Southeast News for August 2016
- Tropical Weather System Approaches Southeast States
- How Florida Insurers Can Prepare for Claims from a Major Hurricane
- Homes Evacuated, 7 Workers Treated After Chemical Interaction at North Carolina Plant
- ARH Hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, Hit by Computer Virus
- More Than 1K Bee Hives Stolen From Florida Bee Farmers
- A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Florida-Based American Capital Assurance
- Tennessee OSHA Head Says Spike in State Worker Deaths ‘Alarming’
- North Carolina’s Fort Bragg Launches Program to Tackle Aggressive Driving
- Obama Signs Kentucky Disaster Declaration for July Storm Damage
- Sinkhole 2 Lanes Wide Opens on Miami Turnpike
- Country Fresh Vegetables Recalled from Southeast Stores
- Bystanders Hold up Collapsing Roller Coaster in Georgia, Save 6 Kids
- Starr Companies Opens Nashville Office, Hires Ponder as Branch Manager
- Florida Woman Caught Faking Injury in Attempt to Collect Workers’ Comp Payments
- 8 West Virginia Counties Remain Under State of Emergency From June Floods
- 2 Mississippi Communities Declared Ineligible for Federal Flood Aid
- Students in Georgia Residence Hall Displaced by Flood
- Opioid Overdoses in Florida County Jump 75% in 2016
- North Carolina Town to Expand Traffic Cameras After Collecting $1.3M in Fines
- Brown & Brown Florida Office Denies EEOC Allegations of Pregnancy Discrimination
- West Virginia Begins Demolition of Flood-Ravaged Homes, Plans Town Recoveries
- Report: Thousands of South Carolina Flood Victims Still Need Help
- Cause of 27-Car Pileup in Georgia Under Investigation
- EPIC adds Williford to National Energy Construction Practice in Alabama
- Zika Case Found in Florida County Hundreds of Miles From Miami
- Officials: No Long-Term Impact on Florida Tourism Expected Despite Zika Spread
- $6M Settlement Reached for West Virginia Coal Mine Cleanup
- FEMA Claims Mississippi Misused $30M in Funds to Retrofit Homes After Katrina
- Tennessee Deputy Commissioner West Elected to National Association of State Fire Marshals
- North Carolina Agent Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Auto Policies to Allstate
- Tennessee’s Hudgens Tapped to Head Southern Workers’ Comp Group
- Nearly $200k Granted to Flood-Damaged Businesses in West Virginia
- Former Students Sue Kentucky Catholic School Over Sexual, Racial Harassment
- Texas Lawyer Accused of Fraud in BP Oil Spill Case Acquitted in Mississippi
- Source: Locally Transmitted Zika Virus Found in Miami Beach
- American Integrity Insurance Launches Umbrella Coverage for Florida Homeowners
- Alabama Volunteer Firefighter Charged With Arson
- South Carolina ‘Irish Traveler’ Community Indicted on Insurance Fraud Charges
- Kentucky Man Awarded $21M for ‘Unnecessary’ Heart Procedures by Hospital
- South Carolina Approves Updated RMS North Atlantic Hurricane Models
- Uber to Reunite with Alabama College Towns
- Florida Insurers UPC Insurance, American Coastal Insurance Enter Merger Agreement
- Integro Taps Atlanta-Based Sandfrey to Lead Environmental Practice
- Alabama Water Park Closed After Parasite Found
- North Carolina Resident Fed Up as Home Hit by Car for the 6th Time in 12 Years
- Trial Underway in Trump vs. Florida Golf Course Members $6M Lawsuit
- Ulmer Named President, CEO of Tennessee-Based Regions Insurance
- West Virginia Announces Increase in State DUI Patrols
- Tennessee Town Urges Caution After 2 Fires Caused by Oily Rags
- Security First Insurance in Florida Forms Regulatory Compliance Department
- Florida-Based UPC Insurance Appoints St. John as Chief Claims Officer
- Tennessee Investigating Outbreak of Equine Disease Affecting Race Horses
- Back-to-School Brings New Challenges in Florida’s Zika Fight
- Judge Drops NCAA from ‘Academic Sham’ Lawsuit by Ex-North Carolina Athletes
- Tennessee Ride Inspector Reported Worn Rivets on Ferris Wheel That Dropped Girls
- Florida Homeowners Insurer Olympus Adds Newby as VP of Claims
- Georgia Agent Arrested for Premium Theft
- Florida Woman Killed by Officer During Citizens Academy
- West Virginia Funeral Home Ordered to Pay $3M for Defrauding Insurer
- Miami’s Popular Wynwood District Says Zika Reports Killing Business
- Judge Seals Conversations in South Carolina Officer’s Lawsuit with Insurer
- 3 Girls Injured, 1 Critically, in Fall from Tennessee Ferris Wheel
- IFG Companies Taps Blumencranz to Head Sales, Marketing
- Thieves Steal $20K in Guns from South Carolina Store
- Pearl Insurance Expands Lawyers PL Program to Florida, Georgia
- Gateway-Acentria Merges with Insurance Center of South Florida
- Mississippi Counties, Insurers Settle for $16.5M with Families of 3 Exonerated Men
- Disney Puts Stone Wall Around Orlando Lake Where Gator Killed Toddler
- Kentucky Company Faces $320K Fine Over Worker Death
- North Carolina Tackles Insurance Rate Evasion Fraud, Updates Captive Laws
- Court Upholds 25% Rate Increase Rejection for North Carolina Homeowners
- Florida-Based Jackson Appointed Managing Director of RFIB Americas
- 2 Kentucky Farmers Plead Guilty to $1.1M in Crop Insurance Fraud
- Florida Therapist Sues Cop Who Shot Him While Protecting Autistic Client
- Tennessee Reports $1.5M in Insurance Restitution So Far in 2016
- Kentucky Launches School Bus Safety Campaign Targeting Motorists
- Alabama Driver Sentenced to 30 Years for Fatal High-Speed Crash
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Miami-Based Gabor Insurance Services, Inc.
- West Virginia Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease by 14%
- Golf Cart Thefts Reported in 3 Mississippi Counties
- PIA of Georgia Names New Officers; Tillman Elected President
- Miami Agent Gets 2-Year Prison Sentence for Issuing Fake Insurance Policies
- AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Private Client Group in Florida
- Florida Approves September, October Take-Outs of More Than 40K Citizens Policies
- Lockton Taps Florida-Based Schmitz to Lead Expansion of Aviation Practice
- JLT Re Appoints Fields as Senior Vice President in Atlanta
- Major Flooding Hits West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle
- Dog Crashes Owner’s Car Into West Virginia Wal-Mart
- Florida Calls on Feds for Help as Number of Zika Cases Jumps to 14
- Kentucky Man Arrested for Theft of 10 Vehicles
- Extreme Drought Hurting Crops in Parts of Georgia
- 10 Arrested in North Carolina Staged Auto Accident Ring
- Two Florida Mosque Fires in 10 Days Under Investigation
- West Virginia Federal Flood Aid Reaches $72M
- Judge: Gawker Founder Can’t Halt Hulk Hogan From Enforcing Verdict
- American Strategic Insurance Promotes Peskin in Florida
- Franklin Street in Florida Hires Sheinberg as VP of Insurance Services
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