Latest Mississippi Headlines
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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...
News Currents
Aug 6 2007 // In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems Hurricane Katrina has nearly knocked the wind out of George Dale’s reelection campaign for Mississippi insurance commissioner, a job he’s...
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...
Miss. Insurance Commissioner Questions Lawyer’s Motive for Donation
Aug 3 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale says voters should question attorney Richard Scruggs’ motive for giving $250,000 to a political action committee created to target Dale’s re-election...
Labor Union Endorses Anderson in Miss. Insurance Campaign
Aug 3 2007 // The Mississippi AFL-CIO on Wednesday endorsed Gary Anderson as the Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner. Brenda Scott, a spokeswoman for the labor union and director of the Mississippi Alliance of State...
Miss. Insurance Agent Takes Plea Deal
Jul 30 2007 // A Mississippi insurance agent accused in a kickback scheme with a former Lafayette County supervisor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy under a plea deal in U.S. District Court. Ken Nowlin, of Ecru, avoids a federal trial...
Ala. Judge Appoints Prosecutors in Katrina Insurance Case
Jul 30 2007 // A federal judge appointed two veteran Birmingham, Ala., attorneys to prosecute a prominent Mississippi attorney and his law firm for criminal contempt in a Hurricane Katrina insurance dispute. In an order made public July...
Allstate Hit for Linking Fire Renewals to Separate Wind Policy in Miss.
Jul 26 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...
Some Miss. Coast Homeowners Won’t Have to Repay Grant
Jul 24 2007 // Policyholders who settled Hurricane Katrina lawsuits confidentially with insurance companies can keep those payments, along with federal grants for structural damage other homeowners were ineligible to receive or must...
State Farm Settles with Another Mississippi Katrina Victim
Jul 24 2007 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. has settled another lawsuit with a policyholder whose home was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. Neither side would release terms of the agreement reached Friday between the insurer and...
After Formaldehyde Complaints, FEMA to Test Air Quality in Trailers
Jul 23 2007 // Federal agencies will test air quality in trailers housing Gulf Coast hurricane victims, an official said July 20, a day after documents revealed that government lawyers discouraged investigating reports of high...
Declarations
Jul 23 2007 // Declarations Tandem response “It makes no sense for us not to plan all of our responses in tandem.” — Alabama Gov. Bob Riley as he and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour vowed to cooperate in the event of a...
Other Mississippians Upset Because they Bothered ‘To Be Responsible’
Jul 20 2007 // Policyholders who settled Hurricane Katrina lawsuits confidentially with insurance companies can keep those payments, along with federal grants for structural damage other homeowners were ineligible to receive or must...
Nationwide Settles 10 Katrina Lawsuits in Mississippi
Jul 19 2007 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has settled 10 lawsuits filed by Mississippi homeowners in a dispute over damage from Hurricane Katrina. The settlement was announced Monday by Biloxi attorney Jack Denton. Two weeks ago,...
Debate on Fate of Barrier Islands off Miss. Coast Continues
Jul 17 2007 // The barrier islands off the Mississippi coast offer pristine beaches to sun-loving tourists, a unique ecosystem to sea life and protection to the mainland from deadly storm surges during hurricanes. That’s why...
County Officials in Miss. Facing Higher Costs to Remove Asbestos
Jul 9 2007 // The removal of asbestos from the Lafayette County, Miss., Courthouse is going to cost more than original $60,000 set aside for the work, local supervisors have been told. “There was about 700-800 feet of floor tile...
Insurance Covers Part of Miss. County’s $3.5 Million Inmate Settlement
Jul 6 2007 // Harrison County, Mississippi supervisors announced that the county has reached a $3.5 million settlement for its part in a lawsuit brought by the family of Jessie Lee Williams Jr., an inmate beaten to death at the jail...
Federal Court to Hear Nationwide’s Miss. Katrina Storm Surge Appeal
Jul 6 2007 // A federal appeals court has set Aug. 6 as the date to hear arguments on whether Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. should be forced to cover storm surge damage to a Mississippi’s couple’s home from Hurricane...
Mississippi Credit Freeze Law Goes Into Effect
Jul 5 2007 // Several new state laws that took effect Juky 1 will impact the everyday lives of Mississippians. One requires motorists to move over at least one lane, where possible, to make room for emergency vehicles, state troopers or...
Chertoff, Governors Appeal for Coast Residents to get Storm Ready
Jul 2 2007 // Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joined governors from Mississippi and Alabama in appealing for Gulf Coast residents to get prepared for the height of hurricane season. Some 400 delegates to the three-day...
