Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Mar 26 2007 // Mississippi freethinker “I have been a freethinker for a long time. I haven’t a clue why they did this.” Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale, who has run as a Democrat eight times in his...
1,200 MISS. HOMES DEMOLISHED
Mar 26 2007 // The federal Environmental Protection Agency has approved more flexible rules that will mean about 1,200 hurricane-damaged homes in south Mississippi can be torn down. The EPA’s No Action Assurance program runs until...
Miss. State Farm $50 million settlement falters
Mar 26 2007 // Some of the lawyers who helped negotiate a proposed settlement affecting some 36,000 claims with State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage have withdrawn their request for a federal judge to approve the...
Class Action for Miss. Katrina ‘Slab’ Claims Denied a Third Time
Mar 26 2007 // In his decision to again disallow a class action suit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. regarding “slab” claims from damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. said he...
Miss. Gov. Barbour Signs Wind Pool Premium Relief Bill
Mar 26 2007 // Gov. Haley Barbour signed a new law on March 22 designed to shore up Mississippi’s insurer of last resort and to bring economic stability to a state still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. After Katrina plowed...
Miss. agrees to $80 million wind pool relief plan
Mar 26 2007 // Mississippi lawmakers have agreed upon a plan to use $20 million in premium taxes on policies statewide to help lower premiums for property owners in high-risk areas who are insured by the wind pool. The plan hashed out...
Dale Says He’ll Fight Removal from MIss. Democratic Ballot
Mar 21 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale says he’ll take legal action to fight the Mississippi Democratic Party executive committee’s decision to remove him from the ballot. “I intend to continue to...
In Miss., Dale Moves In with State Farm Settlement as Scruggs Withdraws
Mar 21 2007 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. will re-examine more than 35,000 Mississippi policyholder claims filed after Hurricane Katrina and “make millions of dollars available” for additional payments, Mississippi...
As Insurance Premiums Soar After Katrina, Some in La. Are ‘Going Bare’
Mar 21 2007 // Disgusted with his insurance company after Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Simmie Harvey let his New Orleans homeowner policy lapse and left his house in the hands of a higher power. Somebody up there must like the 88-year-old...
Miss. Commissioner Dale Blocked from Running as Democrat
Mar 19 2007 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale has run as a Democrat eight times in his political career. But this year to his frustration, he won’t be allowed to do so. The Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee denied...
Settlement Reached in Miss. Homeowner’s Case Against State Farm
Mar 19 2007 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. avoided the court room and possibly days of litigation by settling out of court with a D’Iberville homeowner who sued the company after Hurricane Katrina reduced her house to a...
Miss. Gov. Signs Insurance Tax Credit, Trauma Care and Other Bills
Mar 19 2007 // Mississippians will be eligible for income tax credits on some long-term health insurance premiums, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Haley Barbour. The law says taxpayers can get credit for up to $500, or 25 percent,...
Miss. Commissioner: State Farm to Reopen Katrina Claims
Mar 19 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale said he has convinced State Farm to reopen and readjust all Hurricane Katrina claims in the Mississippi coastal counties upon request of policyholders. He said State Farm has...
Fixing Miss. Wind Pool Key to Future Markets, Says Dale
Mar 15 2007 // How Mississippi handles its wind pool could very well determine the future of the state’s property insurance market, according to the state’s insurance commissioner. “[O]ne of the major problems that I...
EPA Allows Demolition of 1,200 Hurricane-Damaged Homes in Miss.
Mar 15 2007 // About 1,200 hurricane-damaged homes in south Mississippi can be torn down under rules that have been extended by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s No Action Assurance program runs until Sept. 30 for...
Request Withdrawn for Judge to Approve Miss. State Farm Settlement
Mar 14 2007 // Some of the lawyers who helped negotiate a proposed settlement with State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage claims withdrew their request Monday for a federal judge to approve the multimillion dollar...
La. Isn’t the Only Coastal State With Insurance Troubles
Mar 12 2007 // Eighteen months after the hurricanes, “crisis” is the term everyone uses to describe Louisiana’s insurance problems. The governor spends much of her time begging insurance companies to continue doing...
Judge Senter weighs binding arbitration in Miss. State Farm Katrina settlement
Mar 12 2007 // U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., the federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims in Mississippi against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina, held a hearing...
Settlement in Katrina Lawsuit Over Damage to Miss. Rental Home
Mar 8 2007 // A federal trial ended abruptly Tuesday when State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. settled out of court with a couple who sued the company over Hurricane Katrina damages to a rental home they own. U.S. District Judge Peter...
Judge Weighs Miss. Katrina Class Action, State Farm Settlement
Mar 2 2007 // A federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina heard emotional testimony Wednesday in Gulfport from Mississippi...
