Southeast News for April 2011
- Florida Senate Passes Property Insurance Overhaul
- Officials, Insurers Begin Tallying Damages from Deadly Storm
- Florida Insurer Closing its Doors
- Tornadoes, Storms Rip South, at Least 228 Dead
- Fire Risk Prompts Florida to Restrict Everglades Access
- Tennessee Lawsuit Damages Bill Advances in Senate
- Major Florida PIP Reform Effort Dies in Committee
- Florida’s Lykes Insurance Appoints 3 Risk Consultants
- Mississippi River Nears Highest Levels Since 1937
- Strate Insurance Becomes Keystone Insurer Partner in Tennessee
- Scott Joins Florida’s Corporate Insurance Advisors
- Crone Joins McCart Group in Georgia
- South Carolina Nixed Insurance for Train Victims Over Liability Fear
- Tennessee Insurance Agents Win Investigation Protections, Lower Fines
- Alabama Boosts Tax Break for Small Businesses Buying Health Insurance
- CEO of Florida’s Homeowners Choice Resigns for Personal Reasons
- Georgia Passes Bill Regulating Insurance Certificates
- North Carolina Businesses, Injured Workers Square Off Over Benefits
- 5 Former Volunteer Firefighters in West Virginia Face Arson Charges
- Florida Agents Group Names Ray Communications Director
- North Carolina Relaxes ATV Helmet Safety Rule for Adults
- Florida Supreme Court Rejects Vicarious Liability for Car Rental Firms
- Florida Jury Hits Insolvent Insurer’s Owners with $76 Million Verdict
- FEMA Approves $22 Million for Mississippi Homeowners’ Storm Mitigation
- North Carolina Offers Mediation for Storm Claims
- As Tennessee Debates Limits, Verdict Winners Say Money’s Not the Issue
- MetLife Auto & Home Enhances Personal Lines Policy for North Carolina Residents
- Blair Joins International Practice of J. Smith Lanier in Georgia
- Florida Journalist Wins Pulitzer for Property Insurance Report
- Opinion: Separating Myths from Facts on Florida’s Citizens Insurance
- Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Insurers Must File Safety Plans
- Keystone Group Adds Four Tennessee Agencies
- Georgia Lawmakers Approve Insurance Sales Across State Lines
- Gobble Named Top Exec at Prepared Insurance
- North Carolina Officials Say I-95 Trailer Fire Kills 6 Horses
- South Carolina Church with 6 People Inside Collapses in Storm
- Mississippi AG Hood, Feinberg Spat Over BP Oil Spill Claims
- Florida Parents Sue School District Over Daughter’s ‘Sexting’ Suicide
- As Insurance Rates Rise, Missisippians Urged to Take Mitigation Seriously
- South Carolina Offers Amnesty to Drivers with Suspended Licenses
- Tennessee Valley Authority Settles Environmental Claims
- Florida Jury Rules State Farm Driver Owed $3 Million in Lawsuit
- Florida Senate Committee Advances PIP Bills
- Tennessee Judge Dismisses Mechanical Bull Injury Suit
- North Carolina Insurance Chief Battles Auto Rate Deregulation Bills
- Avant Joins Crump in Memphis Branch
- Allstate Agrees to Reduced Rate Hike, Policy Drops in Mississippi
- North Carolina Lawmakers Urged to Preserve Workers’ Compensation Benefits
- Former Florida Gov. Crist Settles Music Copyright Lawsuit
- Florida’s ‘Most Wanted’ Insurance Fraudster Arrested
- Tennessee’s Opry Mills to Reopen; Suit Against Flood Insurers Goes On
- Florida Approves 18.8% State Farm Rate Increase
- Workers’ Comp TV Show Pilot Begins Filming in Florida
- Florida House Panel Approves Medical Liability Bill
- Alabama Insurance Pool Grows As Private Market Shrinks
- West Virginia to Subsidize Volunteer Firefighters’ Workers’ Comp
- PointeNorth Acquires 2 Georgia Agencies
- ‘Katrina’ Federal Judge Senter of Mississippi Retiring
- Appalachian Underwriters Buys Reliance Administrators of South Carolina
- Florida’s Patriot National Group Appoints Zamary
- Allstate Looking to Open 50 New Agencies in Florida
- Tennessee Governor Urged to Sign Personal Lines Flexible Rating Bill
- Alabama Governor to Form Coastal Insurance Panel
- Mississippi Governor Signs School Bus Safety Bill
- Rowell Joins Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. in Atlanta
- Mississippi Gov. Barbour Vetoes Insurance Verification Bill, Seeks Fix
- South Carolina Courts Told to Clear Backlog of Drunk Driving Cases
- Florida’s Security First Promotes Kruck, Reynolds
- Florida’s Acentria Acquires Advanced Comp
- Mississippi Toughens Parental Social Host Liquor Liability Law
- Tennessee Worker’s Harassment Award Against Whirlpool Affirmed
- Mopeds’ Growing Popularity Raises Safety Concerns
- Florida Approves Arch Re Under Reduced Collateral Law
- Alabama House Votes to Ban Texting While Driving
- Florida Advances Commercial Insurance Rate Deregulation
- Brown & Brown to Acquire Tennessee Bank’s First Horizon Insurance
- South Carolina Moves Forward with Construction Defect Bill
- Florida Lawmakers Advance Plan to Shrink State Insurer Citizens
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