Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alabama to Hold Auto Rate Hearings on June 18
May 22 2003 // The Alabama Insurance Department announced it will hold public hearings on the proposed revisions of private passenger automobile insurance rates and rules as filed and requested by the four separate companies on June 18,...
Ala. Proposes Regulation to Clarify Credit Score Usage
May 12 2003 // A proposed Alabama insurance department regulation dealing with the use of credit scoring would help clarify the use of credit in the state, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers, especially since...
Regulators Take Steps to Liquidate Company Serving Ala. Hospitals
May 7 2003 // Virginia insurance regulators informed Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell recently that they are taking steps to liquidate a company that provides liability coverage to 46 Alabama hospitals. The Virginia insurance...
IRES Honors Alabama DOI General Counsel
May 2 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance announced that Michael A. Bownes, general counsel for the agency, has been awarded the 2003 Paul L. DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award, given annually by the Insurance Regulatory Examiners...
No ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ for Oregon Co.
May 1 2003 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell ordered an unlicensed Oregon company marketing medical malpractice insurance to physicians and hospitals in his state to terminate all activities there. The formal cease and...
Alabama’s Regions Goes Online
May 1 2003 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions Financial Corp. announced it has begun providing insurance information and services online at its Regions Insurance Services Web site, www.regionsinsurance.com. Regions Insurance Services...
Alabama DOI Has New Cyberspace Address
Apr 28 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance announced its office in cyberspace has a new name on its front door, www.aldoi.gov, which the agency says reflects its mission as a servant of the people of the state of...
Alabama Announces Regulation Hearings
Apr 7 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has scheduled regulation hearings for May 6 and May 21, 2003. The May 6 hearing will address the adoption of regulations concerning customer privacy and use of credit information....
Ala. Commissioner Urges Passage of Fraud Bill
Mar 18 2003 // Acknowledging that his state has yet to enact strong measures to combat insurance fraud, Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell released the following statement in support of such anti-fraud...
Alabama to Host Auto Rate Hearings
Mar 11 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance recently announced two rate hearings for private passenger automobile insurance. The first will be held March 25 and the second on April 1. The March 25 public hearing will address the...
Alabama DOI to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Shoals Area
Mar 5 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance announced that agency representatives will visit the Shoals area on March 12 to meet with citizens to answer questions their regarding insurance issues. The meeting will be held at...
Alabama DOI Issues Doctors Insurance Reciprocal Warning
Feb 18 2003 // The Alabama Insurance Department notified Alabama physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, etc. who currently have policies with Doctors Insurance Reciprocal that the company’s rehabilitator has...
Fisher Appointed Asst. Director of Alabama DIR
Feb 3 2003 // Alabama Governor Bob Riley appointed Donald K. Fisher, a former insurance manager in Montgomery, as the assistant director of the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. According to the department, Fisher began his...
Nabers Resigns from ProAssurance Board
Dec 23 2002 // ProAssurance Corporation of Birmingham Ala., announced that Drayton Nabers, Jr. will resign from the company’s Board of Directors on December 31, 2002. Nabers is resigning to become the Finance Director for the State...
Alabama to Hold Jan. Workers’ Comp Hearing
Dec 17 2002 // The Alabama Department of Insurance announced it will hold a public hearing on Jan. 14, 2003, to consider the proposed loss costs and rating values for the workers compensation voluntary market and the assigned risk rates...
Alabama Schedules January Auto Rate Hearing
Dec 12 2002 // A public hearing on the proposed revision of Alabama personal auto liability and physical damage rates and rules as filed and requested by Safeway Insurance Company of Alabama, is planned for January 14, 2003, at the...
Alabama Eligible for Federal Assistance
Nov 26 2002 // The Alabama Department of Insurance and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that President George W. Bush declared Alabama a federal disaster, making 28 counties eligible for federal assistance following...
State Farm Seeks Auto Rate Increase in Ala.
Nov 22 2002 // At a Dec. 4 public hearing, the Alabama Department of Insurance will consider requests by State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. and State Farm Fire & Casualty raise auto insurance rates in that states. According to the...
Alabama Hearing on Auto Rates Set for Dec. 4
Nov 6 2002 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing Dec. 4, 2002 on the proposed revision of Alabama private passenger automobile insurance rates and rules as filed and requested by State Farm Mutual Automobile...
Alabama Schedules Auto Rate Hearing
Oct 23 2002 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on the proposed revision of Alabama private passenger automobile insurance rates and rules as filed and requested by American Commerce Insurance Company. The...
