All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 14 2008 // A school bus accident in Alabama’s southern Dale County sent sixteen students to hospitals with minor injuries.Dale County School Superintendent Phillip Parker said the mishap occurred Aug. 12 around 3:30 p.m. on a...
Aug 12 2008 // Walter A. Bell, the first Alabamian to serve as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, will be leaving his position as state insurance commissioner at the end of August, Gov. Bob Riley...
Aug 11 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 insurance regulation and to reduce red tape.“From...
Aug 4 2008 // Huntsville insurance agent Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination for an open U.S. House seat in Alabama.In the 5th District in north Alabama, Parker received 79 percent to 21 percent for Huntsville lawyer Cheryl...
Jul 25 2008 // Citing growth and hurricane threats on Alabama’s coast, State Farm will boost its homeowners insurance rates by 12 percent to 18 percent in Mobile and Baldwin counties.The Alabama Department of Insurance approved the...
Jul 21 2008 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance, is expanding operations nationwide with the addition of a dedicated underwriter to Mississippi and Alabama. Debbie Rogers is the new contact...
Jul 21 2008 // Authorities say Alabama Marine Police arrested two people in connection with the theft of more than a dozen fishing boats along Mobile Bay.Marine Police Lieutenant Alex Smith says thieves are stripping the 18- to 24-foot...
Jul 17 2008 // Alabama State Rep. Jay Love of Montgomery and Huntsville insurance executive Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination for two open U.S. House seats in Alabama that are expected to be closely watched as Democrats seek to...
Jul 14 2008 // There’s a renewed focus by the Alabama Department of Public Health on the dangers of All Terrain Vehicles.State officials launched a statewide educational campaign July10 to warn citizens about the dangers of...
Jul 10 2008 // Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, ProAssurance Corp. is included in the 2008 Ward’s 50 — a ranking of property-casualty insurance companies.As in 2007, ProAssurance is the only specialty medical...
Jul 8 2008 // Progressive is introducing an optional car insurance program in Alabama that offers lower rates on vehicles that are driven in less risky ways.The behavior-based insurance program, called MyRate, gives drivers a customized...
Jul 7 2008 // Police said a south Alabama woman admitted to shooting her show horse to death in May, burning a barn with the animal inside and attempting to collect $100,000 in insurance on the horse named Abby.Brenda Gradia, of...
Jul 2 2008 // The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association (AIUA), commonly known as the Beach Pool, is implementing new discounts to help coastal Alabama policyholders reduce their insurance premiums for windstorm coverage.The Beach...
Jun 30 2008 // A judge dismissed most of a lawsuit in which an indicted insurance executive accused Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and others of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business.Montgomery Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs Jr....
Jun 26 2008 // William H. Rabel, professor of insurance & financial services at The University of Alabama, won the 2008 John Bickley Innovation and Creativity Award.Rabel led a team of professors that developed the new actuarial...
Jun 24 2008 // An Alabama judge upheld the fraud verdict that the state won against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP in a Medicaid drug pricing suit, but ruled the punitive damages were too high, trimming the total judgment to $160...
Jun 23 2008 // A two-alarm fire destroyed ten apartments and displaced 15 families at Nob Hill Apartments in Birmingham, Ala., with a couple preparing to wed losing her wedding dress, his tuxedo and their belongings.Battalion Chief C.W....
Jun 17 2008 // Police said a south Alabama woman admitted to shooting her show horse to death in May, burning a barn with the animal inside and attempting to collect $100,000 in insurance on the horse named Abby.Brenda Gradia, 41, of...
Jun 17 2008 // Jury selection is beginning in the next trial of Alabama’s lawsuits against more than 70 pharmaceutical companies for allegedly overcharging the state’s Medicaid program. A jury is being selected June 17 in the...
Jun 16 2008 // Huntsville, Ala. insurance executive Wayne Parker and Huntsville attorney Cheryl Baswell Guthrie will be in a runoff for the Republican nomination for the 5th Congressional District seat.Parker nearly won without a runoff...