Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
More Families Building Their Own Tornado Shelters
May 2 2012 // When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest in 2011, thousands of people in the killers’ paths had nowhere to hide. Now many of those families are taking an unusual extra step to be ready next time:...
Alabama Beach Condo Developer Wants BP to Pay Claim
May 1 2012 // Developers of an Orange Beach, Alabama condo project say BP should pay out a claim they filed for losses they say resulted from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Press-Register reported that developer Larry...
Alabama Lawmakers Pass Tax-Free Weekend for Disaster Supplies
May 1 2012 // As Alabama prepares to observe the first anniversary of deadly tornadoes last April 27, the Legislature approved the creation of a tax-free weekend for buying disaster preparedness supplies. The bill by Republican Rep....
Alabama Lawmakers Pass Ban on Texting While Driving
Apr 30 2012 // State lawmakers have voted unanimously to make Alabama the 38th state to ban texting while driving. A compromise version of the bill by Republican Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville cleared the House 95-0 and the Senate...
Alabama Governor Tours Towns Still Recovering from Last April’s Tornadoes
Apr 26 2012 // Gov. Robert Bentley returned to the central Alabama town of Eclectic a year after a deadly tornado hit it and found people relying on themselves and the generosity of others to rebuild. The Eclectic visit came on the...
Alabama Attorney General Urges Judge to Set BP Trial Date
Apr 23 2012 // Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has urged a Louisiana federal judge to set a trial date to hear claims of lost revenue by Alabama and Louisiana because of the massive BP oil spill. Strange said Friday that setting...
Alabama City Settles Sex Bias Claim for $150K
Apr 20 2012 // An Alabama city has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by a former police sergeant who claims she’s been excluded from the department’s “good-old-boy...
One Week Brought Most of Alabama’s $3.2 Billion Insured Losses in 2011
Apr 20 2012 // Almost $3 billion of the $3.2 billion Alabama insurers paid out to their auto, home and business policyholders in 2011 for catastrophe losses can be traced directly to the tornadoes, hail and thunderstorms that swept...
Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
Michigan Volunteers Work on Alabama Storm-Damaged Houses
Apr 17 2012 // A group of 70 volunteers from Michigan recently installed floors and insulation and did a myriad of repairs to five tornado-damaged houses in Pleasant Grove and Birmingham’s Pratt City community. The group was made...
Declarations
Apr 16 2012 // Not Experts “Most of us don’t want to be experts in insurance. We want to run our business and live our lives.” Frederick Eppinger, CEO, Hanover Insurance Group Alabama Promise “The governor did not...
Declarations – Southeast
Apr 16 2012 // Not Experts “Most of us don’t want to be experts in insurance. We want to run our business and live our lives.” —Frederick Eppinger, CEO, Hanover Insurance Group Alabama Promise “The governor did...
Alabama Considers Coastal Depopulation Plan
Apr 2 2012 // The Alabama Legislature is considering a bill that would give up to $2.5 million to private insurance companies in exchange for writing policies for coastal properties. The measure is designed to shrink the size of the...
Alabama Insurance Commission Backs Catastrophe Savings Accounts
Mar 29 2012 // A commission put together by Gov. Robert Bentley has made its first recommendations about the availability and affordability of homeowners’ insurance. The Affordable Homeowners Insurance Commission said it decided to...
Alabama Has Not Yet Addressed Home Insurance Costs, Availability
Mar 26 2012 // Gov. Robert Bentley has not yet kept a campaign promise he made in 2010 to have the Legislature address the rising cost and declining availability of homeowners’ insurance in Alabama. Almost a year has passed since...
Alabama Weather Alerts
Mar 19 2012 // Alabama residents can sign up for a free system that will send severe weather alerts through email, phone calls and text messaging. The system was introduced Gov. Robert Bentley and other leaders. It was developed by Baron...
Declarations
Mar 19 2012 // Watched It Coming “We stood in the parking lot and watched it coming. By the time it hit, it was like a whiteout.” —David Ison on the March tornadoes that left no building untouched in his small town of West...
Insurance Study Rates Georgia Building Codes Among Weakest
Mar 19 2012 // The insurance industry says that Alabama’s building standards and enforcement practices are among the weakest of all the hurricane-prone areas in the country. The state ranked 15th among 18 states near the Gulf of...
Pilot Project in Kansas, Missouri, Seeks Better Storm Warnings
Mar 15 2012 // When weather radios start sounding warnings in the Wichita, Kan., area this spring, the computerized voice nicknamed Chance Storms won’t just alert listeners to severe thunderstorms or tornado warnings. He’ll...
Palomar Buys Martin Grace Benefit Group in Alabama
Mar 13 2012 // Palomar Insurance Corp, a Montgomery, Alabama-headquartered insurance brokerage, said it has acquired Martin Grace Benefit Group Inc. in Birmingham. Martin Grace is an employee benefit and insurance consulting firm. Tony...
