Hurricane Idalia’s devastation in Florida and beyond underscores the escalating challenges for insurers in a climate-affected world, demanding innovative adaptation.
A former insurance agent in Georgia faces charges for allegedly diverting a $3,500 premium payment to his personal account, sparking an investigation by the state’s insurance commissioner.
Portions of the South are facing the increased threat of severe weather and tornadoes this time of year. We are in the period known as the ‘second tornado season’ for many residents in the south. The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) urges residents, particularly across the South and southern Plains to stay vigilant.
Following its successful launch in select markets last year, Toyota Auto Insurance, the automaker’s exclusive insurance product, is now accessible to residents of Colorado, Georgia, and Oregon.
More than $950 million in lightning-caused U.S. homeowners insurance claims were paid out in 2022 to 62,000-plus policyholders, with $125 million of the total attributable to California alone, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I.).
In a tragic incident that shook the University of Georgia football community, a grieving father has taken legal action against the University of Georgia Athletic Association and multiple parties, seeking $40 million in damages for the untimely death of his son, offensive lineman Devin Willock, and recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy.
A federal jury has awarded a couple in Southwest Georgia $135 million in damages after sediment pollution spilled onto their property from a solar electricity project built nearby.
At least seven people, including a child, were killed Thursday as severe storms swept across the South, where ferocious winds sent residents running for cover, blew roofs off homes and knocked out power to thousands.
Hurricane Ian, which thrashed Florida and the Carolinas last year, has claimed the No. 3 spot in the list of 10 most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history, according to a new report from the National Centers for Environmental Information.
Georgia topped the list of the American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual ‘Judicial Hellholes’ report. The Peach State edged out the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the states of California and New York to top the list.
Catastrophe risk modelling firm RMS has estimated that the private insurance and reinsurance market loss from recent hurricane Nicole will fall below $2 billion, with its best estimate being for a $1.6 billion industry loss.
A Gwinnett County jury unanimously imposed a $1.7 billion verdict, the largest in state history, against Ford Motor Co. on Friday in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a 2014 rollover crash that killed a Middle Georgia couple.
Twenty men who say they were sexually abused decades ago as students at a northwest Georgia private school are seeking $345 million in damages from the school’s insurers.