Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Insurer Offering Coverage Discount for Home Fortification in Mississippi
Nov 3 2008 // Nationwide Insurance is offering up to 35 percent premium discounts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast to qualified policyholders who reinforce their houses against wind damage. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says...
Mississippi Katrina Report: No Insurer Fraud Pattern
Nov 3 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. made questionable decisions in handling Hurricane Katrina claims, but a nearly two-year study found no pattern of fraud in Mississippi, according to a state agency report released Oct....
Alabama, Mississippi Agencies Among 6 Named Top Performers by Big ‘I’
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Mississippi to Get $2 Million in Disaster Funds
Oct 31 2008 // Mississippi is one of 15 states that will share in $200 million allocated by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston. The money is for states affected by natural disasters. According to a HUD news...
Feds to Close Mississippi Disaster Office
Oct 30 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center in Greenville, Miss. is set to close on Oct. 31. FEMA officials processed more than 2,100 applications and awarded more than $3 million for...
Motorcycle Fatalities Rising in Mississippi
Oct 28 2008 // The motorcycle facility rate in Mississippi is rising at an alarming rate and safety instructors are looking at ways to lure motorists to certified motorcycle safety classes as a way to help reduce the number of deaths...
Mississippi High Court Upholds Verdict in Hospice Death
Oct 27 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a multimillion dollar verdict in the case of a 66-year-old woman allegedly misdiagnosed with cancer then given a lethal dose of painkillers. The story of Ersel Allen begins in April...
Officials in Mississippi City to Research Allowing Golf Carts on Streets
Oct 27 2008 // The Mayor of Brookhaven, Miss. may consider allowing residents to take their golf carts out for a spin on residential streets. Mayor Bob Massengill said city officials will study ordinances on golf carts elsewhere in the...
Update: Mississippi Firm, Workers Spar in Court over Injuries
Oct 8 2008 // Franklin Corp. asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn a multimillion-dollar verdict on grounds that the furniture manufacturer did not intend for harm to come to four workers when the company started using a new...
Mississippi Insurance Agent Claims Sentence too Harsh
Oct 7 2008 // A federal appeals court in Mississippi rejected Ecru insurance agent Ken Nowlin’s claim that his 30-month sentence for his role in a kickback scheme was too harsh. Nowlin was sentenced in February. He pleaded guilty...
Reinsurance Executives Tour Fortified Home in Mississippi
Oct 6 2008 // Nearing the end of a years-long highly specialized residential construction project, one Hurricane Katrina survivor has become a regular stop for insurance industry representatives touring along the Mississippi Gulf...
4 Arrested on Charges of Faking Mississippi Car Accident
Oct 5 2008 // The Mississippi attorney general’s office says four people have been arrested on charges they staged a car accident in Yazoo County to collect insurance money. Attorney General Jim Hood says the four have been...
Public Hearing In Mississippi to Highlight Coastal Insurance Issues
Sep 29 2008 // The Mississippi House of Representatives Insurance Committee will host a public hearing to discuss housing and insurance issues in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Ike. State Rep. and Chairman Walter Robinson...
Residents in Gustav-damaged Mississippi Counties OK’d for Aid
Sep 29 2008 // Residents in three Mississippi counties — Hancock, Harrison and Washington — are approved for individual disaster assistance as a result of damages from Hurricane Gustav which struck the state on Labor Day. The...
Dozens of Mississippi Cottages Condemned after Gustav
Sep 29 2008 // In Mississippi, Donnell Landtroop’s state-supplied cottage has mold on the walls and dried mud on the floor — the foul remnants of Hurricane Gustav, the second hurricane in three years to leave her family...
Reinsurers Tour Fortified Home During Mississippi Wind Pool Meeting
Sep 24 2008 // Nearing the end of a years-long highly specialized residential construction project, one Hurricane Katrina survivor has become a regular stop for insurance industry representatives touring along the Mississippi Gulf...
Court Clashes over Katrina Wind Damage Winding Down in Mississippi
Sep 22 2008 // It took three years for Mississippi resident, Scott Gordon, to resolve the dispute that Hurricane Katrina spawned with his insurance company. Anything resembling a full recovery from the storm will take much...
Torrential Rains Hit Missouri Causing Flash Floods
Sep 16 2008 // The remnants of Hurricane Ike brought heavy winds and torrential rains to Missouri on September 15, causing flash floods and raising new concerns about swelling rivers, including parts of the Mississippi and the...
Update: Mississippi Couple in Settlement with State Farm over Katrina
Sep 16 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a Biloxi, Miss. couple over damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed Sept. 15 in U.S....
Judge Dismisses Portions of Katrina Lawsuit in Mississippi
Sep 10 2008 // A Mississippi couple who accused their insurance company of using fraudulent Hurricane Katrina damage reports to keep from paying claims now says there’s no evidence the insurer acted negligently or in bad faith. A...
