Southeast News for September 2016
- Heavy Rains in North Carolina Bring Floods, Prompt Rescues
- Federal Investigators Conclude West Virginia Chemical Spill Was Preventable
- Hurricane Hermine Declared Major Disaster; Federal Funds Available to Florida
- Apartment Fire Near South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach Leaves 17 Homeless
- Regulators Say South Carolina Nuclear Fuel Plant Put Workers at ‘Substantial’ Risk
- Florida Governor Issues Emergency Rule on Public Notice of Pollution Events
- Alabama Water Utility Sues 30-Plus Flooring Companies Over Water Pollution
- University in South Carolina Awarded $25K to Study Climate Change on State’s Coast
- North Carolina Woman Accused of Filing $42K Property Claim With 2 Companies
- DTRT Insurance Group Acquires Miami-Based Setnor and Associates
- Former Verizon Worker in Alabama Accused of Selling Customer Phone Records
- Florida Approves 14.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike in Response to Court Rulings
- Stanford Opens Newest Florida Brightway Office in Jacksonville
- North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Blame on DOT for Crash that Killed 3
- Tropical Storm Julia Leaves Wet Mess Behind in North Carolina
- Duke Energy to Pay $6M for North Carolina Chemical Plant Spill
- South Carolina Sees Nearly as Many Opioid Deaths as Traffic Accidents in 2015
- Florida Residents Near Sinkhole Filled with Fertilizer File Federal Lawsuit
- Protests Over Police Shooting Shut Down Downtown Charlotte
- Kentucky Residents Sue Over Arsenic Found Near Montgomery Co. Homes
- Florida Gov Orders Investigation into St. Petersburg Sewage Spill
- State of Emergency from June Floods Extended in 5 West Virginia Counties
- Florida Residents Want Water Tested After Leak of 200M Gallons of Fertilizer
- Appalachian Underwriters Adds Reilly as Property Broker in Florida Office
- Atlanta OKs Ridesharing Services at Airport
- West Virginia Lawmakers Approve $85M in Flood Relief
- Orchid Underwriters Expands Commercial Lines Programs into North, South Carolina
- Fix to Pipeline Leak Responsible for Southeast Gas Shortage Expected Today
- USI Insurance Services to Acquire Johnson & Bryan in Atlanta
- One Area of Miami Declared Zika-Free While Zika Zone in Miami Beach Expanded
- Florida Awaiting Final Workers’ Comp Rate Decision
- South Carolina to Provide $35M in Aid to 1,250 Farmers Hit by 2015 Floods
- Florida-Based Brightway Insurance Selects Heidelberg as Communications Manager
- Charter Bus Crashes Into North Carolina Overpass Killing 4, Injuring At Least 40
- Scientists Predict Climate Change to Cause More Droughts, Flooding in Carolinas
- Report: Alabama No. 1 in Country for Prescription Opioid Use
- Florida Regulators Approve Rate Increase for Citizens Policyholders
- Suspect Confesses to Arson at Mosque Of Orlando Nightclub Shooter
- Teen Driver Crashes Into Camel in Alabama
- Tennessee Lawmakers Repeal Underage DUI Law to Avoid $60M Penalty
- Officials Claim Corroded Wire Led to Teen’s Death in North Carolina Pool
- Tropical Storm Julia Weakens Along Southeast Coast
- Confie Acquires Miami-Based Absolute Insurance Agency
- Miami Businesses Anxiously Await End to Zika Warnings
- West Virginia Governor Wants Special Session to Address $300M in Flood Damage
- Authorities: Air Conditioning Power Cord Caused Memphis Fire that Killed 9
- Mississippi Insurance Agent Charged in Prison Bribery Case
- South Carolina Woman Stuck by Needle in Target Parking Lot Awarded $4.6M
- Florida’s Olympus Insurance Promotes Burton to EVP of Underwriting, Business Development
- Tennessee’s Vanguard Healthcare Sued Over Conditions at 6 Nursing Homes
- Brightway, Riverside Adds Plante to Agency in Jacksonville, Florida
- Owners of Georgia Apartments Ordered to Pay $10M in Shooting Death of Resident
- Atlas Insurance Management Secures Captive License in South Carolina
- Florida’s First Hurricane in 11 Years ‘Could Have Been a Lot Worse’ for Industry
- Suspects in Multiple Break-Ins, Theft of 26 Guns, Arrested in North Carolina
- Drought Declared in 53 Georgia Counties
- Tennessee to Address New Underage DUI Law in Special Session
- Judge Orders Nashville Police to Improve Availability of Accident Reports
- OSHA Fines Alabama Meat Processing Plant $76K After Worker Loses Fingertip
- Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease 5 % on Oct. 1
- Florida Warns of Insurance Email Scam Targeting Consumers
- 8 Injured in Tennessee Fair Ride Accident
- Coastal American Insurance Rolls Out Private Flood Endorsement in Mississippi
- 22 Displaced by North Carolina Apartment Complex Fire Allegedly Started by Resident
- Florida Takes Zika Fight to the Air, Begins Pesticide Spraying Over South Beach
- Thousands in Florida Capitol Still Without Power Days After Hermine
- Fitch: No Credit Implications for Florida State-Run Insurers From Hermine
- Florida Approves Nearly 70K Citizens Policies for November Take-Outs
- Family of Tennessee Man Who Died While Scuba Diving in Florida Sues Dive Shop
- South Carolina’s College of Charleston Bans Alcohol at Greek Events
- Mississippi Physician Accused of Trading Prescription Drugs For Escorts
- West Virginia Residents Sue Over 17K Gallon Chlorine Leak From Plant
- NAIC Re-Accredits Alabama Department of Insurance for 5-Year Term
- Insurers Seen ‘Easily’ Handling Hermine Losses
- Hermine Weakens As It Hits Florida Panhandle; Some Flooding, Power Outages Expected
- Florida Finds First Local Mosquitoes With Zika Virus
- OSHA Fights Georgia Poultry Plant Over Right to Inspect Facility
- South Carolina High Court: Reimbursement Not Required When Police Damage Property
- Marsh & McLennan Acquires Atlanta-Based Benefits Advisory Group
- Gulf Coast Prepares for Tropical Storm Hermine as Possibility of Hurricane Looms
- Mississippi Issues Cease and Desist Order to Agency Accused of Misappropriating Premiums
- Leak of 33K Gallons of Chlorine at West Virginia Chemical Plant Under Investigation
- Commentary: It is a Catastrophe that No One Listens to the Experts on Florida
- Officials in Alabama Test 540 Workers at Hyundai Plant for TB
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