Birmingham AUTO INSURANCE (AL)

As the largest city in Alabama, Birmingham’s modest 230,000 residents are dispersed over a sprawling 150-square-mile area. Birmingham accounts for about a quarter of Alabama’s total population.

The Birmingham economy has diversified over the years, evolving from an industrial and transportation powerhouse into one more and more reliant upon banking, telecommunications, transportation, electrical power transmission, medical care, college education, and insurance. The city has also risen to be a major hub for the trucking industry as well as intercity bus transportation.

Birmingham has a humid subtropical climate, which is characterized by hot and often oppressively humid, rainy summers. Winters tend to be mild with average temperatures rarely dipping below 50F degrees. Rainfall is considerable and spread fairly even throughout the year. Thunderstorms are also common in spring and fall and tornadoes have been known to hit the area on several occasions. Birmingham can also be subject to hurricane and tropical storm remnants which sweep into the area from the Gulf of Mexico.

Crime in Birmingham is considerably higher than the national average with violent and property crimes outpacing the mean rates in every category.

Crime and Fatal Accident Statistics (2008)

Fatal Accidents	Cars Involved	People Involved	Pedestrian Accidents	Caused by DUI/DWI	Auto Thefts (2007)
30	49	71	7	8	2246

City Driving

Pop increase from commuters	Avg. commute time
+87,309	23.5 minutes
Avg. rainfall	Avg. Temp (annual)
51.16 inches rain 2.1 inches snow	Jan. 42F, July 80F (62.5F)

Transportation

Major Highways
Running northeast and southwest are Interstate 20 and I-59. I-65 brings motorists in from the north and south while I-459 loops around to the southeast. US Highway 280 enters from the southeast while US-31 from the north and US-78 from the northwest. US-11 runs southwest-northeast.
Total no. of bridges	Total length	Avg. daily traffic	Avg. daily truck traffic
524	37930ft	14944459	1411100
Airports
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport Bonham Airport
Trains
Passenger rail service provides passenger rails service and lies on the route between New York City and New Orleans.
Public Transportation
The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority provides public transit with MAX or Metro Area Express, which is what the bus system is called.

Facts and Figures

Population (2009)	Male Female	Change since 2000	Living/Working	Area in Sq. Miles
232,137	46.1% 53.9%	-5.2%	59,697	151.95
Zip Codes
35201, 35202, 35203, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35207, 35208, 35209, 35210, 35211, 35212, 35213, 35214, 35215, 35216, 35217, 35218, 35219, 35220, 35221, 35222, 35223, 35224, 35225, 35226, 35228, 35229, 35230, 35231, 35232, 35233, 35234, 35235, 35236, 35237, 35238, 35240, 35242, 35243, 35244, 35245, 35246, 35249, 35253, 35254, 35255, 35259, 35260, 35261, 35263, 35266, 35277, 35278, 35279, 35280, 35281, 35282, 35283, 35285, 35286, 35287, 35288, 35289, 35290, 35291, 35292, 35293, 35294, 35295, 35296, 35297, 35298, 35299
Arenas/Sport Teams
Legion Field/UAB Blazers Bartow Arena/University of Alabama at Birmingham. Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center Boutwell Memorial Auditorium Fair Park Arena

Contact the City

http://www.ci.bham.al.us

Complaints and Insurance Fraud

Insurance companies usually have processes for customers to report fraud and submit complaints. If your company doesn't have a reporting system or fraud hotline, contact its headquarters.
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If you've witnessed or are a victim of insurance fraud in Birmingham, you should report it to the following organizations:
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Birmingham Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Alabama Department of Insurance
Alabama Attorney General
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (CAIF)
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)

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