Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CEO ALLEGES ALABAMA WRECKED HIS BUSINESS
Apr 9 2007 // A former campaign supporter of Alabama Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Mont gomery filed...
CEO alleges Alabama wrecked his business
Apr 9 2007 // A former campaign supporter of Alabama Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Mont gomery filed...
Ala. Weighs Extending State’s Liability Coverage to Teachers
Apr 6 2007 // Several Alabama teachers testified in support of Gov. Bob Riley’s “Teacher Protection Act” this week when a Senate committee held a public hearing on the bill. The Teacher Protection Act would provide...
Workers’ Comp CEO Alleges Alabama Officials Wrecked His Business
Mar 30 2007 // A former campaign supporter of Alabamam Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Montgomery filed...
Agent, Councilman Sentenced to Probation in Ala. Corruption Probe
Mar 26 2007 // Orange Beach City Councilman Joseph McCarron was fined $1,000 and sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation for his conviction in a corruption case. McCarron, 69, who appeared in Baldwin County court in a...
Riley Health Proposal Appeals to Ala. Small Businesses
Mar 21 2007 // Chris Williams has to consider several factors when making decisions for his business. One of his most important decisions concerns health insurance for his employees. Williams owns Leisure Creations in Russellville, Ala.,...
Insurer Delivers First Check to Aid Tornado-Stricken Ala. Town
Mar 21 2007 // Representatives from a Boston-based insurance company personally presented a $2 million check to Gov. Bob Riley and Enterprise city officials as the first installment toward the coverage of two Enterprise schools damaged...
Ala. Gov. Pumps up Small Businesses
Mar 13 2007 // Gov. Bob Riley visited a Montgomery, Ala. dry cleaners on Monday to promote his plan that would provide a tax incentive for small businesses to offer health insurance for their employees. At Dry-Cleaning Express in...
Alabama Couple’s Burglary, Insurance Experience Spawns Business
Mar 8 2007 // Greg and Latasha Cain remember feeling helpless when someone broke into their Montgomery, Alabama home in 2003. The couple was even more dismayed after receiving an insurance check that was less than what they expected,...
March in Like a Lion in Alabama; Tornadoes Bring Death, Damage
Mar 2 2007 // A preliminary bulletin issued by Alabama Emergency Management Agency late Thursday reported that there were 17 confirmed deaths in Coffee County and one confirmed death in Wilcox County due to damage caused by tornadoes...
Alabama licenses first captive
Feb 26 2007 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has licensed its first captive insurance company under legislation enacted in 2006 and signed into law by Gov. Bob Riley. Chantilly Risk Management, which is located in Montgomery, is...
Alabama licenses first captive
Feb 25 2007 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has licensed its first captive insurance company under legislation enacted in 2006 and signed into law by Gov. Bob Riley. Chantilly Risk Management, which is located in Montgomery, is...
State Farm to Retain Coverage of Some Coastal Ala. Residents
Feb 20 2007 // Approximately 135 homeowners in the Fairhope-Daphne area whose policies were set to be non-renewed by State Farm Insurance are expected to have their coverage retained. Previously, State Farm notified the Alabama...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
Alabama – Walter Bell
Feb 11 2007 // Newly elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Walter Bell, also Alabama’s insurance commissioner, says state-based insurance regulation is at a “crossroads.” One of his...
Alabama Senate Leader Calls for Special Session on Coastal Insurance
Feb 8 2007 // Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Hinton Mitchem urged the governor to consider calling the Legislature into special session to address insurance cancellations and skyrocketing costs along the Alabama coast. “The...
First Ala. Captive Insurer Licensed Under New Law
Feb 7 2007 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has licensed its first captive insurance company under legislation enacted in 2006 and signed into law by Gov. Bob Riley. Chantilly Risk Management, which is located in Montgomery, is...
State Farm Won’t Renew 2,600 Policies in Alabama Beach Towns
Feb 5 2007 // Facing hundreds of hurricane-damage lawsuits on the Mississippi coast, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. cited back-to-back years of storm losses in announcing Friday it will not renew coverage for about 2,600 policyholders...
Alabama Considers Tougher Teen Driving Laws
Jan 30 2007 // A state committee looking for ways to save lives on Alabama highways wants to get young drivers off cell phones and put new restrictions on how many passengers they can carry. The State Highway Safety Coordinating...
Business Moves
Jan 7 2007 // AssuranceAmerica Corp. AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta-based insurance holding company, has written its first auto insurance policy in Louisiana. The company now writes in six states including Georgia, Florida, South...
