Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Burned Ala. Churches File Claims as Fires Ruled Arson
Feb 8 2006 // The five rural Alabama Baptist churches either damaged or destroyed in fires last week were able to begin filing insurance claims Feb. 6 after all the fires were formally ruled arsons by the state insurance commissioner,...
Hurricane Center Upgrades Tropical Storm Cindy to Hurricane Status
Jan 27 2006 // Tropical Storm Cindy has been upgraded to hurricane status by the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Accumulated data analyzed by NHC indicates that Cindy was “a relatively short-lived tropical cyclone,” but...
Hundreds Evacuated as Train Burns After Collision in Ala.
Jan 20 2006 // Schools were open but about 500 residents were unable to return to their homes Jan. 19 after a train carrying sodium cyanide caught fire in a collision with another train near Lincoln, Ala. Jerome Hand, a spokesman for the...
Ala. County Commissioners Threatened, Reverse Vote to Buy Terrorist Insurance
Jan 12 2006 // Two weeks after voting to spend $7,000 a year for terrorism insurance, commissioners in a rural Alabama county have responded to a more immediate threat: angry voters. The Clarke County Commission has voted unanimously to...
Ala., Miss., La. Black Lawmakers Mull Hurricane Recovery Policy
Jan 4 2006 // Black lawmakers from Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama say the three states should work together – rather than against each other – on issues such as hurricane recovery. “We can all empathize with each...
Ex-Vesta Insurance Adjuster Accused of Fraud in Ala.
Jan 2 2006 // A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges alleging that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney’s office in Alabama said. Felicia Michelle...
People & Places
Jan 2 2006 // Brent Jenkins Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to the Dallas property/casualty brokerage team: Brent Jenkins, Stephanie Murillo and Matt Sheehan. Additionally, Elizabeth Wafer has joined...
People
Jan 1 2006 // Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to the Dallas property/casualty brokerage team: Brent Jenkins, Stephanie Murillo and Matt Sheehan. Additionally, Elizabeth Wafer has joined the P/C team at...
FEMA Awards $3.7M to State of Alabama for Disaster Mitigation
Jan 1 2006 // The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $3.7 million in Hazard Mitigation Grant funds for disaster mitigation projects to the Town of Brookside, the...
Rural Ala. County Buys Insurance Against Foreign-Based Terrorism
Dec 29 2005 // A rural south Alabama county has boosted its insurance coverage to cover any attack by a foreign-based terrorist group after a discussion over such an unlikely event. The Clarke County Commission approved the $7,000 annual...
2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
State Commissioners Elect Maine’s Iuppa as President
Dec 19 2005 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have elected Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa as president. They also elected regulators from Alabama, Kansas and New Mexico to key positions at...
Hurricane Katrina Leads to Large Number of Claims, Frustration
Dec 19 2005 // While Hurricane Katrina spent only a couple of days menacing the Gulf Coast, the trail of destruction in both lives and properties lingers on months later. As places like New Orleans, Mississippi and other surrounding...
State Commissioners Elect Maine’s Iuppa as President
Dec 18 2005 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have elected Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa as president. They also elected regulators from Alabama, Kansas and New Mexico to key positions at...
National Assoc. of Insurance Commissioners Elects Officers
Dec 8 2005 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected regulators from Maine, Alabama, Kansas and New Mexico as the organization’s 2006 officers during the Association’s Winter National...
Balboa Stops Writing Non-Standard Business in Alabama
Dec 7 2005 // Balboa has notified the Independendent Insuarnce Agents and Brokers Association that as of Dec. 30 it will no longer be writing non-standard business. IIABA is waiting on communication from Balboa regarding how they plan...
Funeral Arrangements Being Made for Former Ala. Commissioner DeBellis
Nov 16 2005 // Former Alabama Insurance Commissioner Michael “Mickey” DeBellis died at his Greenville, Ala. home Tuesday. He was 77. DeBellis served as commissioner under Govs. George C. Wallace and Fob James, and was...
Ala. Gov. Urges House Panel: During Natural Disasters, Give States Federal Money, Control
Nov 10 2005 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley told a specially-formed House panel in Washington on Wednesday that Alabama could use more federal money and more flexibility when spending it to confront natural disasters. According to the Mobile...
Alabama DOI Predicts Price Increases; Expects 50,000 Hurricane Claims
Nov 10 2005 // More than 50,000 claims are expected in Alabama from hurricane damage according to Ragan Ingram, assistant insurance commissioner for the Alabama Department of Insurance. He said, however, that complete cost estimates...
GE INSURANCE SUSPENDS CANCELLATIONS
Oct 3 2005 // Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi Big “I” associations have been informed that the Big “I” Professional Liability Program provided by GE Insurance Solutions and underwritten by Westport Insurance...
