Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Seven Main Street America Group employees were inducted March 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. into the Circle of Excellence, an annual employee recognition program established in 1985. The winners were selected for their 2005...
People
Mar 19 2006 // Seven Main Street America Group employees were inducted March 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. into the Circle of Excellence, an annual employee recognition program established in 1985. The winners were selected for their 2005...
Booker T. Washington Insurance goes into receivership
Mar 19 2006 // Alabama-based Booker T. Washington Insurance Company has voluntarily submitted to being placed into receivership in Jefferson County Circuit Court, Commissioner Walter A. Bell announced. “I am pleased with the...
Ala. Officials Arrest 3 Following February Church Arson Fires
Mar 8 2006 // Authorities and residents of Alabama got some good news on Wednesday following a series of church fires last month. Three college students from Birmingham were arrested in connection with nearly a dozen church fires in the...
Bell says tenth Ala. church fire ‘unrelated’ to previous nine
Mar 6 2006 // It’s likely that the 10th fire at a the Beaverton Freewill Baptist Church near the Mississippi line was started by an arsonist whose actions are totally unrelated to the arsonists responsible for any of the other...
Memorial Services Held in Elba, Ala. for Jack Brunson
Mar 6 2006 // Jack Rushing Brunson, 77, former CEO of the National Security Group in Elba, Ala. died on March 1 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala. Rev. Mart Gray officiated at March 6 memorial services for Brunson at the First Baptist...
Ala. Commissioner: ‘End Air Force One Policy’
Mar 6 2006 // An effective National Disaster Program has to be found so that if there is a catastrophe, we won’t have to rely on an “Air Force One Policy,” in which Air Force One flies in and brings us $20 billion,...
Alabama Big ‘I’ supports five bills, rejects two
Mar 6 2006 // Alabama HB627 defining insurance fraud and making it easier for the Insurance Commission to join with neighboring states to crack down on fraud has gained the support of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents. During...
Booker T. Washington Insurance in Voluntarily Receivership
Mar 3 2006 // Booker T. Washington Insurance Company voluntarily submitted to being placed into receivership late Wednesday in Jefferson County Circuit Court, according to Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell. “I am...
Funeral Services Scheduled for Ron Hanna in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Mar 1 2006 // Ron Hanna, 55, manager of the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association passed away Feb. 24. Hanna was a native of Hattiesburg, Miss. and was a resident of Gulf Shores, Ala. Hanna joined the Insurance Department soon...
AIIA Supports Bill to Lengthen Licensing
Feb 23 2006 // Alabama HB227 which would lengthen the licensing period for insurance producers, service representatives and adjusters from the present one year, to two or more years and would increase the 12-hour continuing education...
AIIA Supports Alabama Insurance Fraud Bill HB627
Feb 22 2006 // Alabama HB627, defining insurance fraud and making it easier for Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell to join in with neighboring states to crack down on fraud, has gained the support of the Alabama Independent Insurance...
Former La. Commissioner Joins Adams and Reese
Feb 21 2006 // The Louisiana-based law firm of Adams and Reese LLP announced that former Insurance Commissioner of Louisiana, J. Robert Wooley joined the firm effective Feb. 20, 2006. Adams and Reese, which has offices in Baton Rouge and...
Disaster Assistance Outreach Unit Comes to Robertsdale, Ala.
Feb 21 2006 // A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Assistance Outreach unit will visit Robertsdale on Thursday, Feb. 23-28. The unit will be closed on Sunday. It will open on Thursday at 11 a.m. and will be open 8 a.m....
SBA Loan Application Necessary for Assistance in Ala. Recovery
Feb 17 2006 // The U.S Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urges Hurricane Katrina survivors who registered for disaster assistance to complete and return the loan application they received...
Commissioner Bell: 10th Alabama Church Fire ‘Unrelated’ to Previous 9
Feb 16 2006 // It’s likely that the tenth fire at a the Beaverton Freewill Baptist Church near the Mississippi line was started by an arsonist whose actions are totally unrelated those of the arsonists responsible for any of the...
Ala. Commissioner: ‘End Air Force One Policy’
Feb 16 2006 // An effective National Disaster Program has to be found so that if there is a catastrophe, we won’t have to rely on an “Air Force One Policy,” in which Air Force One flies in and brings us $20 billion,...
10th Alabama Church Torched, Authorities Suspect ‘Bosom Buddies’
Feb 13 2006 // Investigators believe a pair of men in their 20s or 30s, likely “bosom buddies,” are responsible for a string of church fires in rural Alabama, as authorities confirmed the latest blaze at a Baptist church on...
Services, Funeral Held in Birmingham, Ala. for Bill Worley
Feb 13 2006 // Services and a funeral were held Sunday in Birmingham, Ala. for Bill Worley, founder and former owner of the Anchor Insurance Agency in Hoover, Ala. Worley is the father of Lisa Worley, a former Alabama Independent...
Insurance Companies Offer Rewards in Ala. Church Fires
Feb 10 2006 // Two companies insuring several rural churches burned in Bibb County and west Alabama are offering rewards that could total more than $77,000, in addition to state and federal rewards totaling $10,000. Five church fires...
