Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research News

Alabama Releases Insurance Guide for Coastal Residents

The Alabama Center for Insurance Information & Research (ACIIR) in partnership with Smart Home America and the Coastal Alabama Partnership has released its new Alabama Coastal Insurance Shopper’s Guide to help homeowners on the Gulf Coast prepare for weather-related disasters. …

University of Alabama Partners With Industry on Tornado Preparedness Guide

The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of Insurance and Smart Home America to produce the 2016 …

Professor, Former Agent, Adjuster to Head New Alabama Insurance Center

Dr. Lars Powell has been named the inaugural director of the newly-created Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama. Powell is a professor of finance and holds the Whitbeck-Beyer Chair of Insurance and Financial Services …

Alabama Creates Research Center to Study Home Insurance

Gov. Robert Bentley is creating a research center at the University of Alabama to try to improve the availability and affordability of homeowners insurance following hurricanes and tornadoes that demolished homes from the coast to the Tennessee line. Bentley went …

Alabama Weighs Grants for Wind-Proofing, Creation of Insurance Research Center

Some of the money that Alabama receives from BP over the Gulf oil spill could end up helping coastal residents make their homes more resistant to wind damage from hurricanes. That is one of the recommendations from a commission that …