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Mother of Missing Alabama Teen Natalee Holloway Sues For $35M Over ‘Fake’ TV Series
Feb 7 2018 // The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the producers of what she contends was a fake television documentary about the...
Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Concert Injury Suit Against Booking Agent
Feb 6 2018 // The Alabama Supreme Court says a man can’t go forward with his lawsuit against a company involved in booking a death metal concert where he was injured. The justices on Friday blocked a lawsuit against the Los...
Alfa Insurance of Alabama Announces Retirement of EVP Rutledge
Jan 30 2018 // Alabama-based Alfa Insurance’s Executive Vice President of Operations Steve Rutledge will retire Feb. 1 after 33 years of service with the company. Rutledge began his career with Alfa in 1984 as a securities analyst...
Alabama-Based ProAssurance Promotes Rand to Chief Operating Officer
Jan 23 2018 // ProAssurance Corporation, based in Birmingham, Ala., has promoted Edward L. “Ned” Rand, Jr. to chief operating officer. In this newly created position, Rand will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of...
Workers’ Comp Carrier Retailers Casualty Insurance Expands Into Alabama
Jan 5 2018 // Retailers Casualty Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Alabama Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation coverage in the state of Alabama. Appointed agents may quote...
Alabama Reports Fewer Traffic-Related Deaths Over Holiday Period
Jan 5 2018 // Alabama state troopers investigated nearly two dozen fatal traffic crashes during the holiday period, fewer deaths than reported a year earlier. AL.com reports that Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials on Wednesday...
Freight Train Collision in Alabama Injures 4
Jan 2 2018 // Two freight trains collided in rural Alabama, injuring four people on board. The Tuscaloosa News reports that that the collision happened Thursday afternoon in Pickens County. The sheriff’s office told the newspaper...
Beckwith Joins Brentwood Services Administrators’ New Alabama Office
Jan 2 2018 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has hired DeeDee Beckwith in the position as a claims adjuster trainee in its occupational injury unit in the new Florence, Ala., office,...
Alabama Department of Insurance Names Workman as Deputy Commissioner
Dec 20 2017 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has announced Jerry Workman as Deputy Commissioner. Workman will succeed Deputy Commissioner and Chief Actuary Charles Angell, who is retiring in July of 2018. He will lead the...
The Charity Issue: Photos of Giving
Dec 18 2017 // The Keane Insurance Group John Keane, president of The Keane Insurance Group, founded the Keane Charitable Group in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti. Since then, The Keane Group has raised more than $1 million to build...
Alabama Private School Fire Sparked by Leaking Gas Injures 5
Dec 13 2017 // Authorities say five people were injured by a sudden fire sparked by leaking gas at a Catholic school on the Alabama coast. News outlets report the flames erupted Saturday inside a kitchen at St. Vincent de Paul School in...
Heavy Snow Causes Problems Across the Southeast
Dec 11 2017 // An unusually heavy December snowfall across much of the Deep South tapered off Saturday, but icy road conditions left problems and thousands remained without electricity throughout the region. Forecasters warned that...
Hospitals in Mississippi, Alabama Sue Opioid Manufacturers Over Addiction Costs
Dec 5 2017 // Hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama are suing more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies, claiming the companies deceptively marketed and sold opioids. The Clarion Ledger reports the class-action federal lawsuit was filed...
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Nov 20 2017 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc., a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries Inc. (EBSCO), has appointed insurance veteran Paul Barber as president. Barber comes to S.S. Nesbitt after having spent 25 years...
Alabama Department of Insurance Launches Online Help Chat for Agents, Consumers
Nov 17 2017 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched a new online chat to offer consumers another avenue to have their insurance questions answered quickly. Representatives are now available at www.aldoi.gov to help with...
Jury Awards $7.5M to Alabama Man Injured at Walmart
Nov 14 2017 // An Alabama man who said he tripped and broke his hip while buying a watermelon at a Walmart store has won a $7.5 million verdict in his lawsuit against the retailer. Henry Walker on Wednesday was awarded the damages after...
3 Alabama Teens Arrested for Starting Fires that Damaged 5 Structures
Nov 13 2017 // Authorities say a series of fires damaged five structures in Alabama and three teenagers have been charged. Sylacauga Police Chief Kelley Johnson told news outlets that authorities started receiving reports of fires...
Alabama Stockbroker Faces 30 Years in Prison for Embezzling $200K
Nov 13 2017 // A former Alabama stockbroker is accused of embezzling over $200,000 from BBVA Compass Bank. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama said in a news release that 30-year-old Eric Scott Darty...
S.S. Nesbitt & Co. of Alabama Taps Roman, Monroe as VPs
Oct 19 2017 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc. (SSN), a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries, Inc. (EBSCO), has appointed Mike Roman as vice president of its property and casualty sales. Roman is joining senior vice...
Authorities Investigating Multiple Fires in Historic Alabama Town
Oct 18 2017 // Authorities are investigating a series of fires in an Alabama town, including one that damaged a historic former school building. The Selma Times-Journal reports that as many as five fires were reported in the city’s...
