Alabama News

La. Commissioner Orders Insurers to Extend Hurricane Prescription Period

Just over a month after he asked insurance companies in his state to voluntarily do so, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donleon issued Directive 199 mandating that all companies insuring property in Louisiana extend the period in which a policyholder …

After Katrina, Ala. Gulf Coast Building Codes Getting Stricter

Scenes of buildings crumbled by Hurricane Katrina’s fierce winds and surging waves have been spotlighted as examples of poor construction and lax building codes on the Gulf Coast near Mobile, Ala. The push for stricter codes actually started in 1992 …

Survey: Alabama Coast Homeowners Ahead on Hurricane Preps

Homeowners on the coast of Alabama and some other states battered by Gulf of Mexico hurricanes in recent years are better prepared for a major storm than those along the Atlantic coast, an insurance survey found. The survey, sponsored by …

Western States Face Mold Danger Despite Dry Climate

Liberty International Offers Travel Professionals’ E&O Program

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, and Travel Professionals Insurance Network (TPIN), a service of MPP Co. Inc., have partnered to offer a new travel professionals errors and omissions insurance product, which is available in 32 …

Towing begins for thousands of cars flooded by Katrina and Rita

The cars, still streaked with mud from the floodwaters that covered them, many with broken windows, sprung doors and missing hoods, have mostly been removed from New Orleans streets. Now they will be removed from under the overpasses and empty …

Towing begins for thousands of cars flooded by Katrina and Rita

The cars, still streaked with mud from the floodwaters that covered them, many with broken windows, sprung doors and missing hoods, have mostly been removed from New Orleans streets. Now they will be removed from under the overpasses and empty …

Report not kind to FEMA regarding hurricane assistance

Watchdog agency finds around $1 billion was handed out improperly A report released June 14 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) assesing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s handling of its disaster aid process in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina …

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Report not kind to FEMA regarding hurricane assistance Watchdog agency finds around $1 billion was handed out improperly A report released June 14 by the U.S. Government Ac-countability Office (GAO) assessing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s handling of its disaster …

New Markets

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