Latest Alabama Headlines
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S.S. Nesbitt & Co. of Alabama Taps Roman, Monroe as VPs
Oct 19 2017 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc. (SSN), a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries, Inc. (EBSCO), has appointed Mike Roman as vice president of its property and casualty sales. Roman is joining senior vice...
Authorities Investigating Multiple Fires in Historic Alabama Town
Oct 18 2017 // Authorities are investigating a series of fires in an Alabama town, including one that damaged a historic former school building. The Selma Times-Journal reports that as many as five fires were reported in the city’s...
Alabama Settles Lawsuit Over Gulf State Park Hotel
Oct 13 2017 // Alabama has settled a lawsuit that challenged the use of BP oil spill funds to build a beachside hotel and conference center. In the settlement finalized on Thursday, Alabama agreed to commit long-standing funding for...
Sunday Update: Weakened Tropical Storm Nate Brings Rain, Tornado Warnings to South
Oct 7 2017 // Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages. Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth...
Irma’s Path Through the Southeast Causes Flooding; Kills 2 in Georgia, 2 in South Carolina
Sep 13 2017 // Joey Spalding walks back to his truck down the street where he lives, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, on Tybee Island, Ga. Spalding just finished repairing his house from nine inches of water after Hurricane Matthew passed the...
Remnants of Harvey Spawn Tornadoes, Floods Across Deep South
Sep 5 2017 // Wayne Doss surveys the damage to his cousin Danny Doss’ mobile home, which was completely destroyed by a tornado in Pickens County, Ala., after a tornado struck Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The tornado damaged several...
Southeast States Feel Effects of Harvey
Sep 1 2017 // Rains from Harvey are inundating coastal Alabama with floodwaters and forcing the Tennessee Valley Authority to lower lake levels in north Alabama. Authorities say numerous roads were covered with water in Mobile and...
Barber Appointed President of S.S. Nesbitt in Alabama, Johnson to Lead Benefits Practice
Aug 30 2017 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc., a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries Inc., has appointed insurance veteran Paul Barber as president. Barber comes to S.S. Nesbitt after having spent 25 years in a...
Moultrie Hired as VP of Client Services of S.S. NESBITT Brokerage in Alabama
Aug 24 2017 // EBSCO Industries Inc. (EBSCO) has hired insurance veteran Phillip Moultrie as vice president of client services for its insurance brokerage, S.S. Nesbitt (SSN), based in Birmingham, Ala. Moultrie’s immediate focus...
Disaster Designation Issued For 11 Alabama Counties
Aug 21 2017 // Eleven Alabama counties are under a natural disaster designation after excessive rainfall and flooding from Tropical Storm Cindy. The conditions caused extensive damage to crops, sparking Gov. Kay Ivey to ask for federal...
Car Break-Ins Drop in Alabama City After it Promotes ‘Remove it, Lock it or Lose it’ Policy
Aug 15 2017 // Don Cook was asleep in his Hillwood home when the security alarm on his phone woke him up just past midnight. Three burglars were trying to break into his car. The burglars had tripped the surveillance camera on the side...
Massive Blaze Breaks Out at Alabama Chemical Plant
Aug 1 2017 // A plant that produces agricultural chemicals caught fire Saturday in southwest Alabama, blanketing the area with potentially hazardous smoke and prompting an order for people to stay inside. Police said the fire began...
Orchid Underwriters Expands Commercial Lines into Alabama, Mississippi
Jul 24 2017 // Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC, a specialty underwriter of catastrophic coastal insurance, announced that it expanded its Commercial Lines business to two new states: Alabama and Mississippi. The two new states join New...
Alabama, Mississippi Declared Drought-Free for First Time Since 2016
Jul 24 2017 // Alabama and Mississippi are completely free from drought for the first time in more than a year. A federal assessment released at the end of June showed rains eliminated a dry spell that began in April 2016, the last time...
London Underwriters, Trigon to Offer Low-Value Homeowners Program in Alabama
Jul 24 2017 // London Underwriters LLC, a national MGA and surplus lines broker, has partnered with Birmingham based wholesaler Trigon Inc., to provide a new and exclusive low-value homeowners program for the state of Alabama. The...
Mad Cow Disease Found in Alabama But No Threat to Humans Detected
Jul 19 2017 // An 11-year-old cow in Alabama tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The cow tested positive for the atypical...
5 Southeast States Hold Coordinated Safe Driving Campaign
Jul 18 2017 // Police in five Southeastern states are launching a weeklong program to reduce summertime wrecks and traffic deaths. “Operation Southern Shield” started Monday in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and...
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida Declared Drought Free
Jul 12 2017 // Alabama and Mississippi are completely free from drought for the first time in more than a year. A federal assessment released at the end of June showed rains eliminated a dry spell that began in April 2016, the last time...
Tropical Storm Cindy Drenches Southeast
Jun 26 2017 // A police officer stands guard after a possible tornado touched down destroying several businesses, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Fairfield, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Cindy covered timberland...
Alabama Governor Requests Disaster Declaration for Farmers Hit by Storm
Jun 26 2017 // Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is asking for federal assistance for farmers because of crop losses from Tropical Storm Cindy. Ivey sent a letter Friday to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking for a disaster...
