Staged Crashes, False Claims Lead To 26 Arrests In Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
Warrants for the arrest of 26 people were issued Wednesday in connection with an automobile insurance fraud ring, officials said. A 16-month investigation revealed that the people in the alleged crime circle staged crashes and filed false insurance claims, Georgia Department of Insurance spokesman Glenn Allen said in a news release.
June 8, 2017
Auto
Georgia
Forecasters Predict Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
Forecasters say the Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season in 2017. Forecasters predicted 11-17 named storms, five to nine hurricanes and two to four hurricanes could be "major" with sustained winds of at least 111 mph.
May 26, 2017
Catastrophe
Property
Delaware
District Of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Legislation Opens Georgia Roads To Autonomous Cars
Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill Monday making self-driving cars that have the proper insurance and registration legal on Georgia roads.
May 11, 2017
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Technology
Georgia
Residents Evacuate As Wildfire On The Florida-Georgia Line Grows
The West Mims fire has burned 140,409 acres and is 12% contained, growing over 2,000 acres from Monday. The entire southern half of Charlton County (GA) is under mandatory evacuation orders as of Tuesday morning.
May 10, 2017
Property
Florida
Georgia
U.S. Wildfire Risk Is Above Average For Southwest, Florida
Wildfires this summer are expected to be most severe in southwestern U.S. states, Florida, Georgia and in some parts of California and Nevada, forecasters said Monday.
May 2, 2017
Property
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Nevada
Island Home Destroyed; Firefighters Hindered By Stored Ammo & Lack Of Hydrants
The Tybee Island Fire Department is investigating a fire that consumed a home on the island and sent mile-high plumes of white smoke through the air Wednesday afternoon.
April 28, 2017
Property
Georgia
New WCRI Studies Examine Trends In Claim Costs And Impact Of Reforms In 18 State Workers’ Compensation Systems
The claim costs and other metrics of 18 state workers’ compensation systems are analyzed in depth in a new series of studies, CompScope™ Benchmarks, 17th Edition, released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).
April 19, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
More Travelers Purchasing Insurance Against Terrorism Losses
Leading travel insurance trends aren’t just focused on hurricanes and illness anymore. A considerable number of traveler inquiries are now seeking to make certain that they are protected against losses from terrorism, too.
April 19, 2017
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Boy, 5, Crushed At Rotating Atlanta Restaurant
A 5-year-old boy died after being crushed Friday in a rotating restaurant atop a downtown Atlanta tower, with the child getting caught between a table and a wall as the floor moved, police said.
April 17, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Georgia
Strong Winds, Severe Storms Lash Northern Georgia
A strong line of storms moved through metro Atlanta and north Georgia Monday morning, spawning apparent tornadoes in north Georgia. Several areas saw major damage from the storms, including Carroll and Spalding counties.
April 4, 2017
Auto
Property
Georgia
Georgia Interstate Shut Down By Crash Involving Three Semis
All lanes of eastbound I-20 in Carroll County near exit 19 were closed at midday Friday after an early-morning crash involving three tractor-trailers, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
April 3, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Georgia
Plane Crashes Into Georgia House
A private plane crashed into a residence in an Atlanta suburb Friday night, but the people inside the home got out safely, authorities said. A Cessna Citation I aircraft went down about three miles northeast of Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field, north of Atlanta, around 7:20 p.m. ET, the FAA said.
March 27, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Georgia
Severe Storms Leave Tree Damage In Metro Atlanta
Cleanup efforts are underway, thousands are without power and some schools are pushing back start times after deadly storms ripped through North Georgia overnight. About 33,250 of the 174,000 Georgia Power customers affected by Tuesday’s damaging winds, lightning, hail and heavy downpours are without power.
March 22, 2017
Property
Georgia
Wide-Ranging Impacts If Funding Is Cut To NOAA
On Friday, the meteorology community was riding a major high as stunningly high-definition images came in from the nation’s newest and much-anticipated earth observation satellite. The high came crashing down that evening, though, as the first hints of significant cuts to the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began to emerge.
March 6, 2017
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
