Protective Life Corporation, is a financial services holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Ala. The company’s primary subsidiary, Protective Life Insurance Company, was established in 1907 and the company now markets its products and services in all 50 states. As of December 31, 2011, the company had more than 2,300 employees, 6 million customers, annual revenues of $3.6 billion and assets of $52.9 billion. With a market capitalization of $2.41 billion in 2012, Protective was ranked 1422 in the Forbes Global 2000 list.
The UAB Blazers are the forest green and old gold-swathed athletic teams at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school is one of the twelve member institutions of Conference USA and participates in Division I of the NCAA. The school's football program, as with all other C-USA members, participates in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I competition in that sport. The UAB football team is led by Garrick McGee and currently plays its home games at 71,594-seat Legion Field. The school's men's basketball team plays in 8,508-seat Bartow Arena.