The Alabama Department of Insurance is implementing plans to offer a grace period to certain insurance producers whose licenses and company appointments are set to expire, Commissioner Walter A. Bell said. Producers, commonly known as insurance agents, who reside in Baldwin, Mobile and Washington counties are eligible as are producers from coastal Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana who hold non-resident licenses. Full details of the plan are forthcoming and will be posted.

“We are working on a plan to make sure that these producers can continue their work in these critical areas without interruption,” Commissioner Bell said. “Our staff is pulling together a list of all the producers that are affected and attempting to make contact with the ones we can.” Producers that have questions can call the Alabama Department of Insurance at 334-241-4197 or email the Producer Licensing Division at jimmy.gunn@insurance.alabama.gov.

September 20, 2005