Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study Says Alabama Tied for Second in Most Uninsured Motorists
Jul 23 2007 // A national study suggests Alabama’s mandatory auto insurance law has had little effect on the number of uninsured driver on state roads since the Legislature enacted it in 1999. The Insurance Research Council, a...
Chertoff, Governors Appeal for Coast Residents to get Storm Ready
Jul 2 2007 // Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joined governors from Mississippi and Alabama in appealing for Gulf Coast residents to get prepared for the height of hurricane season. Some 400 delegates to the three-day...
Hurricane Exit Plans for Alabama’s Elderly, Sick Upgraded
Jun 21 2007 // Some of the people whose lives are at stake during a hurricane are lying helpless in nursing homes and hospitals on the Alabama coast, where emergency computer and phone networks have been enhanced to help them when a...
Alabama lawmakers raise auto insurance limits, but delay legislation for statewide building code
Jun 18 2007 // The Alabama Legislature adjourned after giving final approval to a key insurance measure that will increase the state’s auto liability minimum limits from 20/40/10 to 25/50/25. Legislators deferred to the 2008...
Ala. State Fire Marshal Joins State Forester’s Fireworks Ban
Jun 14 2007 // State Forester Linda Casey issued an emergency drought declaration temporarily banning discharging fireworks in 33 Alabama counties. Alabama State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk has joined in the issuance. “The situation in...
Last-Minute Resolution Could Give Ala. Senators Cheaper Insurance
Jun 13 2007 // The session of the Alabama Legislature that started with lawmakers giving themselves a 61 percent pay raise ended with senators passing a resolution that could give them a reduced rate on state employee health insurance...
Leighton, Ala. Mayor Faces Possible Fine for Ethics Violation
Jun 11 2007 // Mayor Lawayne Harrison, of Leighton, Ala., who was accused of using his office for personal gain, has admitted to two minor ethics violations and faces a possible fine of up to $2,000. Ethics Commission Executive Director...
Ala. Legislature Approves Auto Insurance Hikes, Defers Building Code
Jun 8 2007 // The Alabama Legislature adjourned yesterday after giving final approval to a key insurance measure that will increase the state’s auto liability minimum limits from 20/40/10 to 25/50/25. Legislators deferred to the...
Alabama in Hurricane Readiness Mode
Jun 4 2007 // With Katrina memories still fresh, Alabama Gulf Coast residents have begun stockpiling ice, water, food and other supplies just in case this hurricane season turns ugly. FEMA also will have disaster relief supplies stored...
Ala.’s Alfa Ratings Lowered One Notch to ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
May 14 2007 // While its outlook remains stable, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered Alfa Insurance Group’s credit and financial strength ratings to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-‘. Alfa is the...
Fortified building standards: Gulf Coast market salvation?
May 7 2007 // Concrete houses sprouting up in southern Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region are more than just fortified structures that will protect their owners from up to 250 mph winds and 36 foot storm surges...
Ala. Treasurer’s Vault has Plenty of Unclaimed Valuables
May 1 2007 // The Alabama state treasurer’s job is to reconnect lost items such as pearls, coins, timepieces, old Elvis records and a half a million dollars to their rightful owners, and right now the office has $317 million in...
P/C Insurers to Pay $1.2 Billion in 1st Quarter Home, Business Catastrophe Claims
Apr 25 2007 // Severe tornadoes in several southern states helped push catastrophe losses to more than $1.2 billion during the first quarter of 2007, according to the industry’s Property Claim Services (PCS), a unit of Insurance...
Ala. teachers may join state liability plan
Apr 23 2007 // Several Alabama teachers testified in support of Gov. Bob Riley’s “Teacher Protection Act” recently when a Senate committee held a public hearing on the bill. The Teacher Protection Act would provide...
Alabama Officials Prepare for Hurricane Season
Apr 17 2007 // Alabama Governor Bob Riley and state agency leaders huddled this week to review Alabama’s plans for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1. The state leaders joined officials from FEMA, the U.S....
CEO ALLEGES ALABAMA WRECKED HIS BUSINESS
Apr 9 2007 // A former campaign supporter of Alabama Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Mont gomery filed...
CEO alleges Alabama wrecked his business
Apr 9 2007 // A former campaign supporter of Alabama Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Mont gomery filed...
Ala. Weighs Extending State’s Liability Coverage to Teachers
Apr 6 2007 // Several Alabama teachers testified in support of Gov. Bob Riley’s “Teacher Protection Act” this week when a Senate committee held a public hearing on the bill. The Teacher Protection Act would provide...
Workers’ Comp CEO Alleges Alabama Officials Wrecked His Business
Mar 30 2007 // A former campaign supporter of Alabamam Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Montgomery filed...
Agent, Councilman Sentenced to Probation in Ala. Corruption Probe
Mar 26 2007 // Orange Beach City Councilman Joseph McCarron was fined $1,000 and sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation for his conviction in a corruption case. McCarron, 69, who appeared in Baldwin County court in a...
