Latest Alabama Headlines
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Alabama Now Requiring Quarterly Reports From Surplus Lines Brokers
Jan 8 2025 // Starting this spring, surplus lines brokers in Alabama must file quarterly reports showing all surplus lines transactions, the state Department of Insurance said this week. The rule is in keeping with state law and took...
Alliant Moves into Alabama with Osborne as SVP
Jan 2 2025 // Alliant Insurance Services has named Johnny Osborne senior vice president for its Americas division. Based in Huntsville, Alabama, Osborne Osborne will open the Alabama market for Alliant, further expanding the...
‘Baby Driver’ Actor Hudson Meek Remembered After Fall From Car in Alabama
Dec 30 2024 // VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said. Meek, 16, was hurt on Dec. 19 while on a street in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of...
Alabama Prisoners Work at Stores But Not Eligible for Parole or Workers’ Comp
Dec 23 2024 // DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot...
Alabama Singer/Public Adjuster Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor, Stay Home
Dec 5 2024 // Austin Tanner, a claims adjuster and aspiring country singer from Alabama, has been confined mostly to his home and must wear an ankle monitor after he violated the terms of his bail bond and traveled to the Country Music...
Aspiring Alabama Country Singer/Claims Adjuster Charged After Violating Bond at CMA
Dec 2 2024 // An Alabama public adjuster known as an aspiring country music singer has been re-arrested after reportedly violating the terms of his bond from an arrest earlier this year. Austin Tanner, of Orange Beach, also appears to...
Higginbotham Fitts in Another Alabama Agency
Nov 25 2024 // Higginbotham, an independent insurance and human resources firm based in Texas, has joined forces with Fitts Agency in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, further expanding Higginbotham’s presence in the state. Fitts CEO Forrest...
Nonresident Surplus Brokers in Alabama Must Have $50,000 Bond Starting Jan. 1
Nov 12 2024 // Nonresident surplus lines brokers working in Alabama, like their in-state brethren, must secure a $50,000 fidelity bond to be licensed in the state, starting Jan. 1. The Alabama Department of Insurance posted the bulletin...
Alabama Judge Appoints Mediator in Long-Running Med Marijuana License Dispute
Oct 25 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge has appointed a mediator in the long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson named retired Circuit...
Oakbridge Adds Alabama’s Hull & Associates to the Lineup
Oct 18 2024 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency is expanding again, this time with the addition of Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based Hull & Associates, an agency that has specialized in finding coverage for student housing in and around the home...
Alabama’s Wind-Mitigation Program Celebrates 50,000 Fortified Homes in the State
Sep 18 2024 // Alabama’s wind-mitigation grant program has resulted in 50,000 fortified homes over the last decade, outpacing most other coastal states that offer similar programs. The Alabama Department of Insurance announced the...
Alabama Shipbuilder Austal to Pay $24M to Settle Accounting Fraud Probe
Aug 29 2024 // MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Austal USA, an Alabama-based shipbuilder that makes vessels for the U.S. Navy, has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a $24 million fine to settle an accounting fraud investigation, the U.S....
Alabama High School Football Player Dies From Brain Injury in Season Opener
Aug 26 2024 // A high school football player in Alabama died after he suffered a brain injury in a Friday night game, according to multiple news reports. Caden Tellier, whose mom once held an Alabama insurance producer license, played...
14-Year-Old Dies After Collapsing During Football Practice in Alabama
Aug 19 2024 // NEW BROCKTON, Ala. (AP) — A 14-year-old football player in Alabama died Tuesday after collapsing during afternoon practice. Semaj Wilkins, a freshman at New Brockton High School, suffered a medical emergency early in...
Family Settles with Officer Whose K9 Killed an Alabama Man in 2018
Aug 19 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The family of a man killed by a police dog in Montgomery, Alabama, has agreed to settle its federal lawsuit against the police officer who handled the animal, but their lawyers said Friday that...
South Alabama Woman Charged With 11 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Jul 30 2024 // An Alabama woman was arrested after she was indicted by a grand jury, charged with multiple counts of insurance fraud. Allison Dawn Benton Davis, 53, of Dothan, was charged with 11 counts of insurance fraud, according to...
Alabama Company Pays $81,000 OSHA Fine After Worker’s Fatal Fall
Jun 25 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor has fined an Alabama mobile home manufacturer more than $81,000 after a worker without fall protection slipped and fell to his death last November. The department’s Occupational Safety...
Alabama Insurance Producer Pleads to Threatening Prosecutor in Trump Case
Jun 20 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama insurance producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over the...
Is Trampoline Job Landscape Work? AI Says Yes. 11th Circuit Says It’s Not Covered
May 30 2024 // Is the installation of an in-ground trampoline considered landscaping work, covered by a landscaper’s liability insurance policy? Artificial intelligence programs suggest that it is. But human judges with the 11th...
Kentucky, Alabama Towns Dealing with Tornado Damage, Florida Feeling Record Heat
May 29 2024 // The latest community left with shattered homes and no power was the tiny Kentucky town of Charleston, which took a direct hit Sunday night from a tornado that the governor said appeared to be on the ground for 40 miles (64...
