Southeast News for June 2009
- 290 Landowners in West Virginia Flood Plain Offered Buyouts
- Tennessee Jurors Claim They Felt Pressured in Malpractice Case
- State Senator Hudgens Joins Race to Be Georgia Insurance Commissioner
- North Carolina Court Allows Student Abuse Suit Against County
- North Carolina Coastal Insurance Fix Would Alter Deductibles, Limits
- DiFrancesco Joins Workers’ Compensation Services Provider PMI
- Mississippi Court Finds Paint Maker Liable in Child’s Lead Poisoning
- Tennessee Mandates Minimum Residential Building Codes
- North Carolina Moves to Boost Motorboat Safety
- U.S. House Panel to Bring Homeowners Insurance Crisis Hearing to Florida
- New West Virginia Laws to Restrict Teen Drivers
- Nationwide Golf Tour Cuts West Virginia Winnings as Sponsors Lag
- Florida Trucker Paralyzed By Accident Awarded $14.6 Million
- West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Insurer Approved in Kentucky
- Florida Gov. Crist Vetoes ‘State Farm’ Insurance Rate Deregulation Bill
- New Florida Commercial Insurer CastlePoint Assigned Ratings
- Lawyer Says Alabama Agent Trying to Clean Up Ex-Employees’ Fraud
- AmWINS Group CEO DeCarlo Wins Entrepreneur Award
- Mississippi Wind Pool Insurance Credits Available for Biloxi Homeowners
- All North Carolina Homeowners Could Pay If Insurers, Beach Plan Fall Short
- North Carolina Bans Texting While Driving
- Florida Independent Insurance Agents Establish Charitable Fund
- Judge Says Feds Can Seize $30 Million from Kentucky Diet Scam Lawyers
- ConAgra: Insurance Covers Profit Loss at North Carolina Slim Jim Plant
- North Carolina Ammonia Plant Leak Kills 1, Injures 4
- Florida, German Insurance Regulators Sign Cooperation Pact
- State Farm Says It Will Reconsider Florida Exit If Rates Deregulated
- Florida’s Sunshine State Insurance Promotes Vanderpool
- Underage Drinking Costing Floridians $3 Billion a Year
- Gov. Manchin Names Commission to Study West Virginia Judiciary
- Did Florida’s 2003 Reforms Reduce Workers’ Comp Attorney Involvement?
- A.M. Best Downgrades State Farm Florida; Outlook Negative
- Florida’s Argus Insurance Downgraded by A.M. Best
- Florida Amends Rules for Reporting Professional Liability Claims
- Florida Bans Municipalities From Charging First Responder Fees
- Florida Judge Rules Out Punitive Damages in Accounting Malpractice
- Retired West Virginia Judge to Replace Benjamin in Massey Retrial
- Alabama to Limit Out-of-State Evacuees Using Its Storm Shelters
- Car, Home Insurance Rates in Georgia Rising
- Bankrupt Kentucky Jockeys’ Guild, Ex-CEO Settle Insurance Funds Dispute
- Alabama Court Nixes $5 Million Obstretics Malpractice Award
- Gas Leak Caused Fatal North Carolina Slim Jim Plant Explosion
- Florida’s Szypula Becomes First to Receive Regulation Designation
- Fidelity National Adds Cummings to Flood Insurance Team
- Florida Domestic Insurers Urge Veto of ‘Dangerous’ Deregulation Bill
- State Farm’s Florida Exit Plan Details Delayed Until July 15
- South Carolina Court Denies Motor Carrier Exemption for Liability Limits
- Gov. Crist Signs Florida Surplus Lines Regulation Bill
- State Farm’s Return to Mississippi Home Insurance Market Excludes Coast
- Katrina Wind vs. Water Insurance Case Before Mississippi Supreme Court
- Nationwide Exits North Carolina Mobile, Renters, Condo, Dwelling Markets
- Alabama Sees Drop in Copper Thefts
- Injured Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters Face Financial Woes
- How Might Supreme Court Recusal Ruling Affect West Virginia Judiciary?
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires North Carolina’s Taylor Insurance Agency
- Supreme Court Favors Elected Judge Recusal In West Virginia Massey Case
- Florida Chamber Says Poll Numbers Support Insurance Deregulation
- CFO of Florida’s United Insurance Resigns
- Krebs Joins South Carolina Captive Insurer Licensing Team
- Crist Veto of Condo Insurance Bill Disappoints Unit Owners, Agents
- Florida Gov. Crist Says He’s Likely to Veto Insurance Deregulation Bill
- Tennessee Bill Holds Parents Liable for Hosting Underage Drinking
- Florida’s Crist Caught Between Dueling Officials on Insurance Deregulation
- Former Alabama Insurance Executive Goff Sentenced to 12 Years
- Insurance Agent Named to South Carolina Parole Board
- Florida Widow Wins $30 Million Against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
- Florida Workers’ Compensation Rates Cut to Reflect Lawyer Fee Cap Law
- Atlanta Fire Department Cuts Could Spark Higher Insurance Rates
- Georgia Court Rules Insurer Not Liable for Voluntary Settlement
- Mississippi Surplus Lines Insurance Fees Go Into State’s General Fund
- Florida Surplus Lines Insurance Regulation Bill Awaits Gov.’s Signature
- Mississippi Jury Says No to Asbestos Claim for $4.5 Million
- Florida Reinsurance Rate Hike of 15% Tracks with Global Rates
- A.M. Best Concerned Over Insurers’ Exposure to the Florida Hurricane Fund
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