Southeast News for March 2016
- West Virginia Officials Propose $93K Fine Against Natural Gas Company
- West Virginia Pharmacists Reduce Hydrocodone Dispensing by Nearly 13M
- North Carolina Resident Accused of Using Insurance Claim Check for Personal Use
- West Virginia Coal Boss Should Face Maximum Sentence, U.S. Says
- South Carolina Flood Relief Fund Awarding $760K to 18 Charities
- Atlanta Airport, Uber Battle Over Background Checks for Drivers
- Florida Gov. Rejects CFO’s Pick for Insurance Commissioner, Application Reopened
- EPIC Adds McKenzie to Southeast Benefits Consulting Team
- Federal Disaster Declared in 3 Mississippi Counties After Floods
- Miner Killed in Eastern Kentucky Mining Accident
- Collector Comics Worth Over $200k Stolen From Georgia Store
- West Virginia Governor Approves Stiffer Penalties for Passing School Buses
- Tennessee Doctors Sued for Operating Pill Mill, Defrauding Government
- The Final 2: Bragg, Hager Last Men Standing for Florida Commissioner Job
- North Carolina-Based Duke Energy to Turn Pig Poop Into Power
- OSHA Cites West Virginia Saw Mill for Safety, Health Violations
- South Carolina’s Clemson University Settlement Includes Anti-Hazing Program
- Kentucky Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Cheating
- Florida Beach City Businesses Say Spring Break Laws Hurting Sales
- Officials: Mississippi Flood Damage Most Widespread Since Hurricane Katrina
- $250K in Boat Motors Stolen from South Carolina Marine Dealership
- Explosion at Georgia College Under Investigation, Worker Seriously Injured
- Roundabouts Reduce Accidents, Injuries in South Carolina
- Florida Insurer Launches Company Offering Admitted, Standalone Flood Coverage
- Gawker, Publisher to Pay $25M in Punitive Damages in Hulk Hogan Lawsuit
- Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $12.6M Verdict in Workplace Accident Case
- South Carolina Paid $40M to Settle Road Claims Since 2010
- Mississippi Sisters Arrested For Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Dry, Windy Weather in North Carolina Increasing Mountain Wildfires
- Severe Hail, Wind Storm Mississippi on Heels of Severe Floods
- Florida Jury Awards Hulk Hogan $115M in Sex Tape Lawsuit Against Media Company
- Commentary: Florida’s Failure to Pass AOB Reforms Will Impact State Insurance Market
- 12 Horses Killed by Fire at Florida Equestrian Center
- Georgia Judge Awards $64M to Man Beaten in Assisted Living Home
- North Carolina Couple Charged with Defrauding Insurance Company
- Ridesharing Gets Green Light in West Virginia
- Burns & Wilcox Opens New Office in Orlando, Siegel to Lead
- The Crichton Group Hires Hite as Commercial Insurance Advisor
- South Carolina ‘Driver Amnesty Week’ Offers Drivers Opportunity to Clear Violations
- Florida’s Citizens Pushes Policy Changes to Address Rising Water Loss Claims
- Socius Insurance Services Adds Mittelmark to Florida Office
- North Carolina Man Charged with Insurance Fraud Over Stolen Trailer Claim
- Georgia Senate Stalls Bill to Expand Medical Marijuana Eligibility
- Deadly Kentucky Apartment Fire Ignited by Resident Smoking Near Oxygen Tank
- North Carolina Insurance Dept. Reports $29.8M in Savings, Recoveries in 2015
- DUI Arrests Rise in Tennessee City, Decrease Statewide
- Pollution, Drought, El NiƱo Leading to Collapse of Florida’s Coastal Environments
- Kentucky Apartment Building Destroyed by Fire, 3 Dead
- Major Storm System Causes Widespread Flooding in Mississippi
- Georgia Agency Owner Defends Worker Gun Requirement, Sparks Debate
- Tennessee Announces Disciplinary Actions Against 2 Insurance Agents
- Florida Hotel Chain Reports Potential Customer Data Breach
- North Carolina Therapist Awarded $3.6M in Wrongful Termination Case
- Alabama Makes Arrest in Fraud Ring Targeting 22 Insurers
- Perdue Foods Issues Recall of Georgia-Made Chicken Nuggets
- Georgia City Bans Drones Over City Gatherings
- Florida Battle Over Law Limiting Doctors’ Gun Speech Rages On
- Florida’s Rosier Insurance Hosts Training for Grads of Disabled Veterans Career Program
- Florida Passes Expanded Medical Marijuana Legislation, Bill Heads to Governor
- Erin Andrews Awarded $55M in Illegal Video Civil Suit
- Florida Assignment of Benefits, Ridesharing Bills Approaching Dead End
- North Carolina Regulators Claim Duke Energy Coal Ash Pits Polluting Water
- Florida High Court Rules Artist Can Sue UPS Over Lost Paintings
- Taxi Drivers Sue Jackson, Mississippi Over ‘Unfair’ Regulations
- Ridesharing Companies Get 2 More Months to Operate in Florida County
- Jury in Erin Andrews Civil Suit Set to Begin Deliberations in Nashville
- Trump Files Suit Against Florida Golf Course Neighbors Over Trees
- PIA of Tennessee Adds New Program Administrator
- Federal Disaster Declared in 33 Georgia Counties From Winter Storms
- Florida Trucking Association Partners With CargoNet to Address State Cargo Theft
- EF2 Tornado Strikes Alabama, Damages at Least 12 Homes
- Hub Florida Hires Boyd as Senior VP of Marketing
- NSM Insurance Acquires Florida-Based Heacock Classic
- Alabama to Host Scientific Research Study of Southern Tornadoes
- Florida Approves 81,500 Citizens Policies for May 2016 Take-Out
- Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Celedinas Insurance Group in Florida
- Report: Florida Water Loss Claims up 46 Percent in 5-Year Period
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Florida-Based Green-Hazel & Associates
- Federal Government Awards $157M to South Carolina for Flood Recovery
- TV Host Erin Andrews Testifies in $75M Civil Suit Over Illegal Hotel Videos
- Florida State Appoints MarketScout’s Kerr to College of Business Insurance Council
- North Carolina Sees Dramatic Increase in Fatal Drug Overdoses
- Georgia Reports $7M in Claims Settlements Returned to Consumers in 2015
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