Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alabama-based ProAssurance Discloses Credit Exposures
Sep 18 2008 // ProAssurance Corp., based in Birmingham, Ala., announced its held exposures related to financial institutions recently in the headlines. ProAssurance reported it holds $ 21.6 million in Lehman Brothers senior notes; $8.9...
Alabama Department of Insurance Introduces New Commissioner
Sep 17 2008 // Jim L. Ridling began his new job as Alabama Insurance Commissioner on Sept. 15 under appointment by Gov. Bob Riley Ridling entered a management training program in 1967 with Fireman’s Fund Insurance. This lead to...
Alabama Beach Pool Reports Progress on Coastal Insurance Issues
Sep 4 2008 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, a.k.a. the Beach Pool, released a progress report on a series of coastal insurance recommendations made by a state task force following Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The 20-member...
Alabama Gov. Names Ridling as State’s New Insurance Commissioner
Sep 4 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley filled a recently vacated opening on his cabinet, naming a commissioner to head the Department of Insurance. Jim L. Ridling takes over the position from Walter Bell, who announced in August he was...
Alabama National Guard Providing Relief at 7 Gustav Evacuee Shelters
Sep 4 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley called up 130 Alabama Army National Guard soldiers to perform security missions at seven locations housing evacuees from Hurricane Gustav. Riley called the troops to relieve local, county and state...
Tropical Storm Fay’s Four Landfalls in Florida Sets Record
Sep 1 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay made a record four landfalls on the northern Gulf Coast last month, drenching and damaging communities, crops, homes and businesses across the Florida peninsula. Gov. Charlie Crist received a major...
Alabama to Surcharge Obese State Employees
Sep 1 2008 // Alabama state employees suffering from obesity and three other health problems will eventually have to pay extra for their health insurance if they don’t try to control their problems. The State Employees’...
Alabama Streamlines Licensing Process
Sep 1 2008 // Since the beginning of Alabama Gov. Bob Riley’s administration, Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell said it has been the Department’s goal to streamline regulation and to reduce red tape. A new producer...
Declarations
Sep 1 2008 // Taking the 5th “Has it been your custom and habit in prosecuting litigation to have Senator Lott contact and encourage witnesses to give false information?” —State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. attorney Jim...
Feds Propose Stiff Fine for Alabama Military Contractor
Aug 29 2008 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $138, 500 in penalties for a Cullman, Alabama-based company for 31 safety and health violations. AAR Summa Technology has been singled out by the agency for 26...
2 University of Alabama Students Earn Insurance Industry Scholarships
Aug 22 2008 // The Derek Hughes/ National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. Educational Foundation scholarships went to two University of Alabama student. Recipient Aldrich Callins of Birmingham, Ala. has attended...
Alabama to Charge Obese State Employees More
Aug 22 2008 // Alabama state employees suffering from obesity and three other health problems will eventually have to pay extra for their health insurance if they don’t try to control their problems. The State Employees’...
Declarations
Aug 21 2008 // Declarations – Tara Hutchison, spokeswoman for Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, after a judge dismissed most of a lawsuit in which an indicted insurance executive accused the governor and others of conspiring to drive him out...
Alabama Beach Pool Offers Credits for Fortified Building
Aug 21 2008 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, or the Beach Pool, is implementing new discounts to help coastal policyholders reduce their windstorm premiums. The Beach Pool discounts will apply to homes built to the...
Alabama Troopers to Crackdown on Speeding, Impaired Driving
Aug 19 2008 // Yes, there will be more Alabama state troopers patrolling state highways this week. Beginning Aug. 18, troopers were on the lookout for drivers who violate traffic laws. The Department of Public Safety said troopers will...
Ala. Regulator Bell Named Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corp.
Aug 19 2008 // Swiss Re appointed Walter A. Bell as chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp. Bell, whose appointment with Swiss Re is effective Sept. 2, is currently insurance commissioner of the Alabama Department of Insurance, a...
School Bus Overturns on Muddy Alabama Road, 16 Students Injured
Aug 14 2008 // A school bus accident in Alabama’s southern Dale County sent sixteen students to hospitals with minor injuries. Dale County School Superintendent Phillip Parker said the mishap occurred Aug. 12 around 3:30 p.m. on a...
Bell Leaving Alabama Insurance Post
Aug 12 2008 // Walter A. Bell, the first Alabamian to serve as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, will be leaving his position as state insurance commissioner at the end of August, Gov. Bob Riley...
Alabama Updates Licensing Process for Insurance Professionals
Aug 11 2008 // Since the beginning of Alabama Gov. Bob Riley’s administration, Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell said it has been the Department’s goal to streamline insurance regulation and to reduce red...
Alabama Insurance Agent Parker Wins Republican Runoff
Aug 4 2008 // Huntsville insurance agent Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination for an open U.S. House seat in Alabama. In the 5th District in north Alabama, Parker received 79 percent to 21 percent for Huntsville lawyer Cheryl...
