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London Underwriters, Trigon to Offer Alabama Homeowners Program
Jun 26 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...
Highly Contagious Citrus Disease Spreads to Alabama
Jun 23 2017 // A highly contagious bacterial disease that seriously threatens the U.S. citrus industry has been found for the first time in Alabama. Federal and state plant officials confirm that citrus greening was found in leaf and...
Tropical Storm Cindy Bears Down on Gulf Coast
Jun 22 2017 // Tropical Storm Cindy churned slowly on Wednesday across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landing on the Texas-Louisiana border, after claiming the life of a vacationing child and threatening to bring flash floods from...
1 Killed in Alabama Mining Accident
Jun 22 2017 // Officials say an accident at a coal mine near Birmingham, Ala., has left one person dead. A statement from the West Virginia-based Seneca Coal Resources says a rail-hauling accident happened Monday night at the...
Senate Confirms New FEMA Chief Long
Jun 21 2017 // Brock Long was cleared by the Senate to become President Donald Trump’s emergency-management director Tuesday after gaining the support of one unlikely constituency: environmentalists. While climate advocates panned...
Orchid Underwriters Expands Commercial Lines into Alabama, Mississippi
Jun 19 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...
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Jun 19 2017 // Stephens Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., an independent, full service investment banking firm, has opened a property and casualty brokerage office in Birmingham, Ala. The new team–made up of Tice Young,...
Explosion at Alabama Car Dealership Injures 5 Employees
Jun 15 2017 // An explosion at a car dealership in Alabama has injured five employees. AL.com reports that Jasper Police Lt. David Mize says the Monday afternoon explosion happened at the customer service center of the Carl Cannon...
USGS Reports Small Earthquake Near Alabama-Georgia Line
Jun 6 2017 // A small earthquake has struck northeastern Alabama near the Georgia line. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 2.6 earthquake occurred Friday morning. The quake was centered in a rural area about 7 miles...
Alabama ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Gets 21 Years in Prison
May 31 2017 // An Alabama doctor was sentenced on Friday to 21 years in prison for running two clinics with a colleague that prosecutors called a massive “pill mill,” in a case tied to the U.S. probe of Insys Therapeutics...
Uber Says Alabama Mayors Stalled Ridesharing Law
May 30 2017 // A statewide framework to regulate ridesharing firms such as Uber and Lyft stalled in the Alabama Legislature, and it’s unclear when such companies could begin to launch new service in Alabama communities. Uber,...
Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act to Remain in Place, For Now
May 18 2017 // Alabama’s workers’ compensation law, ruled unconstitutional by a county judge last week, will remain in effect for the immediate future. The Alabama judge who on May 8 declared the state’s workers’...
FCCI Appoints New Leadership in Gulf Coast Region
May 18 2017 // FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI), a provider of commercial property and casualty insurance, has promoted Tiffany Hawkins to regional vice president, and Trey Stone to assistant vice president in the Gulf Coast Regional office...
Judge Finds Alabama Workman’s Compensation Act Unconstitutional
May 11 2017 // A judge has ruled that two statutes of the Alabama Workmans Compensation Act are unconstitutional, thereby rendering the entire act unconstitutional because of a non-severability statute. The Gadsden Times reports...
Alabama Man Arrested by FBI For Stealing $180K from Employers
May 9 2017 // An Alabama man has been arrested on charges of stealing more than $180,000 from former employers. AL.com reports the FBI arrested 32-year-old Randall Sho Woods on May 3. The Department of Justice says in a release that a...
Strong Storms Hit Alabama On Anniversary of Deadly 2011 Tornado Outbreak
May 1 2017 // The National Weather Service has sent out teams to look for damage and confirm where tornadoes might have touched down in the state. Al.com reports that the weather service was sending survey teams to Montgomery, Lee, Pike...
Alabama Community Unveils Memorial For 14 Residents Lost in 2011 Twisters
Apr 26 2017 // Overcast skies and a misty rain mirrored the mood of this tiny community as it came together to remember the 14 Lawrence County residents who died in the April 27, 2011, tornadoes. “They will never be...
Alabama Authorities Investigate 40 Fires Set Over 8 Months
Apr 12 2017 // Authorities are investigating a series of fires in the City of Birmingham, Alabama, set from September 2016 to present. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has released a statement seeking information...
Stephens Insurance Appoints 4 to Lead New Alabama Office
Apr 10 2017 // Stephens Insurance, LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., has opened a property & casualty brokerage office in Birmingham, Ala. The new team—made up of Tice Young, Donna Sanford, James Kennedy and Marty Hall—brings...
Alabama Prepares for Severe Weather
Apr 5 2017 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared a statewide State of Emergency on Tuesday in anticipation of severe weather expected through Alabama on Wednesday. The National Weather Service forecast a significant threat of severe...
