All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2022 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has updated a number of regulations in keeping with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ model regulations and recommendations from the Insurance Institute for...
Jul 18 2022 // Insurers and government self-insurance pools should be breathing a sigh of relief after the Alabama Supreme Court absolved a county commissions’ fund of direct liability in a marina fire that killed eight people and...
Jul 14 2022 // Alabama on Tuesday closed a $509 million bond deal to help build two supersize prisons amid lawsuits by inmates bidding to block the project.The Alabama Finance Department confirmed that the bond sale, which had been...
Jul 8 2022 // Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday defeated an appeal by former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who had accused the British comedian of defamation for falsely portraying him as a pedophile in an interview for the show...
Jul 7 2022 // Acrisure Buys Brentwood Claims FirmAcrisure, a fintech company that runs one of the largest insurance brokerage companies, has acquired a Tennessee-based claims services firm. Brentwood Services Inc., which said it...
Jul 1 2022 // Several Alabama and Georgia laws that could indirectly affect property, liability and workers’ compensation insurance take effect today, July 1.Alabama House Bill 108 requires the state Elevator Safety Review Board...
Jun 23 2022 // Insurers and government self-insurance pools should be breathing a sigh of relief after the Alabama Supreme Court absolved a county commissions’ fund of direct liability in a marina fire that killed eight people and...
Jun 21 2022 // Investments that are a key source of funding for Alabama’s Employees Retirement System have lost ground in the slumping financial markets this year, but officials say the pension fund is sound.The system’s...
Jun 17 2022 // Alabama’s longest-serving insurance commissioner, Jim Ridling, will retire at the end of the month, the state’s governor announced.“Jim has kept stability in the agency, all while bringing fresh ideas to...
Jun 7 2022 // An Alabama seafood company is recalling 1-pound packages of crab meat because federal inspectors found listeria bacteria on cooking equipment and in the cooking room.Irvington Seafood of Irvington, Alabama, said in a...
May 18 2022 // Byars/Wright Insurance, an independent agency with six offices in Alabama, has named four new shareholders, officially giving the agency six owners. In addition to existing owners Haig Wright II and Skip Roberts, four...
May 13 2022 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a hearing in June on VR Insurance Holdings’ proposed purchase of the National Security Group.VR Insurance Holdings is a recently formed Delaware-based company formed by a...
Apr 27 2022 // As the number of catalytic converter thefts has soared nationwide, one Alabama auto repair shop has begun building anti-theft cages that cover the pollution-control devices.Dean and Cory Parker, owners of Dean’s Auto...
Apr 21 2022 // Alabama sheriff’s deputies this week arrested a man they say buried a Hummer six years ago after filing an insurance claim on the vehicle. Bruce Parnell was taken into jail in Washington County, in southwest Alabama,...
Apr 20 2022 // Lyon Fry Cadden Insurance, one of the oldest property and casualty brokers in Alabama, is now part of Higginbotham, one of the largest U.S. brokers and human resources and benefits firms. Higginbotham said in a press...
Apr 12 2022 // Palomar Expands with New Faces in Transportation, Cosmetic Surgery InsurancePalomar Insurance Corp., based in Montgomery, Alabama, has moved into South Carolina, the company announced. The Greenville, South Carolina,...
Apr 8 2022 // The owner of a Hummer vehicle found buried in rural Alabama will have some explaining to do when he returns home, the local sheriff said after crews used a backhoe to unearth the vehicle this week.“We had our...
Apr 5 2022 // Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees...
Apr 4 2022 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to defend its insured, an Alabama man who abused a 10-year-old girl, leaving the victim with little recourse for winning significant civil damages, a federal appeals court...
Mar 29 2022 // A wildfire that began over the weekend has consumed more than 600 acres of woods southeast of Birmingham, threatening homes but not causing any reported injuries. Fire officials say smoke and smoldering debris will...