Atlanta News

Fire Destroys 3 City-Owned Historic Houses in Atlanta

MORROW, Ga. (AP) _ Arson has destroyed three adjacent historic homes owned by a city near Atlanta, officials said. Mayor John Lampl wept as he looked over the wreckage in Morrow on Saturday evening, WXIA-TV reported. “What leads the investigators …

Temporary Accommodations Modernizes Reimbursement Process with Self-Service Receipt Capture Technology

Atlanta, GA, January 26, 2021- Temporary Accommodations, the most trusted source for temporary housing in the industry, has raised the bar for technology in the Additional Living Expense space. After introducing their policyholder self-service platform, TA InsuredTrak, early last year, …

Animal House: Squirrel Wrecks Home, Insurance Won’t Fix it

ATLANTA — An Atlanta couple said they came home from a winter vacation to find their house had been ransacked by an unusual suspect: a squirrel. Kari and Dustin Drees bought their first home last month in Atlanta’s affluent Buckhead …

Specialized Property Broker Tracy Anderson Joins Breckenridge Insurance Services

KENNESAW, GA, March 5, 2015 — Breckenridge Insurance Services, a leading specialty wholesale commercial brokerage firm, has hired Tracy Anderson as a property broker to its Atlanta-based team. Anderson brings nearly a decade of excess and surplus lines expertise to …

Atlanta Residents, Businesses Must Register Alarms

Businesses and residents in Atlanta, Ga., will soon be required to register any security or burglar alarm systems they have installed. Atlanta police said in a statement that officers responded to 65,000 alarm system calls last year. Police say 95 …

American Claims Management Continues Expansion in Southeast

San Diego, CA, 05/08/13 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator with claims ancillary services, is continuing to establish a presence in the Southeast by expanding its Atlanta operations. The new Atlanta office space will house …

Plan for Cameras in Atlanta City Vehicles Raises Concerns

A plan to install cameras in city-owned vehicles in Atlanta is raising privacy concerns from the workers who will be videotaped. Atlanta officials plan to install 175 cameras in the city vehicles. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the goal is …

Atlanta Trucking Firm Shut Down Over Safety Issues

Federal authorities have shut down an Atlanta-based trucking company, saying the firm failed to cooperate with safety investigators. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Southern Transportation Inc. received an order Friday forcing it to cease operations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety …

Atlanta Buildings Getting Carbon Monoxide Detectors

The Atlanta Public Safety Committee has voted to install carbon monoxide detectors in all public buildings and schools. WSB-TV reports the committee unanimously voted to pass the ordinance Tuesday. The vote comes more than a month after a carbon monoxide …

Georgia City Considers Removing Red Light Cameras

An Atlanta, Ga., suburb might scrap its red light cameras, which are designed to nab motorists who run red lights. Roswell transportation director Steven Acenbrak tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the number of crashes before the cameras were installed are …