Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Man Behind 2021 Walmart Fires Along Gulf Coast Sentenced to 18 years
Jun 5 2023 // An Alabama federal judge has sentenced the man who admits being the leader of a scheme to set fires to Walmart stores along the Gulf Coast to 18 years in prison – double the recommended sentence. As part of a plea...
Alabama DOI Needs Insurers to Light Up the Budding Medical Marijuana Business in the State
Jun 5 2023 // Alabama lawmakers legalized medical marijuana two years ago. But that came with a high hurdle: Dispensaries, growers, processors and other license applicants must have at least $2 million of liability and casualty...
Alabama Couple Charged with Dumping Oil Over 33 Miles of Road, Creating a Hazard
May 24 2023 // An Alabama couple has been arrested after authorities said they dumped oil over 33 miles of road around Decatur, in the northern part of the state. The news outlet AL.com reported that crews in Lawrence County had to...
Alabama Lawsuit Shines a Light on Fee-Sharing Agreements for Storm Claims
May 23 2023 // Insurance defense attorneys say a pair of lawsuits filed by a law firm and a claims consulting business – against a national personal injury law firm – raises questions about the proper relationships between legal...
Alabama Judge Halts Bridge Project, Says DOT Director Had Vendetta
May 19 2023 // Driven by a “personal vendetta” against a toll bridge company, Alabama’s transportation director planned to build an unnecessary bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway at a cost of more than $100 million...
Alabama Bill Would Give Childhood Abuse Victims More Time to File Suit
May 19 2023 // Alabama legislation that would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to sue their abusers has stalled in a committee amid opposition from insurance companies, the bill’s sponsor said. The Senate Judiciary...
Alabama DOI Needs Insurers to Light Up the Nascent Medical Pot Business in the State
May 5 2023 // Alabama lawmakers legalized medical marijuana two years ago this month. But it came with a high hurdle: Dispensaries, growers, processors and other license applicants must have at least $2 million of liability and casualty...
NFL Prospect Injured in Fatal Car Crash in Alabama
Apr 14 2023 // NFL prospect and former Louisiana wide receiver Michael Jefferson was involved in a fatal car accident in Mobile County. Jefferson’s agent, Jon Perzley, told ESPN that the player suffered injuries in the accident...
Executives of Alabama-based Austal Shipbuilding Accused of Inflating Earnings
Apr 3 2023 // Three current and former former executives of a shipbuilder that constructs vessels for the U.S. Navy have been indicted on accounting fraud charges accusing them of falsely inflating the company’s reported earnings,...
Alabama Jury: Delivery Worker to Get $1.9M After Fall at Dollar General Store
Mar 20 2023 // An Alabama jury has decided that Dollar General stores must pay almost $2 million to a delivery worker who was injured when a ramp collapsed at a store. Driver Jason Agee in 2019 was pushing a rolling cart full of bottled...
Alabama Senate Panel Wants $1B in Pandemic Relief for Infrastructure, Broadband
Mar 17 2023 // Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a House-passed plan to use the state’s final $1 billion in federal pandemic relief funds largely on a mix of water and sewer infrastructure, broadband expansion and health care...
Alabama-based National Security Group Promotes Three to Top Positions
Mar 17 2023 // The National Security Group, the Alabama-based parent company of a number of property-casualty, life and health insurance companies, has elevated three people to C-suite positions. Kelly Jackson was named chief financial...
Where Relationships Matter, Mergers Also Matter in Alabama
Mar 15 2023 // Less than eight months after two of Alabama’s oldest insurance agencies merged to create the Where Relationships Matter Group, the group has taken on another agency with offices in the southeast part of the...
NS Train Derails in Alabama Before CEO is Grilled in Congress
Mar 10 2023 // A Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday in Alabama, just hours before the rail company’s CEO testified in Congress about last month’s fiery derailment of an Ohio train carrying hazardous chemicals. The...
Groups Charge Alabama Officials with Discrimination in Wastewater Funds Allocation
Mar 10 2023 // Environmental organizations have filed a civil rights complaint against Alabama, accusing the state of discriminating against minority communities in how it distributes funding for wastewater infrastructure, including...
Alabama Insurance Agent Charged with $600,000 in Fraud, Elder Exploitation
Mar 1 2023 // Authorities have charged an Alabama insurance agent, who formerly worked for Alfa Insurance, with more than $600,000 in fraud, theft and exploitation of the elderly. Bret Chappell, 43, of Warrior, Alabama, was arrested...
Baddour Reappointed to NC Industrial Comm; Clement President of Alabama Agency
Feb 28 2023 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Philip Baddour to a second six-year term as a full commissioner at the North Carolina Industrial Commission, which handles workers’ compensation claims disputes. If...
Chaudhuri Moves from Alfa to Alabama DOI as Chief Actuary
Feb 22 2023 // Sanjeev Chaudhuri, the former chief actuary at Alfa Insurance, is the new chief actuary for the Alabama Department of Insurance, the DOI announced this week. Chaudhuri has more than 20 years of experience in...
Owner of Hummer Found Buried in Alabama Indicted on Insurance Fraud
Feb 22 2023 // Ten months after a vehicle was found buried behind a barn in south Alabama, the former owner of the Hummer has been indicted by a grand jury. Bruce Parnell, of Washington County, reported the 2006 Hummer H2 stolen in 2016...
Historic Alabama City Facing Long Road to Recovery From Tornado
Feb 16 2023 // In a Selma neighborhood — a few blocks from the starting point of the 1965 voting rights marches — the path of a January tornado remains clear. Homes sit collapsed or missing walls and roofs. Some building are...
