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ARLENE’S TIMING PERFECT FOR REFERRAL LIST
Jul 4 2005 // When Tropical Storm Arlene blew through Alabama it made the timing ideal for the release of a homeowners insurance referral list providing area homeowners with the names and contact numbers of insurance companies, agencies...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // ALABAMA Arlene’s Timing Perfect for Referral List When Tropical Storm Arlene blew through Alabama it made the timing ideal for the release of a homeowners insurance referral list providing area homeowners with the...
People
Jul 4 2005 // Joe Grauwiler has been named regional vice president of The Main Street America Group’s Jacksonville Region and president of its Old Dominion Insurance Co. unit. The region encompasses Main Street America’s...
Ala. Task Force Recommends 60-Day Homeowners Policy Notice
Jun 29 2005 // The Alabama Hurricane Issues Task Force headed by Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell has recommended a new regulation that would force insurers to give 60 days notice to policyholders whose insurance will be changed or...
AIIA Conference: Bell Calls Market ‘Impressive’; Rowe Says Response, Timing Are Critical
Jun 27 2005 // The Alabama insurance market is “impressive” and the state has a “healthy market, trending upward,” Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell told members of the Alabama Independent Insurance...
AssuranceAmerica Expands to Alabama; Writing Auto Policies
Jun 21 2005 // AssuranceAmerica Corporation has announced its expansion into Alabama’s auto insurance market with sales of its first auto insurance policies in the state. The Atlanta-based company is represented by more than 300...
DOI LISTS INSURANCE PROVIDERS
Jun 20 2005 // A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties became available June 13, thanks to the efforts of Alabama’s Hurricane...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // ALABAMA DOI Lists Insurance Providers A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties became available June 13, thanks to the...
Timing Perfect for Release of Ala. Insurance Referral List
Jun 16 2005 // Tropical Storm Arlene blew through Alabama last weekend, making the timing ideal for the release this week of a homeowners insurance referral list providing area homeowners with the names and contact numbers of insurance...
After Tropical Storm Arlene: Fla. Panhandle, Alabama Report Only Minimal Damage
Jun 12 2005 // Initial damage reports in Gulf Shores, Ala. were minimal after Tropical Storm Arlene came ashore on Saturday afternoon dropping more than 5 inches of rain and taking basically the same path as Hurricane Ivan last...
Arlene Moves Inland Northwest of Pensacola, Fla.; Losing Strength
Jun 10 2005 // Tropical Storm Arlene moved inland at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon and proceeded northwest of Pensacola, Fla. Tropical storm and hurricane watches were cancelled all areas but those in the immediate vicinity of the storm....
Ala. DOI, AIIA to Release a List of Insurance Providers on June 13
Jun 1 2005 // A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties will be available June 13, thanks to the efforts of the Alabama’s...
NAMIC: Statutory Remedies to Curb Fraud Abuse Spreading Across U.S.
May 25 2005 // To combat insurance fraud that costs consumers an average of $200-300 per year, 40 states have established entities responsible for oversight of related investigations and prosecution efforts, according to an analysis by...
Ala. Motel Settles Complaint
May 23 2005 // A Budget Inn motel owner in Crestview, Ala. has agreed to pay $10,000, plus restitution, to settle a complaint filed by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, claiming that it doubled its rates for victims fleeing...
Ala. Motel Settles Complaint: Denies Fleecing Guests
Apr 29 2005 // A budget motel owner in Crestview, Ala. has agreed to pay $10,000, plus restitution, to settle a complaint filed by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, claiming that it doubled its rates for victims fleeing Hurricane...
Task Force Suggests Ala. Homeowners Need An Insurance Referral Service
Apr 21 2005 // An insurance referral service to connect Alabama consumers with insurers has been suggested by the Hurricane Insurance Issues Task Force to assist homeowners in finding insurance along the state’s Gulf Coast,...
People & Places
Apr 4 2005 // Mike Hill Alabama State Representative Mike Hill, R-Shelby County, was honored by the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents as AIIA’s “Lawmaker of the Year” in an award presentation in Montgomery, Ala. Tim...
Ala. Atty. Gen. Tells AIIA: ‘Take a Stand for Values in Government’
Apr 4 2005 // Take a stand for values in government,” Troy King, Alabama Attorney General, told more than 100 Alabama Independent Insurance Agents attending a March 17 annual Young Legislative Conference in Montgomery. Quinton...
GOVERNOR APPOINTS INSURANCE PANEL
Apr 4 2005 // Alabama Insur-ance Commissioner Walter A. Bell will chair a 20-member insurance panel app-ointed by Gov. Bob Riley to study hurricane insurance issues in coastal Alabama. The “Insurance Issues Task Force” will...
Alabama Insurance Commission Deadline Passes, Insurers Have 30 Days to Pay Claims
Mar 29 2005 // The March 25 deadline, set by the Alabama Department of Insurance for insurers to settle Hurricane Ivan-related claims or report to the department why they have not been settled, has passed and according to a DoI...
