While much of the focus has centered on recovery efforts in New Orleans and Mississippi, the media spotlight has fallen off of Alabama, where agents have recovered more quickly and are lending a hand to others.

"We are in good shape, as far as the agents [in Alabama] are concerned," said Perry McCain, executive director of Professional Insurance Agents of Alabama in Montgomery, Ala.

"We were spared a lot of devastating damage, but some areas were greatly affected, like Dauphin Island," noted Victor McCarley, executive vice president of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Association in Birmingham, Ala.

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