Latest Alabama Headlines
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Alabama Closes Bond Deal to Build Two Mega-Prisons
Jul 14 2022 // Alabama on Tuesday closed a $509 million bond deal to help build two supersize prisons amid lawsuits by inmates bidding to block the project. The Alabama Finance Department confirmed that the bond sale, which had been...
Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Alabama Judge’s Suit Against ‘Borat’ Comedian
Jul 8 2022 // Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday defeated an appeal by former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who had accused the British comedian of defamation for falsely portraying him as a pedophile in an interview for the show...
Southeast Business Moves: Risk Strategies, Acrisure, Alabama Agencies
Jul 7 2022 // Acrisure Buys Brentwood Claims Firm Acrisure, a fintech company that runs one of the largest insurance brokerage companies, has acquired a Tennessee-based claims services firm. Brentwood Services Inc., which said it...
New Alabama, Georgia Laws Taking Effect Today Indirectly Affect Insurance
Jul 1 2022 // Several Alabama and Georgia laws that could indirectly affect property, liability and workers’ compensation insurance take effect today, July 1. Alabama House Bill 108 requires the state Elevator Safety Review Board...
Alabama Counties’ Insurance Fund Not Liable for its Own Actions in Deadly Dock Fire
Jun 23 2022 // Insurers and government self-insurance pools should be breathing a sigh of relief after the Alabama Supreme Court absolved a county commissions’ fund of direct liability in a marina fire that killed eight people and...
Alabama Retirement Fund Shows Challenges of Investing in Current Market
Jun 21 2022 // Investments that are a key source of funding for Alabama’s Employees Retirement System have lost ground in the slumping financial markets this year, but officials say the pension fund is sound. The system’s...
Alabama Insurance Commissioner Ridling to Retire; Fowler To Take Over
Jun 17 2022 // Alabama’s longest-serving insurance commissioner, Jim Ridling, will retire at the end of the month, the state’s governor announced. “Jim has kept stability in the agency, all while bringing fresh ideas to...
Alabama Seafood Company Recalls Crabmeat Sold in 4 Southern States
Jun 7 2022 // An Alabama seafood company is recalling 1-pound packages of crab meat because federal inspectors found listeria bacteria on cooking equipment and in the cooking room. Irvington Seafood of Irvington, Alabama, said in a...
People Moves: Longtime Alabama Agency Adds New Shareholder-Owners
May 18 2022 // Byars/Wright Insurance, an independent agency with six offices in Alabama, has named four new shareholders, officially giving the agency six owners. In addition to existing owners Haig Wright II and Skip Roberts, four...
Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on VR Acquisition of National Security Group
May 13 2022 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a hearing in June on VR Insurance Holdings’ proposed purchase of the National Security Group. VR Insurance Holdings is a recently formed Delaware-based company formed by...
Alabama Auto Shop Owners Design Anti-Theft Cages for Catalytic Converters
Apr 27 2022 // As the number of catalytic converter thefts has soared nationwide, one Alabama auto repair shop has begun building anti-theft cages that cover the pollution-control devices. Dean and Cory Parker, owners of Dean’s...
Alabama Man Charged with Fraud After Hummer Found Buried
Apr 21 2022 // Alabama sheriff’s deputies this week arrested a man they say buried a Hummer six years ago after filing an insurance claim on the vehicle. Bruce Parnell was taken into jail in Washington County, in southwest Alabama,...
Higginbotham Buys Lyon Fry Cadden in Alabama
Apr 20 2022 // Lyon Fry Cadden Insurance, one of the oldest property and casualty brokers in Alabama, is now part of Higginbotham, one of the largest U.S. brokers and human resources and benefits firms. Higginbotham said in a press...
People: Palomar Expands; Alabama DOI Adds Examiner
Apr 12 2022 // Palomar Expands with New Faces in Transportation, Cosmetic Surgery Insurance Palomar Insurance Corp., based in Montgomery, Alabama, has moved into South Carolina, the company announced. Hawks The Greenville, South...
Six Years After Insurance Claim, Hummer Found Buried in Rural Alabama
Apr 8 2022 // The owner of a Hummer vehicle found buried in rural Alabama will have some explaining to do when he returns home, the local sheriff said after crews used a backhoe to unearth the vehicle this week. “We had our...
Alabama, Georgia Lawmakers Make Uber, Grubhub Drivers Independent Contractors
Apr 5 2022 // Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees...
Nationwide Doesn’t Have to Defend in Suit Against Alabama Child Molester
Apr 4 2022 // David Barrow consoles a soccer player after a loss at the state championship in 2011.(AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Eric Schultz) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to defend its insured, an Alabama man who...
Alabama Wildfire Chars 600 Acres; No Injuries Reported
Mar 29 2022 // A wildfire that began over the weekend has consumed more than 600 acres of woods southeast of Birmingham, threatening homes but not causing any reported injuries. Fire officials say smoke and smoldering debris will...
Tornadoes Cause Limited Damage in Alabama, Mississippi
Mar 24 2022 // The same severe weather front that destroyed property in Texas and Louisiana also spawned at least six tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama, but damage appeared to limited. In Baldwin County, in south Alabama, emergency...
Alabama House Approves Anti-Riot Bill Criticized by Blacks
Feb 25 2022 // The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation Tuesday that would create a new definition of a riot and provide tougher penalties for people who participate in one. Republicans supporting the bill said it is...
