Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Offer Options for Mississippi, Alabama Coastal Homeowners
Jan 12 2011 // A handful of new insurers have entered the coastal markets of Alabama and Mississippi, offering options to some homeowners. Coastal American, PURE, American Strategic, Wilshire, Republic and Southern Fidelity may not...
New Alabama AG Says Oil Spill Claims Top Priority
Jan 11 2011 // Incoming Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says he will hold nothing back to make sure the state and its citizens are compensated for all losses because of last year’s massive BP oil spill. Strange said he will...
Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission
Jan 10 2011 // Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover...
Alabama’s Coastal Map
Jan 10 2011 // The oil industry may be to blame for millions of dollars of damage and lost business along Alabama’s coast but it’s the insurance industry that holds the key to the state’s coastal recovery. This truth is...
People
Jan 10 2011 // Incumbent Alabama Commissioner of Insurance Jim L. Ridling will continue in that role in the new administration of Gov. Robert Bentley. Ridling has served as commissioner since 2008. “Jim Ridling is a respected...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t
Dec 23 2010 // The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the region and one that didn’t do as much harm as feared. The April 20 blowout of...
Alabama Tornado Survivors Still Coping 10 Years Later
Dec 22 2010 // Whitney Crowder doesn’t remember the day her father died. What happened Dec. 16, 2000, has gone down in state history: Eleven people, including her father and baby brother, died when an F4 tornado hit south...
Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission
Dec 21 2010 // Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover...
Deer Crashes on Rise in Alabama
Dec 20 2010 // Josh Dodd was traveling home last year, the same Alabama route he has taken countless times on Lauderdale 7, when a deer ran onto the road. Instinctively, he dodged to avoid colliding with the deer. His car went off the...
People
Dec 20 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh appointed Peter Mavraganis as U.S. leader of its renewable energy practice. Mavraganis, based in New York, will oversee Marsh’s support for its clients in renewable energy development,...
Incoming Alabama Gov. Bentley to Keep Ridling As Insurance Chief
Dec 17 2010 // Incumbent Alabama Commissioner of Insurance Jim L. Ridling will continue in that role in the new administration of Governor-elect Robert Bentley. Ridling has served as commissioner since 2008. “Jim Ridling is a...
Man Seeks $8 Million Over Alleged Police Beating in Alabama
Dec 15 2010 // A man has filed a federal lawsuit over his claim that two Russell County, Ala. deputy sheriffs beat him while a Phenix City police officer watched. Patrick Carlton Harrington is seeking $8 million in the lawsuit, which was...
Alabama Jury Awards $5 Million to Arson Victim
Dec 9 2010 // Lauderdale County, Ala. jurors have awarded $5 million in damages to a woman who suffered life-threatening injuries in a 2004 arson fire. The TimesDaily newspaper reported that 20-year-old Karrie Hayes testified during the...
Alabama Gov. Riley Alleges Extortion by BP Claims Fund
Dec 7 2010 // President Barack Obama should intervene to stop the $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund from depriving claimants of their rights, Alabama Governor Bob Riley said Monday, calling the way the fund was operating...
Alabama High Court Reinstates Suit Over Deadly Bus Crash
Dec 7 2010 // Victims of a 2006 school bus crash that killed four high school students and injured two dozen others in Huntsville four years ago can move forward with their lawsuits against a bus company, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled...
Alabama Court Rules Story of Rumor with Denial Can Be Libelous
Dec 6 2010 // An Alabama appeals court has ruled that a false and defamatory published statement can be libelous even if it accurately quotes a person making the claim, includes a denial and makes clear the allegation is unverified. The...
Alabama Gets Its Own Insurance Information Service
Nov 30 2010 // Many of Alabama’s personal and commercial lines insurers have established the Alabama Insurance Information Service (AIIS), a not-for-profit, non-lobbying trade association to provide news and information to the...
BP Says It Has Paid Alabama $657 Million So Far for Disaster Recovery
Nov 10 2010 // Oil giant BP says it has paid more than $657 million for grants, claims and recovery costs in Alabama from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company released updated figures this week on the amounts it has paid...
Republicans Gain Control in State Houses
Nov 4 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great...
Alabama Weighs 12.4% Drop in Workers’ Compensation Costs
Nov 2 2010 // Alabama insurance officials will consider an industry proposal to lower workers’ compensation loss costs in the state at a public hearing tomorrow in Montgomery. Citing reduced claims frequency, workers’...
