Latest Alabama Headlines
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Proposal to Arm Alabama Teachers Draws Support, Fire
Mar 16 2018 // A proposal to let trained teachers carry firearms in public schools drew support and criticism during a legislative public hearing Wednesday as a committee grappled with the first action on a gun-related bill introduced in...
Ropes, Phone Lights Used in Rescue after Deadly Bus Plunge
Mar 16 2018 // Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band were jarred awake before dawn Tuesday when the rig ran off a highway and plunged into a deep...
Alabama Legislature Seeks to Increase Ignition Interlocks for Drunk Drivers
Mar 9 2018 // A bill that’s nearing a final vote could close a loophole in Alabama’s law to reduce drunk-driving deaths. The bill introduced by Republican state Sen. Jim McClendon would require drunk drivers to use an...
Alabama Becomes 45th State to Pass Ridesharing Legislation
Mar 8 2018 // Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law that allows ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate statewide. The legislation proposed by Rep. David Faulkner, a Republican, and Sen. Bobby Singleton, a Democrat, will...
Judge Awards $15M in Alabama Mortuary Worker Whistleblower Lawsuit
Mar 5 2018 // A judge awarded nearly $15 million in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a one-time mortuary worker who was threatened with being cremated alive for revealing fraud, his attorneys said Thursday. The judgment in favor of...
Alabama Agency Employee Arrested in $116K Crop Insurance Scam
Feb 27 2018 // An Alabama woman who works for Dothan’s Farm Service Agency has been arrested on multiple fraud charges. Federal authorities say 36-year-old Anna Marie Knowles, of Headland, was arrested Thursday and faces charges of...
Kemper Corp. Acquires Infinity Property & Casualty of Alabama for $1.4B
Feb 20 2018 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Infinity Property and Casualty were bought for $1.4 billion. Kemper Corp. acquired the auto insurance provider in a cash and stock transaction, making it one of the largest nonstandard auto insurers...
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Feb 19 2018 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has announced Jerry Workman as Deputy Commissioner. Workman will succeed Deputy Commissioner and Chief Actuary Charles Angell, who is retiring in July of 2018. He will lead the...
Oxygen Media, Father of Missing Alabama Teen Natalee Holloway Defend TV Show
Feb 14 2018 // The father of an Alabama teenager missing in Aruba since 2005 is denying his ex-wife’s claims that a television show about the case was faked. Dave Holloway, an insurance agent in Meridian, Mississippi, released a...
Alabama Sues OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Epidemic
Feb 7 2018 // Alabama on Tuesday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP of fueling the opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing prescription painkillers to generate billions of dollars in...
Mother of Missing Alabama Teen Natalee Holloway Sues For $35M Over ‘Fake’ TV Series
Feb 7 2018 // The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the producers of what she contends was a fake television documentary about the...
Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Concert Injury Suit Against Booking Agent
Feb 6 2018 // The Alabama Supreme Court says a man can’t go forward with his lawsuit against a company involved in booking a death metal concert where he was injured. The justices on Friday blocked a lawsuit against the Los...
Alfa Insurance of Alabama Announces Retirement of EVP Rutledge
Jan 30 2018 // Alabama-based Alfa Insurance’s Executive Vice President of Operations Steve Rutledge will retire Feb. 1 after 33 years of service with the company. Rutledge began his career with Alfa in 1984 as a securities analyst...
Alabama-Based ProAssurance Promotes Rand to Chief Operating Officer
Jan 23 2018 // ProAssurance Corporation, based in Birmingham, Ala., has promoted Edward L. “Ned” Rand, Jr. to chief operating officer. In this newly created position, Rand will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of...
Workers’ Comp Carrier Retailers Casualty Insurance Expands Into Alabama
Jan 5 2018 // Retailers Casualty Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Alabama Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation coverage in the state of Alabama. Appointed agents may quote...
Alabama Reports Fewer Traffic-Related Deaths Over Holiday Period
Jan 5 2018 // Alabama state troopers investigated nearly two dozen fatal traffic crashes during the holiday period, fewer deaths than reported a year earlier. AL.com reports that Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials on Wednesday...
Freight Train Collision in Alabama Injures 4
Jan 2 2018 // Two freight trains collided in rural Alabama, injuring four people on board. The Tuscaloosa News reports that that the collision happened Thursday afternoon in Pickens County. The sheriff’s office told the newspaper...
Beckwith Joins Brentwood Services Administrators’ New Alabama Office
Jan 2 2018 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has hired DeeDee Beckwith in the position as a claims adjuster trainee in its occupational injury unit in the new Florence, Ala., office,...
Alabama Department of Insurance Names Workman as Deputy Commissioner
Dec 20 2017 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has announced Jerry Workman as Deputy Commissioner. Workman will succeed Deputy Commissioner and Chief Actuary Charles Angell, who is retiring in July of 2018. He will lead the...
The Charity Issue: Photos of Giving
Dec 18 2017 // The Keane Insurance Group John Keane, president of The Keane Insurance Group, founded the Keane Charitable Group in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti. Since then, The Keane Group has raised more than $1 million to build...
