Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Dale Approved Miss. Farm Bureau Casualty Co. Rate Reductions
Sep 14 2007 // In a step seen to indicate further stabilization of the Mississippi insurance market, Commissioner of Insurance George Dale announced that he has approved two rate filing reduction requests filed by Mississippi Farm Bureau...
Miss. Insurance Candidate Chaney Supports Multi-Peril Policy
Sep 13 2007 // Republican nominee for Mississippi insurance commissioner, Sen. Mike Chaney, R-Vicksburg, formally endorsed U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor’s, R-Miss., Multiple Peril Insurance Act (H.R.920). The MPIA would allow property...
Some Mississippi Coast Homeowners Plagued by Black Mold
Sep 12 2007 // Despite cleanup efforts, some Jackson County, Miss., homes still have mold festering behind walls and under leaky windows two years after Hurricane Katrina. “It’s growing. It’s in the vents and the walls....
2 Miss. Men Face Sentencing in December for Katrina Fraud
Sep 10 2007 // Two south Mississippi men will be sentenced in December for making false claims for Hurricane Katrina relief, officials said. Danny Gene Hale will be sentenced Dec. 4 on six counts of fraud. Hale was convicted on Sept. 5...
Insurer Doesn’t Have to Pay for Miss. Pastor’s Sex Charge Defense
Sep 6 2007 // State Farm Insurance Co. does not have to pay to defend the Rev. Jeffery Stallworth of Jackson, Miss., from a civil lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2001 in her home, a...
Accidents at Busy Miss. Intersection Create Safety Issue
Sep 6 2007 // Whenever truck driver Cameron White exits U.S. 78 onto McCullough Boulevard in Tupelo, Miss., he feels fear in the pit of his stomach. White said the intersection is one of the most dangerous in the area. He holds his...
The Republic Group Enters Mississippi
Sep 5 2007 // The Republic Group (Republic), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced entry of its insurance companies into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners,...
Ark. Agencies to Merge
Sep 5 2007 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank, announced it reached an agreement to acquire Insurance Network of Jonesboro, Ark., effective Sept. 1, 2007. Insurance Network will...
Federal Court Upholds Nationwide in Katrina Storm Surge Case
Sep 4 2007 // A federal appeals court sided with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. last Thursday in a key Mississippi case related to hundreds of lawsuits over damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Court to Hear Suit Challenging State’s Raid on Miss. Surplus Lines Fund
Sep 4 2007 // The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Jackson, Miss. will hear arguments Oct. 1 about whether the Mississippi Legislature unconstitutionally raided an insurance fund in 2004 to balance the state budget. The Mississippi...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
Miss.: Katrina Advocacy Groups Want to Know About Grant Money
Aug 22 2007 // Hoping to get a clearer picture of who’s benefiting from Mississippi’s post-Hurricane Katrina housing grants, a coalition of advocacy groups has filed public records requests with the agency administering the...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // $40.6 billion paid on 1.7 million insurance claims Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion —...
OSHA Proposes Fines Against 16 Firms Working at Miss. Steel Plant
Aug 13 2007 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $72,775 in penalties against 16 companies involved in the construction of a SeverCorr steel plant near Columbus,...
Dale Falls Short of Candidacy for 9th Term as Miss. Insurance Commissioner
Aug 8 2007 // In the Mississippi primary elections Tuesday, an eight-term veteran Democratic insurance commissioner running on the Independent ticket was edged out by a Democratic opponent, while the Republican contest was a runaway for...
Katrina at Two Years: $40.6 Billion Paid on 1.7 Million Insurance Claims
Aug 7 2007 // Two years later, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from Hurricane Katrina have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion — in the history of the...
Federal Appeals Courts to Hear Key Mississippi Katrina Insurance Case
Aug 7 2007 // A federal appeals court is poised to review a judge’s verdict last year in the first trial among hundreds of lawsuits that Mississippi homeowners filed against insurance companies in Hurricane Katrina’s...
In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems
Aug 6 2007 // Hurricane Katrina has nearly knocked the wind out of George Dale’s re-election campaign for Mississippi insurance commissioner, a job he’s held for 32 years. Dale is the longest-serving state insurance...
Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
