All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 8 2022 // The owner of a Hummer vehicle found buried in rural Alabama will have some explaining to do when he returns home, the local sheriff said after crews used a backhoe to unearth the vehicle this week.“We had our...
Apr 5 2022 // Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees...
Apr 4 2022 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to defend its insured, an Alabama man who abused a 10-year-old girl, leaving the victim with little recourse for winning significant civil damages, a federal appeals court...
Mar 29 2022 // A wildfire that began over the weekend has consumed more than 600 acres of woods southeast of Birmingham, threatening homes but not causing any reported injuries. Fire officials say smoke and smoldering debris will...
Mar 24 2022 // The same severe weather front that destroyed property in Texas and Louisiana also spawned at least six tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama, but damage appeared to limited. In Baldwin County, in south Alabama, emergency...
Feb 25 2022 // The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation Tuesday that would create a new definition of a riot and provide tougher penalties for people who participate in one.Republicans supporting the bill said it is...
Feb 22 2022 // The Alabama House of Representatives could vote as soon as today on legislation to do away with the requirement for a person to get a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public.House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said there is...
Feb 9 2022 // The Alabama House of Representatives has agreed to divert more funding to Strengthen Alabama Homes, a program that fortifies houses and roofs to mitigate wind damage.The House this week approved House Bill 39, sponsored by...
Feb 7 2022 // A Georgia judge has issued an arrest warrant for an Alabama woman who may have forged documents to receive more than three months of insurance benefits after a 2019 car crash. Tessa Blakely, 40, of Fort Mitchell, Alabama,...
Feb 4 2022 // A holding company formed by the owner of the Sacramento Kings basketball team has agreed to purchase National Security Group Inc., an Alabama-based specialty underwriter of property, casualty and life insurance, for $41...
Jan 31 2022 // Alabama-based Palomar Insurance has named Justin Smitherman chief technology officer, charged with tech strategies and management, the company announced.Smitherman started with Palomar in 2011 and was promoted to...
Dec 10 2021 // Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation Insurance announced that it is expanding into the Alabama market, starting Jan. 1. Stonetrust is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and operates in 10 states, including...
Nov 29 2021 // Openly, a homeowners’ insurance platform, announced it has expanded into Alabama, its eighth new state in 2021. Openly, which lets website users choose an agent, get a quote or file a claim, is now in 15 states, the...
Nov 29 2021 // In an effort to increase the number of flood insurance policies in the state, the Alabama Department of Insurance is relaxing requirements that carriers file flood insurance rates, except for those covering...
Nov 23 2021 // Independent insurance agents in Alabama are trying again to crack open what they say is the state’s “good ol’ boy” system and end three decades of tax breaks that mostly benefit two insurance...
Nov 19 2021 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing Dec. 6 on the proposed merger of Birmingham-based ProAssurance Specialty Insurance Co. and Noetic Specialty Insurance, a Vermont company. The publicly traded...
Nov 4 2021 // The University of Alabama is no longer requiring face coverings in most of its facilities for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.Beginning Friday, masks will be mandated only for unvaccinated people...
Oct 19 2021 // A veteran police officer and fire investigator has been named director of the state’s Insurance Fraud Bureau and assistant state fire marshal. Bill Herman began his career at the Montgomery County Police Department,...
Oct 19 2021 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has set new fees for captive insurers and has adopted a new valuation manual. The department announced last week that starting Jan. 1, the application fee for captive insurers will climb...
Oct 12 2021 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a hearing Nov. 16 on a proposed, significant decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs and rating values. A filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance...