks in 2016
- Appeals Court: Charter School Firm Can’t Sue North Carolina School Official for Libel
- U.S. Picks North Carolina Turnpike Authority to Assist With Testing Driverless Cars
- Death Toll Climbs From Weekend Tornadoes Across Southeast
- Mississippi Tornado Kills 4, Causes At Least $200M in Insured Damage
- Jury Awards $15M to Survivor of Georgia Crash That Killed 5
- Tennessee Wildfire Insurance Claims Top $842M
- North Carolina Rate Bureau Withdraws Dwelling Rate Increase of 19.6% over Data Error
- Court Upholds Blankenship Conviction Over Fatal West Virginia Mine Blast
- Trial Set to Begin in West Virginia Over Subaru Car Fire Deaths
- Team Formed to Review How Wildfire Spread to Tennessee Tourist City
- Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. Opens First Office in Georgia
- Georgia Estimates $30M in Insured Losses from Early January Storm
- Round 2: Mississippi AG Picks New Fight With Google Over Student Privacy
- North Carolina Coal Ash Neighbors Balk at Duke Energy $5K ‘Goodwill’ Payment
- Deaths of 3 Men Working on Florida Keys Road Project Under Investigation
- Baldwin Risk Partners Taps Finney to Lead Mainstreet Insurance Group in Tampa
- Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Urges Passage of Fire District Bill
- North Carolina Convenience Store Mix-up of Kerosene, Gasoline Causes 2 House Fires
- Mississippi House Passes Bill to Enforce Mandatory Auto Insurance Requirement
- Mississippi Fast Food Worker Accused of Serving Contaminated Food
- Construction Worker Dies After Falling from University of Kentucky Roof
- Marsh & McLennan Acquires Southeast Brokerage J. Smith Lanier & Co.
- University of Alabama Hospital Employee Admits to Stealing $1.1M Over 9 Years
- Dashcam Footage Shows Truck Driver on Phone Before Driving off Florida Overpass
- Nashville Schools to Study Adding Seat Belts to School Buses
- Baxter to Pay $18M Over Mold at North Carolina Plant
- Mississippi Gov Orders Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for State Workers
- Acentria Insurance Acquires Huff Insurance Agency of Southwest Florida
- PURE Launches E&S Product for High Net Worth Homeowners in Florida
- Tennessee School Bus Driver Evacuates Students Before Bus Bursts Into Flames
- Winter Storm in North Carolina Kills 2, Causes More Than 1,600 Accidents
- The Crichton Group Acquires RLH Agency in Nashville
- Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Fires… Oh My! 2016 A Rough Year for the Southeast
- Normandy Insurance Expands Workers’ Compensation Coverage to Georgia
- Baldwin Risk Partners Teams Up With Ryan Insurance & Financial Services of Tampa
- West Virginia Beef-Jerky Maker Sued for Firing Worker Who Tried to Report Accident
- Alabama Supreme Court: Woman Can Sue Doc for Wrongful Death After Miscarriage
- Icy Cold Creates Problems Across the South
- U.S. to Study Sand from Bahamas to Protect Florida Coast
- Jim Justice Businesses Request Dismissal of West Virginia Flood Cleanup Suit
- Ascend Insurance Brokerage Taps Anderson to Lead New Nashville Office
- 3 Florida School Buses Involved in Crashes on First Day Back to School
- NWS Reports At Least 9 Tornadoes Hit 12 Mississippi Counties in 1 Day
- Atlanta-Based Insurance Specialty Group Names Harrell as President, COO
- Man Charged in 14 Alabama Home Burglaries
- West Virginia Reaches Largest Settlement to Date with Individual Drug Wholesaler
- Violent Storm in Southwest Georgia Kills 1, Damages 1,000 Homes
- JLT Re Acquires Risk & Re-Insurance Solutions Corp. of Miami
- Florida Judge Finds Pollution Notification Rule is Invalid
- Police in Savannah, Georgia Urge Vigilance After Rise of Business Burglaries in 2016
- Homes on West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Damaged by Fire
- Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in Florida
- South Carolina Gets Additional $65M in Matthew Aid
- Strong Storm Causes Property Damage, Power Outages in Pensacola, Florida
- Causey Sworn In As North Carolina Insurance Commissioner
- 6 Injured When Logging Truck Crashes Into South Carolina Auto Repair Shop
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