All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2021 // McGriff has hired Dain Jorgenson as a senior vice president and producer in its Birmingham-based Energy Practice. Dain Jorgenson Jorgenson joins McGriff from Insurance Risk Partners, where he served as senior vice...
Feb 4 2021 // Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse will vote next week on whether to unionize in one of the most visible labor-organizing pushes at the online retailing giant.Employees at the Bessemer facility are seeking to form a...
Feb 3 2021 // Insurance adjusting firm Catastrophe & National Claims (CNC) has added Tom Noonan as senior vice president of Strategy & Innovation. In this newly created role, he’ll help lead strategic planning and...
Jan 28 2021 // The Alabama Education Association is urging the state to give teachers COVID-19 vaccinations following the deaths of at least 39 public school employees from the contagious illness.The group, which represents public...
Jan 28 2021 // James Scott has never lived anywhere other than a two-story house on hilly Darlene Drive north of Birmingham. Home will never be the same after a tornado smashed the structure into pieces, killed another teen and left the...
Jan 22 2021 // Alabama’s policy requiring a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery before they can change the sex on their driver’s license is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday.U.S....
Jan 22 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired the assets of Shields Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With locations in Birmingham and Mobile, Ala.,...
Dec 17 2020 // Regulators have loosened rules to make it easier for out-of-state doctors to work in Alabama as the coronavirus pandemic both fills hospital beds and strains medical staff by sickening doctors and nurses, officials said...
Dec 16 2020 // Weather officials say they’re still assessing the effects of a tornado that touched down in Alabama over the weekend.The National Weather Service said Monday that a storm survey team had found preliminary evidence of...
Dec 15 2020 // Vertus Insurance Partners and Zurich North America have expanded the Cat4Home deductible buy-back insurance product to customers in Alabama and Mississippi.The company said the expanded offering comes after the second most...
Dec 14 2020 // A Jefferson County court erred when it ruled the city of Birmingham should have to pay benefits to relatives of a city worker who was shot to death while cutting grass, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled Friday.The...
Nov 24 2020 // The Alabama Department of Insurance (ALDOI) has launched a newly designed website that features a new layout and simplified navigation and is also mobile-friendly.“We are thrilled to debut our new department...
Nov 20 2020 // More than three weeks after Hurricane Zeta barreled across the Southeast and left destruction in its wake, Alabama is still waiting on a federal disaster declaration and the emergency relief that comes with it, according...
Nov 13 2020 // Alabama law enforcement officials on Tuesday cautioned people to beware of third-party websites when they renew their driver license online.The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a news release that some third-party...
Nov 12 2020 // A judge on Monday ordered an auto parts manufacturer to pay $1.5 million after admitting violating federal safety standards before a worker was crushed to death by a robotic machine.The Department of Justice announced the...
Nov 9 2020 // Alabama has reached a $60 million settlement with Terminix International for systematically overcharging customers for termite services and failing to honor service contracts, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced...
Nov 3 2020 // Gusty winds buffeted western North Carolina on Sunday on the heels of Tropical Storm Zeta, leaving more than 11,000 utility customers without power, officials said.The National Weather Service posted a wind advisory for...
Nov 2 2020 // Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh...
Oct 30 2020 // A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it barreled northeast on Oct. 29 after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials...
Oct 21 2020 // A spike in drunk driving cases in an Alabama county has led to speculation that the stresses associated with the coronavirus pandemic may be behind the increase.Morgan County sheriff’s spokesman Mike Swafford said...