All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2008 // Richard Ford, chief examiner of the Alabama Department of Insurance since 1993, accepted election as president of the Society of Financial Examiners at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.At...
Sep 24 2008 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Sloss Industries incurred $182,500 in proposed penalties for exposing workers to safety hazards at its fiber divisions manufacturing plant.the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed...
Sep 23 2008 // Birmingham, Ala.-based ProAssurance Corp.announced that A. Derrill Crowe, M.D., resigned as non-executive chairman of the board and from his position as a director, for personal reasons. A successor chairman has not been...
Sep 22 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley filled a recently vacated opening on his cabinet, naming a commissioner to head the Department of Insurance.Jim L. Ridling takes over the position from Walter Bell, who announced in August he was...
Sep 18 2008 // ProAssurance Corp., based in Birmingham, Ala., announced its held exposures related to financial institutions recently in the headlines. ProAssurance reported it holds $ 21.6 million in Lehman Brothers senior notes; $8.9...
Sep 17 2008 // Jim L. Ridling began his new job as Alabama Insurance Commissioner on Sept. 15 under appointment by Gov. Bob RileyRidling entered a management training program in 1967 with Fireman’s Fund Insurance. This lead to...
Sep 4 2008 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, a.k.a. the Beach Pool, released a progress report on a series of coastal insurance recommendations made by a state task force following Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The 20-member...
Sep 4 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley filled a recently vacated opening on his cabinet, naming a commissioner to head the Department of Insurance.Jim L. Ridling takes over the position from Walter Bell, who announced in August he was...
Sep 4 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley called up 130 Alabama Army National Guard soldiers to perform security missions at seven locations housing evacuees from Hurricane Gustav.Riley called the troops to relieve local, county and state...
Sep 1 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay made a record four landfalls on the northern Gulf Coast last month, drenching and damaging communities, crops, homes and businesses across the Florida peninsula.Gov. Charlie Crist received a major...
Sep 1 2008 // Alabama state employees suffering from obesity and three other health problems will eventually have to pay extra for their health insurance if they don’t try to control their problems. The State Employees’...
Sep 1 2008 // Since the beginning of Alabama Gov. Bob Riley’s administration, Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell said it has been the Department’s goal to streamline regulation and to reduce red tape.A new producer...
Sep 1 2008 // Taking the 5th“Has it been your custom and habit in prosecuting litigation to have Senator Lott contact and encourage witnesses to give false information?” —State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. attorney Jim...
Aug 29 2008 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $138, 500 in penalties for a Cullman, Alabama-based company for 31 safety and health violations.AAR Summa Technology has been singled out by the agency for 26...
Aug 22 2008 // The Derek Hughes/ National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. Educational Foundation scholarships went to two University of Alabama student.Recipient Aldrich Callins of Birmingham, Ala. has attended...
Aug 22 2008 // Alabama state employees suffering from obesity and three other health problems will eventually have to pay extra for their health insurance if they don’t try to control their problems. The State Employees’...
Aug 21 2008 // Declarations– Tara Hutchison, spokeswoman for Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, after a judge dismissed most of a lawsuit in which an indicted insurance executive accused the governor and others of conspiring to drive him out...
Aug 21 2008 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, or the Beach Pool, is implementing new discounts to help coastal policyholders reduce their windstorm premiums.The Beach Pool discounts will apply to homes built to the...
Aug 19 2008 // Yes, there will be more Alabama state troopers patrolling state highways this week.Beginning Aug. 18, troopers were on the lookout for drivers who violate traffic laws. The Department of Public Safety said troopers will...
Aug 19 2008 // Swiss Re appointed Walter A. Bell as chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp. Bell, whose appointment with Swiss Re is effective Sept. 2, is currently insurance commissioner of the Alabama Department of Insurance, a...