A judge has dismissed a former University of Georgia football player’s lawsuit against the university’s athletic association and one of its former employees. Junior cornerback Decory Bryant’s football career ended with a neck injury in a game against the University …
A former Gulf Shores, Alabama insurance company bookkeeper accused of bilking homeowners out of at least $120,000 has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of misappropriation of insurance premiums. The Press-Register reported Monday’s plea bargain gives Benton Gray Harvey a …
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is crediting state efforts for driving down the number of highway deaths in Alabama. Officials are anticipating a 35 percent decrease since 2006 in the number of state trooper-investigated highway deaths in the state. Riley says …
When Bob Hagan was a boy in Youngstown, Ohio, people equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After graduating from high school more …
An Alabama jury has sided with a railroad in a series of lawsuits filed by the relatives of four men killed in a train crash almost three years ago. Chilton County jurors ruled in favor of CSX Transportation, deciding the …
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$5 Million The amount of damage to the shoreline in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama, caused by Tropical Storm Ida, a relatively mild storm. $250,000 The default judgment against Tippah County upheld by the Mississippi Supreme Court. A man …
Monte Stringer, executive vice president with U.S. Risk Inc. in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. for the coming year. Stringer and other new officers and directors of the organization were elected at the …
Allstate Corp. and Alfa Mutual plan to drop wind coverage on an estimated 14,000 homeowner policies in Alabama’s two coastal counties over the next 18 months, the latest blow to property owners seeking insurance in an area vulnerable to hurricanes. …
Insurance agents in Alabama and Louisiana may now access the services provided by TAPCO Underwriters Inc. (TAPCO), a Burlington, N.C.-based MGA that specializes in high-volume, middle-market excess and surplus insurance lines. The company explained in its announcement that it has …
