Latest Alabama Headlines
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Alabama Arson Suspect Lunceford Faced Foreclosure, Federal Agents Say
Jan 13 2009 // Witnesses testified that businessman and former Auburn University’s punter Tommy Lunceford Jr. was in a dispute with a couple leasing his Gulf Shores (Alabama) restaurant and faced foreclosure when the building...
Alabama Small Businesses Providing Health Insurance Get Tax Break
Dec 18 2008 // A tax break that takes effect for many Alabama small businesses on Jan. 1 is being implemented by state tax officials to cover as many companies as possible. State Revenue Commissioner Tim Russell said his department is...
Alabama Highway Deaths Decline
Dec 17 2008 // Officials say highway deaths in Alabama have significantly dropped this year thanks to stricter law enforcement and higher fuel costs that reduced traffic. The number of fatalities dropped 18 percent this year with 600...
Tennessee Motel Sued for $100M in Death of Alabama Woman
Dec 8 2008 // The parents of a former north Alabama high school homecoming queen have filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million against the motel in Knoxville where she was killed, allegedly by a motel employee. Cynthia Senn and Michael...
Alabama Police Fear 2 Sought for Insurance Agency Fraud Have Fled
Dec 4 2008 // A Gulf Shores police investigator says two men sought for questioning in an alleged insurance fraud scheme on the Alabama Gulf coast may have fled to Turkey. Authorities want to question Benton Gray Harvey and Jonathan W....
Declarations
Nov 30 2008 // Taking Care “At the end of the day, we’re going to make sure everyone is taken care of.” —North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley upon touring Johnston and Wilson counties after a weekend tornado killed two...
New Alabama Commissioner Ridling Looking at Coastal Options
Nov 30 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley’s new insurance commissioner said the administration is considering its options to help coastal property owners struggling with high premiums and lost coverage in the wake of hurricanes,...
Alabama’s Baldwin County Backs Captive as Coastal Insurance Option
Nov 20 2008 // County commissioners in Alabama’s Baldwin County have voted to endorse the concept of “captive insurance” in the hopes of helping the struggling construction industry on Alabama’s Gulf...
Alabama Bar President Seeks Probe of State Supreme Court Race
Nov 19 2008 // The president of the Alabama State Bar has asked the state attorney general to investigate the conduct of politically active groups that got involved in the race for the state Supreme Court. In a letter to Attorney General...
Alabama Insurance Agent Parker Falls Short in Race for Congress
Nov 16 2008 // Democratic state Sen. Parker Griffith won a hotly contested election to the open 5th Congressional District seat in north Alabama, keeping the seat in his party’s column where it has been for more than 100...
University Football Facility Named for Alabama Agent’s Family
Nov 16 2008 // Samford University’s new football field house is being named for a prominent Birmingham family. The Cooney Family Field House was made possible with a lead gift from Birmingham insurance agent and Samford graduate...
New Alabama Commissioner to Consider Coastal Insurance Subsidies
Nov 14 2008 // Gov. Bob Riley’s new insurance commissioner said the administration is considering its options to help coastal property owners struggling with high premiums and lost coverage in the wake of hurricanes, including...
Kingsway to Consolidate Alabama, Florida Insurance Operations
Nov 10 2008 // Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services Inc. said it will consolidate the operations of Southern United Fire Insurance Co., based in Mobile, Alabama, with Hamilton Risk Management, its subsidiary based in Miami,...
Alabama-based Infinity Reports Strong Underwriting Results
Nov 5 2008 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Infinity Property and Casualty Corp., a national provider of personal automobile insurance, reported results for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30. Stronger than expected underwriting results...
Alabama Revenue Chief Calls for Captive Insurers for Coastal Property Risks
Nov 2 2008 // Alabama’s coastal property insurance crisis could be resolved by the state and cities working together to form special types of insurance companies to offer coverage, the state revenue commissioner said. Tim Russell,...
Alabama, Mississippi Agencies Among 6 Named Top Performers by Big ‘I’
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Alabama Governor Offers Reward in Jasper Arson
Oct 30 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is offering a $5,000 reward for information that will lead to an arrest and conviction in an arson case in Jasper where a law enforcement officer was the victim. Riley says fires were set to the home...
University to Name Football Field House for Alabama Insurance Executive
Oct 27 2008 // Birmingham, Alabama’s Samford University announced on that its new football field house will be named for the Birmingham family that provide a lead gift. The school said the Cooney Family Field House was made...
Alabama Revenue Chief Seeks End to Crisis on Coast
Oct 23 2008 // Alabama’s coastal property insurance crisis could be resolved by the state and cities working together to form special types of insurance companies to offer coverage, the state revenue commissioner said. Tim Russell,...
Alabama-based ProAssurance Expands Legal Professional Liability Business
Oct 16 2008 // ProAssurance Corp., headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., is expanding its legal professional liability business by purchasing the Georgia Lawyers Insurance Co. ProAssurance is also establishing new relationships with...
