All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 20 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey...
Jan 19 2023 // Alabama’s governor has appointed Mark Fowler as state insurance commissioner, elevating him from an acting commissioner position.“I am deeply thankful to Gov. Kay Ivey for the opportunity to serve as...
Jan 18 2023 // An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors.The monitors...
Jan 17 2023 // An Alabama engine mechanic took refuge in a shipping container as a tornado decimated his shop and killed two of his neighbors along its destructive path across Alabama and Georgia.The harrowing stories of David Hollon and...
Jan 13 2023 // At least seven people were killed in central Alabama and more are missing after tornadoes and severe storms left a swath of damage across parts of the South.Local news reports said that a large tornado ripped through...
Jan 11 2023 // An Alabama judge awarded Robert and Mindy Barton $900,000 for actual damages and emotional distress caused by the botched construction of their custom home, but the couple won’t be able to collect that judgment from...
Jan 3 2023 // An airport worker in Montgomery, Alabama, was killed Saturday when he was sucked into the engine of a plane.Local and state news reports said the ground crew worker, whose name has not been released, was ingested into the...
Dec 27 2022 // An underground fire has been raging at an environmental landfill near Birmingham for almost a month, covering Alabama’s largest metro area with smoke.Now, state officials, local fire departments and county...
Dec 15 2022 // Higginbotham, a national insurance broker, continues to grow with the acquisition of Burkholder Insurance Inc. in Mobile, Alabama. Higginbotham, known for its expansion through acquisitions in recent years, said the deal...
Dec 2 2022 // The twister that smashed through a small Alabama community this week, during an outbreak of tornadoes across the Deep South, killed a 39-year-old woman and her 8-year-old son on a street where generations of one family...
Dec 1 2022 // A Mississippi-based consulting firm hired to figure out Florida’s insurance company financial rating conundrum has faced scrutiny in other states after audits found improper disbursement of funds, long delays in...
Nov 30 2022 // Tornadoes and high winds destroyed a fire station, damaged homes and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Alabama, as the storm front moved into eastern states Wednesday morning.Local news reports and the Associated...
Nov 21 2022 // Five people from Georgia, including two children, were killed in Alabama on Friday when their car entered the highway going the wrong way and hit an 18-wheeler, authorities said.Maria Baltazar, 49, was driving the 2021...
Nov 1 2022 // Residents and businesses are cleaning up after at least five tornadoes touched down in a severe weather outbreak along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast.No injuries or deaths were reported after the Saturday twisters....
Oct 11 2022 // A company cannot be compelled to turn over its risk management work product that may include attorney-client information and claims investigators’ opinions, the Alabama Supreme Court decided.The case involved the...
Oct 10 2022 // BoMont Group, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, has named a former Floridian as president of the company. Griffin Smith, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Chipola College in...
Oct 4 2022 // A congressional aide in Alabama has been indicted on insurance fraud charges and was placed on leave from her job.Alabama news outlets reported that Sherry McCormick, an aide to U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, turned...
Sep 26 2022 // An electrician sustains a head injury on the job. He signs a mediation agreement absolving the employer of any workers’ compensation liability while he pursues a tort action against the warehouse owner.Five years...
Sep 21 2022 // Authorities in northeastern Alabama said a 70-year-old man fell to his death at a popular waterfall park. The man’s name hasn’t been released. DeKalb County Coroner Tom Wilson told AL.com that the man fell from...
Sep 19 2022 // InsureScan, a company that says its software can help agents quote and bind auto coverage in a few minutes, has expanded to Alabama. CEO Mark Chappell, who is based in Alabama, said that while some insurance companies are...