Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Miss. DOI Takes Control of Family Health Care Plus
Jul 19 2004 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance George Dale announced that Hinds County Chancellor William Singletary approved an Order of Rehabilitation allowing the Mississippi Department of Insurance to assume control of the...
Miss. Insurance Official Traces Frankel Insurance Scam From Conn. to Vatican Bank
Jul 19 2004 // The torching of financier Martin Frankel’s $3 million mansion in Greenwich, Conn., was meant to destroy evidence of an insurance scam that cost Mississippi and other states millions, police said. But not everything...
Insurance Auto Auctions Adds Miss. Facility
Jul 9 2004 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. a provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, announced the acquisition of Mid-South Salvage LLC, a 15-acre operation located in Jackson,...
MS/B Sale Complete; Will Continue to Remain Independently Operated
Jun 24 2004 // Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B) announced the completion of its sale to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. of Richmond, B.C., Canada. Combined with MDA’s existing property information and valuation...
Reform Flourishes in Two States
Jun 21 2004 // When we chatted by phone recently, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) had an air of excitement in his voice. No, I don’t necessarily think it was because he was talking with me, but more the fact that help was on the...
High Stakes for Mississippi Tort Reform
Jun 21 2004 // On June 3 Mississippi legislators were entering the third week of a special session called by Gov. Haley Barbour to consider comprehensive civil justice reform. They were back in Jackson just days after completing their...
Tort Reform Convinces MassMutual to Re-Enter Miss. Municipal Bond Market
Jun 17 2004 // The MassMutual Financial Group, a global diversified financial services organization, announced that Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and its affiliates would re-enter the market for Mississippi municipal bonds...
Miss. Gov. Barbour Begins ‘Tort Tour’
Jun 11 2004 // Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour was wasting no time in telling national business leaders across the country about Mississippi’s newly-passed tort reform legislation. Gov. Barbour met this week with corporate...
AIA Commends Passage of Miss. Tort Reform Bill
Jun 3 2004 // On Thursday, the Mississippi House of Representatives voted 76-38 to concur with the Senate-passed version of HB 13, comprehensive tort reform legislation that should bring stability and predictability back to the...
IIABA Honors Tubertini With Sidney O. Smith Award
Apr 22 2004 // Ronald Tubertini, the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Government Affairs Committee, was presented with the Association’s highest individual government affairs...
Bringing Steady Leadership to Mississippi for Several Decades
Apr 19 2004 // With continued service to the state of Mississippi since the mid-70’s, Insurance Commissioner George Dale has been a steadying influence for the industry in the Magnolia State. When Dale was elected commissioner in...
Miss. Workshop Addresses Problem of Juvenile Firesetting; Reportedly $190 Million in U.S. Property Destroyed Annually
Mar 30 2004 // Mississippi Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Millard Mackey and members of his staff recently participated in a two-day workshop designed to address the problem of juvenile fire setting, one of the reportedly fastest-growing...
Miss. Upgrades Fire Protection for Fisher Ferry
Mar 11 2004 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Fisher Ferry Fire Protection District in Warren County. The fire...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Georgia Legislature Gives Checkup to Reform Bills
Mar 8 2004 // The Georgia Legislature is certainly getting its share of tort reform news this session, considering almost a dozen House bills dealing with civil justice reform and medical malpractice reform. “We commend the...
Miss. Commissioner Notes Upgrade of Southeast Pearl River Fire Protection District
Mar 8 2004 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Southeast Pearl River Fire Protection District in Pearl River County. The fire...
‘Ambitious’ Tort Reform Bill Could Spur Real Improvements in Mississippi
Feb 26 2004 // An omnibus tort reform bill recently introduced in the Mississippi Senate is reportedly ambitious and wide-reaching enough to set the stage for serious reform in the state. “This ambitious bill deserves serious...
MISSISSIPPI NOTES FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT UPGRADE:
Feb 23 2004 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Tippah County Industrial Park Fire Protection District in Tippah County....
Miss. Notes Fire Protection District Upgrade
Jan 30 2004 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Tippah County Industrial Park Fire Protection District in Tippah...
Taking the Pain Out of Tort Reform
Jan 26 2004 // Having first looked at efforts to pass more tort reform in Mississippi (Jan. 12, “Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State”) and now reporting on efforts in West Virginia in this issue, one...
