Latest Alabama Headlines
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Florida, Alabama Get Tough on Unpaid Claims
Mar 21 2005 // Thousands of irate homeowners mobbed state insurance officials in Florida and Alabama to complain about a wait of more than six months for their claims to be settled from the 2004 hurricanes. Tom Gall-agher, Florida Chief...
Commissioner Bell to Chair Ala. ‘Insurance Hurricane Issues Task Force’
Mar 21 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell has been named to chair a 20-member “Insurance Hurricane Issues Task Force” formed by Gov. Bob Riley to study hurricane insurance issues in coastal Alabama. Members...
AIIA Conferees Honor Rep. Mike Hill; Attend BBQ at State Legislature
Mar 18 2005 // State Representative Mike Hill, R-Shelby County, was honored by the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents on March 17th as AIIA’s “Lawmaker of the Year” in an award presentation in Montgomery, Ala. to kick...
Mobile County, Ala. Legislators Write Letter Requesting One-Year Premium Freeze
Mar 11 2005 // A one-year moratorium on homeowners insurance policy changes has been requested in a letter signed by 13 members of the Moible, Ala. county legislative delegation. “Even though we understand the costs associated with...
Ala. Homeowners Concerned About Possibility of Losing Hurricane Coverage
Mar 10 2005 // Rumors that several insurance companies plan to drop hurricane coverage in Mobile, Ala. has consumers abuzz and requests being made to the Alabama Legislature to do something to prevent homeowners from losing their...
Two Ala. Agents Sentenced in Bribery Case
Feb 24 2005 // Two Cherokee County, Ala. insurance agents have been sentenced in a Birmingham court on charges of bribery of elected officials. James L. Williams and Michael Tillery pleaded guilty in November to giving money to county...
Ala. Commission Sets March 25 Deadline to Settle Hurricane Ivan Damage Claims
Feb 24 2005 // Insurance companies with unsettled claims from Hurricane Ivan have been given until March 25 to pay policyholders, or explain to Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell why the claims have not been paid. Once claims are...
Ala. Insurance Commission Settles Lawsuit With VFW
Jan 27 2005 // The Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars will receive a reimbursement of $42,000, which will be distributed to VFW posts statewide, due to a lawsuit settlement with the Alabama Insurance Commission. The Limestone County VFW...
Arthur J. Gallagher Forms Gallagher RE
Jan 24 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the merger of its two U.S. reinsurance brokerage subsidiaries, Arthur J. Gallagher Intermediaries Inc. in New York and John P. Woods & Co. Inc. in New Jersey effective...
AssuranceAmerica Gains Regulator Approval for Alabama
Jan 7 2005 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta-based insurance company with operations in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina has received approval from the Alabama Department of Insurance to commence insurance operations in that...
Alfa Insurance Donates to Build Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind Dorm
Jan 7 2005 // Alfa Insurance of Montgomery, Ala. and the Alabama Farmers Federation board of directors are donating $250,000 to help the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) build a new dormitory at the Helen Keller School of...
Montgomery, Ala.-based Alfa Corp. Buys Vision Insurance Group
Jan 4 2005 // Montgomery, Ala.-based Alfa Corp. has purchased Vision Insurance Group of Brentwood, Tenn. The transaction involved $20 million in cash and stock, with an additional purchase consideration of as much as $14 million, based...
ALABAMA AGENTS PLAN MARCH LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE:
Jan 3 2005 // Agents will be briefed about pending Alabama legislation, review topics to discuss with Alabama legislators and attend a BBQ at the Capital March 17 during the 18th Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Legislative...
Dec., Jan. Worst Months for Auto-Deer Collisions in Ala.
Dec 28 2004 // There is one deer for every 2.5 registered vehicles in Alabama — 1.8 million deer and 4.5 million vehicles according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Arlington, Va. Usually, deer stay in the woods and...
SBA Filing Deadline Extended to Jan. 3 in Fla., Ala.
Dec 23 2004 // The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has extended application deadlines to Jan. 3 for residents and business owners in Florida and Alabama. A spokesman said it has approved more than $1 billion in loans in Florida...
Alabama Agents Schedule March Legislative Conference
Dec 8 2004 // Alabama agents will be briefed about pending legislation, review topics to discuss with Alabama legislators and attend a BBQ at the Capital March 17 during the 18th Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Legislative...
Ala. County Commissioner Indicted
Dec 2 2004 // A five-count federal indictment was handed down by a Birmingham Grand Jury charging Cherokee County Commissioner Leonard Woodall with accepting bribes and making false statements. Woodall is also accused of lying to FBI...
Ala. Insurance Agents Plead Guilty in Bribery Case
Nov 22 2004 // Two insurance agents have pleaded guilty in Birmingham, Ala., to giving money to Cherokee County elected officials in exchange for the county’s insurance business, the latest corruption case to surface in the...
Ala. Agents Plead Guilty in Bribery Case
Nov 2 2004 // Two insurance agents have pleaded guilty in Birmingham, Ala. to giving money to Cherokee County elected officials in exchange for the county’s insurance business, the latest corruption case to surface in the...
Alabama’s DOI On A Fact-finding Mission to Interview Brokers, Companies
Oct 29 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance is interviewing brokers and companies that are tied to entities that have attracted the attention of prosecutors in New York and other states. “There have been serious allegations...
