All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 7 2007 // The Board of Directors of Birmingham, Ala.-based ProAssurance Corp., elected Drayton Nabers Jr. to serve on its Board. Nabers previously served on the Board until he resigned to enter state government.Since leaving his...
Dec 5 2007 // An Alabama state senator who is vice chairman of a panel studying immigration issues in Alabama said Monday he will introduce legislation to require the state driver’s license exam be given in English only.The...
Nov 19 2007 // Every eligible federal judge in north Alabama has stepped aside from presiding in the criminal contempt case of Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs, who is accused of disobeying an order by failing to turn over...
Nov 13 2007 // Some Alabama children who take the bus to school will be buckled-up during the trip for the first time next year thanks to a grant awarded by a special panel Gov. Bob Riley appointed.Riley convened the Governor’s...
Nov 12 2007 // A federal judge has ordered jailed Ala. outdoorsman Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV to pay more than $1 million to an insurance firm that accused him of filing a bogus post-Hurricane Katrina damage claim for a...
Nov 8 2007 // Life insurance company Alfa Corp. has agreed to be acquired by its majority owners, Alfa Mutual Insurance Co. and Alfa Mutual Fire Insurance Co., for about $840 million.Alfa Mutual will pay $22 per share for shares of Alfa...
Nov 2 2007 // A Crestview, Fla., couple is facing felony charges stemming from the suspicion that they intentionally set their home on fire.Zachary Lee Dalton and his wife Kellie Elizabeth Hahn, both 24, were arrested Oct. 31 by the...
Oct 22 2007 // The head of Alabama’s teachers’ organization is concerned that legislation designed to improve the availability of insurance along the Alabama coast could have another effect – eliminating tax dollars for...
Oct 2 2007 // Alabama legislators unveiled a law designed to help the Gulf Coast real estate industry and coastal homeowners hit by high insurance rates but Gov. Bob Riley said there is no current consensus to address it in a special...
Sep 30 2007 // Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs has asked a federal judge to throw out a charge accusing him of criminal contempt in a dispute related to insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina.In court papers made public last...
Sep 26 2007 // Whether the nation needs a federal or other governmental program to deal with insurance costs and availability for natural catastrophes in U.S. coastal states was the central question at a public hearing in Mobile, Ala.,...
Sep 26 2007 // A train derailment in Flomaton, Ala., over the weekend caused some anxiety and evacuations after authorities learned that the 66-car train was carrying anhydrous ammonia.The derailment that occurred after 9 p.m. on Sept....
Sep 24 2007 // Owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums and insurance legislation to make coverage available and affordable on the coast...
Sep 24 2007 // Owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums and insurance legislation to make coverage available and affordable on the coast...
Sep 24 2007 // Alabama State Forester Linda Casey lifted a fire alert for 17 counties in the northwest part of the state last week.The affected counties are: Lauderdale, Limestone, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Marion, Winston,...
Sep 21 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon and state regulators from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina will host a public hearing Sept. 24 on insurance issues affecting the Gulf Coast.The event is...
Sep 21 2007 // National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) President and Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell, along with other members of the NAIC’s Southeastern Zone, is holding a public hearing to address...
Sep 13 2007 // The Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Department of Public Safety are cooperating to boost state trooper patrols on roads where there have been a high number of deadly crashes during the past few years,...
Sep 12 2007 // Alabama and Florida officials started a jointly funded project this week that will provide a four-lane hurricane evacuation route from the Florida Panhandle to Interstate 65 in Alabama.It’s a rare case in which a...
Sep 4 2007 // As Labor Day tourists take an end-of-summer beach trip, owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums.Insurance legislation aimed at...