Latest Alabama Headlines
All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ala. Gov. Declares State of Emergency Voluntary Evacuations of Coastal Areas; Price Gouging Laws Also Take Effect
Sep 14 2004 // Gov. Bob Riley has declared an official state of emergency in Alabama due to the imminent threat posed by Hurricane Ivan. The emergency declaration enables the Governor to invoke various emergency preparedness measures...
Ala. Broker, Agent Agree to Plea Deal for Scam
Sep 2 2004 // Two insurance salesmen who admitted giving bribes for government business in Cherokee County, Ala., agreed to plead guilty and paid more than $125,000 in restitution for the scam, which could result in additional charges,...
People and Places
Aug 23 2004 // Robert Drew Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Robert Drew as CEO overseeing all Alabama operations – Mobile, Birmingham and Montgomery. Drew, with Willis for 10 years, the...
ALABAMA DOI ISSUES WARNING ON HAWAIIAN RRG LIQUIDATION:
Aug 9 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance issued an alert to Alabama citizens concerning a Hawaiian risk retention group licensed to do business in Alabama that has been placed into a liquidation process by order of a Hawaiian...
Willis Appoints CEO for Ala. Operations
Aug 3 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Robert Drew as CEO overseeing all Alabama operations – Mobile, Birmingham and Montgomery. Drew, with Willis for 10 years, the last three of...
Ala. DOI Files Complaint Against Goff Group
Jul 30 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has filed an administrative complaint against a well-known Montgomery-based insurance company and its president, accusing the Goff Group and John W. Goff of wrongdoing involving...
Ala. DOI Issues Warning on Hawaiian RRG Liquidation
Jul 21 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance issued an alert to Alabama citizens concerning a Hawaiian risk retention group licensed to do business in Alabama that has been placed into a liquidation process by order of a Hawaiian...
Ala. Gov. Notes More than $5.2 Million in Federal Disaster Funds for City of Birmingham
Jun 25 2004 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley announced more than $5.2 million in federal funding for the City of Birmingham as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The funding is a result of...
Insurers Mount Legal Challenge to Multi-state Credit Scoring Study; Ask States to Withdraw Data Call
Jun 23 2004 // Two national insurance company trade organizations have expressed legal concerns about the recently initiated multi-state study on credit-based insurance scores and have asked regulators in eight states to withdraw their...
Ala. Man Allegedly Sets Fire to Mobile Home
Jun 3 2004 // A Maylene, Alabama man was charged with setting fire to the mobile home he was renting. Selston Emmett Seals Jr., 40, of Maylene was charged with second-degree arson and taken to the Shelby County Jail. The fire, which...
Ala. to Receive Disaster Aid for 2002 Storms
May 19 2004 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley announced more than $1.2 million dollars in disaster aid has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the City of Carbon Hill for infrastructure cost caused by severe...
Alabama – More than the Heart of Dixie
May 17 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Alabama at 4,447,100. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 19 percent had...
Ala. A.G. Warns of Home Repair Fraud
May 4 2004 // May is Remodeling Consumer Protection Month, and Alabama Attorney General Troy King is teaming with the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, the Home Builders Association of Alabama, and the Better Business Bureau in an...
CIS, Inc. announces entry into S.C. non-standard auto market
Apr 26 2004 // Jess Chappell, President and CEO of Savannah, GA based CIS, Inc., announced that CIS will enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over the administration of an already existing program. “We...
Alabama Woman Charged with Arson
Apr 21 2004 // A 39-year-old Alexander City, Ala. woman was charged with first-degree arson in connection with a fire that resulted in a rescue of the woman’s boyfriend. According to the Alabama Department of Insurance, Janet Tuck...
West Virginia Gets Insurance Fraud Bureau Later This Year
Apr 19 2004 // Having put pen to paper, West Virginia Governor Bob Wise recently signed the state’s first insurance fraud bureau into law, ushering in a new era of stepped-up crackdowns on industry fraud. State Insurance...
Ala. Fire Damages Prison Administration Building
Apr 15 2004 // An electrical fire that began in a storage room caused moderate damage to an administrative building at Kilby Prison outside of Montgomery, Alabama this week. No one was injured. The Alabama State Fire Marshals Office...
S&P: Alfa Mutual Insurance Co., Affiliates Ratings Lowered, Outlook Stable
Apr 13 2004 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the members of Alabama-based Alfa Insurance Group (Alfa) to ‘AA-‘ from ‘AA’. Standard &...
AMERICAN MEDICAL SECURITY GROUP COMPLETES ALABAMA CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT:
Apr 5 2004 // American Medical Security Group Inc. (AMS) and plaintiffs’ representatives have reportedly reached an agreement of understanding to certify and settle a class-action lawsuit, Gadson v. AMS, pending in the Circuit...
Alabama P/C Market Gaining Momentum
Mar 30 2004 // Walter Bell With signs of improvement on the horizon for the property/casualty market in Alabama, Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell recently set aside time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast about conditions in the...
