Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ala. Man Allegedly Sets Fire to Mobile Home
Jun 3 2004 // A Maylene, Alabama man was charged with setting fire to the mobile home he was renting. Selston Emmett Seals Jr., 40, of Maylene was charged with second-degree arson and taken to the Shelby County Jail. The fire, which...
Ala. to Receive Disaster Aid for 2002 Storms
May 19 2004 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley announced more than $1.2 million dollars in disaster aid has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the City of Carbon Hill for infrastructure cost caused by severe...
Alabama – More than the Heart of Dixie
May 17 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Alabama at 4,447,100. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 19 percent had...
Ala. A.G. Warns of Home Repair Fraud
May 4 2004 // May is Remodeling Consumer Protection Month, and Alabama Attorney General Troy King is teaming with the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, the Home Builders Association of Alabama, and the Better Business Bureau in an...
CIS, Inc. announces entry into S.C. non-standard auto market
Apr 26 2004 // Jess Chappell, President and CEO of Savannah, GA based CIS, Inc., announced that CIS will enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over the administration of an already existing program. “We...
Alabama Woman Charged with Arson
Apr 21 2004 // A 39-year-old Alexander City, Ala. woman was charged with first-degree arson in connection with a fire that resulted in a rescue of the woman’s boyfriend. According to the Alabama Department of Insurance, Janet Tuck...
West Virginia Gets Insurance Fraud Bureau Later This Year
Apr 19 2004 // Having put pen to paper, West Virginia Governor Bob Wise recently signed the state’s first insurance fraud bureau into law, ushering in a new era of stepped-up crackdowns on industry fraud. State Insurance...
Ala. Fire Damages Prison Administration Building
Apr 15 2004 // An electrical fire that began in a storage room caused moderate damage to an administrative building at Kilby Prison outside of Montgomery, Alabama this week. No one was injured. The Alabama State Fire Marshals Office...
S&P: Alfa Mutual Insurance Co., Affiliates Ratings Lowered, Outlook Stable
Apr 13 2004 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the members of Alabama-based Alfa Insurance Group (Alfa) to ‘AA-‘ from ‘AA’. Standard &...
AMERICAN MEDICAL SECURITY GROUP COMPLETES ALABAMA CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT:
Apr 5 2004 // American Medical Security Group Inc. (AMS) and plaintiffs’ representatives have reportedly reached an agreement of understanding to certify and settle a class-action lawsuit, Gadson v. AMS, pending in the Circuit...
Alabama P/C Market Gaining Momentum
Mar 30 2004 // Walter Bell With signs of improvement on the horizon for the property/casualty market in Alabama, Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell recently set aside time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast about conditions in the...
Ala. Student Arrested, But Not Expected to be Prosecuted in School Fire
Mar 17 2004 // A 16-year-old Alabama student allegedly dropped a cigarette butt into a trash can filled with mops in a janitor’s closet at Jackson High School last week. A small fire ensued, but the school’s principal...
NAIW Education Foundation Tourney Tees Off May 20
Mar 16 2004 // The Alabama State Council of Insurance Women will hold a golf tournament on Thursday, May 20, beginning at 7 a.m. at the Indian Oaks Golf Course in Anniston, Alabama. Proceeds will benefit the NAIW Education...
Ala. Fire Destroys Business, Damages Five Others
Mar 15 2004 // A March 11 fire at the Boaz Shopping Center in Alabama brought eight area fire departments to fight the blaze, which destroyed one business and damaged five others. Three Boaz firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation...
American Medical Security Group Completes Ala. Class-Action Lawsuit
Mar 12 2004 // American Medical Security Group Inc. (AMS) and plaintiffs’ representatives have reportedly reached an agreement of understanding to certify and settle a class-action lawsuit, Gadson v. AMS, pending in the Circuit...
Ala. Family Killed in Apparent Electrical Fire
Mar 10 2004 // A fire early Monday morning took the lives of a Tarrant, Alabama family. The fire, which started in the attic, appears to be electrical in nature and likely will be deemed to be an accident. No monetary damages to the home...
Financial Luncheons for Agency Personnel visit Alabama March 29-April 2
Mar 10 2004 // Here Comes Danny! Independent Finance Company Road Show Luncheons will be held March 29-April 2 in different parts of Alabama. Agency principles, office managers, financing managers or other agency decision makers can join...
Ala. Department of Insurance Unveils Updated Web Site
Mar 9 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched an updated Web site. It remains at the same address, which is http://www.aldoi.gov/. The new site, designed by department webmaster Jelene Hardy, should reportedly provide...
Several Ala. Businesses Damaged in Fire
Mar 9 2004 // A Sunday night fire in Selma damaged two businesses and the Alabama Employment Office. All three were located in the 1000 block of Broad Street in downtown Selma. The fire originated in the Family Dollar Store. The...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
