Mediation Requirements for 3/1/07 Tornados

[LOGO] BOB RILEY GOVERNOR STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE 201 MONROE STREET, SUITE 1700 POST OFFICE BOX 303351 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36130-3351 TELEPHONE: (334) 269-3550 FACSIMILE: (334) 241-4192 INTERNET: www.aldoi.gov WALTER A. BELL COMMISSIONER ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER RAGAN INGRAM DEPUTY COMMISSIONER D. DAVID PARSONS CHIEF EXAMINER RICHARD L. FORD STATE FIRE MARSHAL EDWARD S. PAULK GENERAL COUNSEL REYN NORMAN RECEIVER DENISE B. AZAR LICENSING MANAGER JIMMY W. GUNN ## BULLETIN TO: All Property Insurers Doing Business in the State of Alabama FROM: Walter A. Bell, Commissioner of Insurance DATE: April 10, 2007 SUBJECT: Applicability of the Alternative Procedures for Resolution of Disputed Personal Lines Insurance Claims to Property Claims Arising from the Tornados that Occurred in Alabama on March 1, 2007 Alabama Insurance Regulation, Chapter 482-1-135, entitled Alternative Procedures for Resolution of Disputed Personal Lines Insurance Claims Arising from Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tornado and Other Disasters Damage, became effective December 31, 2005. This regulation provides a mediation process for pending disputed claims from Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina, as well as future claims related to disaster damage. Pursuant to this Bulletin, the Alabama Department of Insurance hereby declares that the mediation requirements of Chapter 482-1-135 and the Bulletin dated May 17, 2006, apply to property claims arising from the tornados that occurred in Alabama on March 1, 2007. WAB/JE/vm EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER