Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Again Subsidizes Wind Insurance Pool Rates
Jul 1 2009 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has signed legislation to help control insurance costs for coastal property owners. Business supporters of the bill contend it will also serve as an economic stimulus. The bill appropriates a...
Mississippi Wind Pool Insurance Credits Available for Biloxi Homeowners
Jun 24 2009 // Some Biloxi homeowners who use the wind pool for insurance may qualify for a 20 percent credit on their coverage. The wind pool — or Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association — is the insurer of last...
Injured Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters Face Financial Woes
Jun 10 2009 // When Leakesville, Mississippi volunteer firefighter Scottie Holland was injured in January, it could have crippled him physically and financially. “They had been called out to a structural fire. He was pulling the...
Mississippi Surplus Lines Insurance Fees Go Into State’s General Fund
Jun 2 2009 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has delivered a $2 million check targeted for the state’s general fund. The money, derived from fees paid by the surplus lines insurance industry, will go to the...
Miss. Attorney General Hood Keeps State Farm Deal Secret
Jun 1 2009 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has asked a court to block renewed efforts to make public a settlement agreement between his office and insurer State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. that was part of their feud over...
Mississippi Jury Says No to Asbestos Claim for $4.5 Million
Jun 1 2009 // A Claiborne County jury has ruled that three companies do not owe a Mississippi man anything for his claims he suffered from silicosis after using their products. Lawyers for 73-year-old Eugene Westrope of Hazlehurst asked...
Dismissal of Engineering Firm from Mississippi Katrina Case Upheld
May 28 2009 // A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a judge’s ruling that dismissed an engineering firm from a lawsuit involving a Hurricane Katrina damage case. David and Marilyn Aikens, of Pass Christian, Miss.,...
Actor Freeman Sued Over Mississippi Car Crash
May 26 2009 // Attorneys for Morgan Freeman have until July 6 to respond to a lawsuit filed by the woman who was with the actor the night of a car crash last August. Demaris Meyer has sued Freeman for negligence. The lawsuit against the...
Ratings Roundup: Gulf Re, Toa Re, MS Frontier
May 22 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of the United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Reinsurance Limited with stable outlooks....
Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Mississippi, Nevada Rank Highest in Gun Death Rates
May 8 2009 // States with higher gun ownership rates and weak gun laws have the highest rates of gun death according to analysis by the Violence Policy Center of just-revealed 2006 national data (the most recent available) from the...
Chaney Calls for Disability Insurance for Mississippi Firefighters
May 8 2009 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney is calling on legislative leaders to join him in his continuing effort to provide disability insurance coverage for volunteer firefighters in the...
Katrina Flood Victims’ Civil Suit Against Corps Underway
May 4 2009 // Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. Photo: Michael Maples/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Long awaited court proceedings pitting the Army Corps of Engineers against victims of flooding in New Orleans as a result of Hurricane...
Katrina Fraud Allegations Against Mississippi Mayor Detailed
May 1 2009 // Gulfport, Mississippi Mayor Brent Warr, the highest-ranking public official charged with Hurricane Katrina fraud, made numerous false statements about the living arrangements of his family and a beachfront home damaged by...
Gulf States Prepare Together for Hurricane Season
Apr 29 2009 // Officials from three states of the Gulf Coast are meeting this week to discuss preparations for hurricane season. The 2009 Gulf States Hurricane Conference is being held Wednesday through Friday at the Coast Coliseum and...
Mississippi to Study Hurricane Mitigation Efforts’ Costs, Benefits
Apr 24 2009 // Mississippi has hired a wind engineering firm to assess the various steps that property owners might take to reduce damage from hurricanes. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney and wind engineering firm AIR...
Katrina Flooding Victims’ Lawsuit Against Corps of Engineers Begins
Apr 21 2009 // Arguments began April 20 in a lawsuit filed by New Orleans residents and a business who claim the Army Corps of Engineers owes them damages because of the massive flooding after Hurricane Katrina that stirred up the waters...
Injured Workers’ Suit Against Mississippi Furniture Maker Upheld
Apr 20 2009 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a $3.76 million verdict against a Mississippi furniture maker sued by employees who alleged they were injured from a hazardous glue that the manufacturer made them use. The Supreme...
Mississippi to Twitter Disaster Information to Evacuees
Apr 17 2009 // Too busy fleeing from a hurricane to decide which evacuation route to take in Mississippi? You may want to check your cell phone or laptop for a tweet. Mississippi Department of Transportation officials will use the...
Mississippi Recovers $1 Million for Policyholders in Q1
Apr 13 2009 // Consumers in Mississippi have received nearly $1 million in recovered claims payments and premium refunds in the first three months of 2009 thanks to the efforts of the Consumer Services Division of the Mississippi...
30 Injured, Homes, Businesses Damaged By Mississippi Twister
Mar 31 2009 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour surveyed tornado damage in Simpson County yesterday. Nearly 30 people were injured and dozens of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed Thursday when a twister ripped through the town...
