All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched an updated Web site. It remains at the same address, which is http://www.aldoi.gov/. The new site, designed by department webmaster Jelene Hardy, should reportedly provide...
Mar 9 2004 // A Sunday night fire in Selma damaged two businesses and the Alabama Employment Office. All three were located in the 1000 block of Broad Street in downtown Selma. The fire originated in the Family Dollar Store. The...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Mar 8 2004 // The Georgia Legislature is certainly getting its share of tort reform news this session, considering almost a dozen House bills dealing with civil justice reform and medical malpractice reform.“We commend the...
Mar 8 2004 // We have found not all members are knowledgeable about all of the programs we have available for them, which means they are not getting the full value of their membership in the association. It’s hard to believe that...
Feb 26 2004 // Acting State Fire Marshal Richard Montgomery said Wednesday that the improper use of extension cords as permanent wiring was the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings Monday in McKenzie, Alabama. A hardware store,...
Feb 2 2004 // North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services has completed its acquisition of McGriff, Seibels & Williams Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., creating the sixth largest insurance broker in the nation.The transaction was...
Jan 28 2004 // With the Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association (AIGA) facing unprecedented budgetary shortfalls, the state’s employers and injured workers could reportedly be left with unpaid claims in the event of insurer...
Jan 19 2004 // Inmates at the Chilton County Jail in Alabama were temporarily evacuated last week when a fire broke out in the jail’s laundry room. No one was injured. The fire occurred at 3 p.m. “Our investigation has...
Jan 16 2004 // Nine Alabama fire departments were unable to save the Lillian Community Center, which was destroyed in a fire early last Wednesday morning. Acting State Fire Marshal Richard Montgomery said his office had been requested to...
Dec 12 2003 // A father and son died Wednesday morning during a fire at their home in Chilton County, Alabama. Charles Edward Morrow, 28, and his son, Charles Edward Morrow III, 3, were found in the burned home by Maplesville...
Dec 9 2003 // Anniston, Alabama resident Bruce Cooper, 79, died Sunday morning during a fire at his home. Investigators say there were no smoke detectors installed in the home at the time of the fire. The fire was discovered by a...
Nov 24 2003 // A Fultondale, Alabama company that has reportedly marketed medical malpractice insurance to physicians and hospitals has been ordered to terminate all activities in Alabama, Commissioner Walter Bell announced. The formal...
Nov 20 2003 // An Albertville, Alabama man was killed Nov. 16 during a fire at his residence. No one else was injured in the fire. Marcelo Lopez, 18, died around 10:30 p.m. when fire damaged his one story wood frame home at 119 First...
Nov 11 2003 // A late afternoon fire at Catfish Cabin this past Sunday in Millbrook, Ala., has reportedly been traced back to electrical wiring in the southwest corner of the attic.Investigators with the Millbrook Fire Department and the...
Oct 29 2003 // Two Jasper, Alabama residents died in a house fire Monday night.Walker County 911 received a call reporting the fire at 11:38 p.m. at which time Jasper Fire Department was dispatched to the scene. Guynell Kennedy Bray, age...
Oct 22 2003 // A late night fire destroyed one portable classroom and damaged three other classrooms last Friday in Northport, Ala. Samantha Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire, at 19130 Northside Parkway, at 11:10 p.m. One...
Oct 20 2003 // An early morning fire Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oxford, Ala., resulted in injuries to five people – three firefighters and two employees of Southern Tool, Incorporated. Oxford Fire Department responded to the fire that...
Oct 6 2003 // Independent agent associations in Alabama, New Mexico and New York were recognized for their educational programs as the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) recently presented each of them with a...
Aug 29 2003 // Jess Chappell, president and CEO of Savannah, Ga.-based CIS Inc., announced that CIS plans to enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over the administration of an already existing...