Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ala. DOI, AIIA to Release a List of Insurance Providers on June 13
Jun 1 2005 // A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties will be available June 13, thanks to the efforts of the Alabama’s...
NAMIC: Statutory Remedies to Curb Fraud Abuse Spreading Across U.S.
May 25 2005 // To combat insurance fraud that costs consumers an average of $200-300 per year, 40 states have established entities responsible for oversight of related investigations and prosecution efforts, according to an analysis by...
Ala. Motel Settles Complaint
May 23 2005 // A Budget Inn motel owner in Crestview, Ala. has agreed to pay $10,000, plus restitution, to settle a complaint filed by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, claiming that it doubled its rates for victims fleeing...
Ala. Motel Settles Complaint: Denies Fleecing Guests
Apr 29 2005 // A budget motel owner in Crestview, Ala. has agreed to pay $10,000, plus restitution, to settle a complaint filed by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, claiming that it doubled its rates for victims fleeing Hurricane...
Task Force Suggests Ala. Homeowners Need An Insurance Referral Service
Apr 21 2005 // An insurance referral service to connect Alabama consumers with insurers has been suggested by the Hurricane Insurance Issues Task Force to assist homeowners in finding insurance along the state’s Gulf Coast,...
People & Places
Apr 4 2005 // Mike Hill Alabama State Representative Mike Hill, R-Shelby County, was honored by the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents as AIIA’s “Lawmaker of the Year” in an award presentation in Montgomery, Ala. Tim...
Ala. Atty. Gen. Tells AIIA: ‘Take a Stand for Values in Government’
Apr 4 2005 // Take a stand for values in government,” Troy King, Alabama Attorney General, told more than 100 Alabama Independent Insurance Agents attending a March 17 annual Young Legislative Conference in Montgomery. Quinton...
GOVERNOR APPOINTS INSURANCE PANEL
Apr 4 2005 // Alabama Insur-ance Commissioner Walter A. Bell will chair a 20-member insurance panel app-ointed by Gov. Bob Riley to study hurricane insurance issues in coastal Alabama. The “Insurance Issues Task Force” will...
Alabama Insurance Commission Deadline Passes, Insurers Have 30 Days to Pay Claims
Mar 29 2005 // The March 25 deadline, set by the Alabama Department of Insurance for insurers to settle Hurricane Ivan-related claims or report to the department why they have not been settled, has passed and according to a DoI...
Florida, Alabama Get Tough on Unpaid Claims
Mar 21 2005 // Thousands of irate homeowners mobbed state insurance officials in Florida and Alabama to complain about a wait of more than six months for their claims to be settled from the 2004 hurricanes. Tom Gall-agher, Florida Chief...
Commissioner Bell to Chair Ala. ‘Insurance Hurricane Issues Task Force’
Mar 21 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell has been named to chair a 20-member “Insurance Hurricane Issues Task Force” formed by Gov. Bob Riley to study hurricane insurance issues in coastal Alabama. Members...
AIIA Conferees Honor Rep. Mike Hill; Attend BBQ at State Legislature
Mar 18 2005 // State Representative Mike Hill, R-Shelby County, was honored by the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents on March 17th as AIIA’s “Lawmaker of the Year” in an award presentation in Montgomery, Ala. to kick...
Mobile County, Ala. Legislators Write Letter Requesting One-Year Premium Freeze
Mar 11 2005 // A one-year moratorium on homeowners insurance policy changes has been requested in a letter signed by 13 members of the Moible, Ala. county legislative delegation. “Even though we understand the costs associated with...
Ala. Homeowners Concerned About Possibility of Losing Hurricane Coverage
Mar 10 2005 // Rumors that several insurance companies plan to drop hurricane coverage in Mobile, Ala. has consumers abuzz and requests being made to the Alabama Legislature to do something to prevent homeowners from losing their...
Two Ala. Agents Sentenced in Bribery Case
Feb 24 2005 // Two Cherokee County, Ala. insurance agents have been sentenced in a Birmingham court on charges of bribery of elected officials. James L. Williams and Michael Tillery pleaded guilty in November to giving money to county...
Ala. Commission Sets March 25 Deadline to Settle Hurricane Ivan Damage Claims
Feb 24 2005 // Insurance companies with unsettled claims from Hurricane Ivan have been given until March 25 to pay policyholders, or explain to Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell why the claims have not been paid. Once claims are...
Ala. Insurance Commission Settles Lawsuit With VFW
Jan 27 2005 // The Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars will receive a reimbursement of $42,000, which will be distributed to VFW posts statewide, due to a lawsuit settlement with the Alabama Insurance Commission. The Limestone County VFW...
Arthur J. Gallagher Forms Gallagher RE
Jan 24 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the merger of its two U.S. reinsurance brokerage subsidiaries, Arthur J. Gallagher Intermediaries Inc. in New York and John P. Woods & Co. Inc. in New Jersey effective...
AssuranceAmerica Gains Regulator Approval for Alabama
Jan 7 2005 // AssuranceAmerica Corp., an Atlanta-based insurance company with operations in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina has received approval from the Alabama Department of Insurance to commence insurance operations in that...
Alfa Insurance Donates to Build Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind Dorm
Jan 7 2005 // Alfa Insurance of Montgomery, Ala. and the Alabama Farmers Federation board of directors are donating $250,000 to help the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) build a new dormitory at the Helen Keller School of...
