Thousands Of Americans Head Inland To Escape Hurricane Matthew
Thousands of Americans were headed for higher ground Wednesday as deadly Hurricane Matthew crawled across the Caribbean and toward the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
October 5, 2016
Auto
Catastrophe
Marine
Property
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
State Of Emergency For Florida, Georgia And The Carolinas As Matthew Approaches
Empty shelves and long gas-station lines were reported across the Southeast as coastal communities prepared Wednesday to flee deadly Hurricane Matthew.
October 5, 2016
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Fire Guts Industrial Warehouse In Dekalb County, Georgia
Firefighters are working to find out what caused a massive warehouse fire in DeKalb County. The building was completely gutted with everything charred inside.
September 30, 2016
Property
Georgia
Rapper Shawty Lo Killed In Atlanta Crash
Rapper Shawty Lo, known for his song "Dey Know" and an abandoned reality TV show about the mothers of his 11 children, died Wednesday after a car crash in Atlanta, his manager told a local radio station.
September 23, 2016
Auto
Liability
Georgia
Blue Bell Issues Another Ice Cream Recall
The Brenham, Texas-based company is once again worried about potential listeria contamination. Blue Bell said Wednesday that it is recalling packages of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
September 22, 2016
Subrogation
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Cigarette Butt Causes Atlanta Apartment Complex Fire
A fast-moving fire that displaced about 40 residents near Ansley Mall started when a cigarette wasn’t properly disposed, an Atlanta fire spokesman said. The overnight blaze that damaged about five apartments and took about 50 firefighters to extinguish was ruled accidental Thursday, Atlanta fire Sgt. Cortez Stafford said.
September 16, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Georgia
Flash Flood Watches Issued For Tropical Storm Julia
Florida’s northeast coast was drenched by Tropical Storm Julia early Wednesday, leaving 6 million people under a flash flood watch. The storm was 50 miles north of Jacksonville with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph at 5 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
September 14, 2016
Property
Florida
Georgia
Insurers Uneasy Over Remaining Hurricane Season
Hurricane Hermine is likely to generate insured losses no greater than $500 million, a relatively low and certainly manageable figure, yet property/casualty carriers are by no means at ease, an industry analyst says.
September 9, 2016
Catastrophe
Property
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Small Aircraft Collide Over West Georgia Runway
Channel 2 Action News has confirmed three people are dead after two planes crashed in Carroll County on Wednesday.
The crash happened near West Georgia Regional Airport on Regional Road, according to Carroll County Fire PIO Bud Benefield.
September 8, 2016
Liability
Georgia
The crash happened near West Georgia Regional Airport on Regional Road, according to Carroll County Fire PIO Bud Benefield.
Semitrailer Collision With School Bus Fatal For Georgia Student
A student has died after a crash involving a school bus and a semitrailer that also injured more than a dozen students on a south Georgia interstate, authorities said.
August 30, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Georgia
Found On Road Dead? Ford Recalls 88K Cars For Stalling Issue
There are few things worse than having your relatively new car stall on you without warning. That’s why Ford is recalling nearly 90,000 vehicles with a defect that could leave your car dead — and unable to restart — in the middle of the road.
August 24, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
School Bus Crash Kills Driver, Injures 7 Children
The investigation continues into a school bus crash in Midland Monday morning, where seven children were injured and the bus driver has died.
August 24, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Workers' Compensation
Georgia
27 Or More Vehicles Piled Up On Georgia Interstate
Thirteen people were hospitalized Sunday after an accident involving more than two dozen vehicles on an interstate north of Atlanta, officials told NBC News.
August 23, 2016
Auto
Liability
Georgia
Labor Day Weekend Driving May Be Deadlier Than Ever
Often, trends are a good thing. However, the current trend — and increase in fatal motor vehicle accidents — could result in the United States experiencing its deadliest driving year since 2007. And with Labor Day coming up, traditionally a deadly weekend on U.S. roads, the National Safety Council is warning drivers to be aware on the roads.
August 23, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kentucky
830K Ford Vehicles Recalled Over Faulty Door Latches
Ford is recalling about 830,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Mexico because parts in the side door latches can break and the doors can open while the vehicles are moving.
August 4, 2016
Auto
Liability
Subrogation
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
