Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Legislative Negotiators Reach Medical Marijuana Proposal
Sep 27 2021 // Mississippi House and Senate negotiators said that they have agreed on a proposed medical marijuana program. Leaders are expected to ask Republican Gov. Tate Reeves to call the Legislature into session to put the plan into...
Mississippi Public Universities Cannot Require COVID-19 Vaccine
Sep 23 2021 // The board that governs Mississippi’s public universities has voted to prohibit schools from requiring COVID-19 vaccines for students and staff. The Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning...
MS Amlin AG Appoints Swiss Re’s Wiest as CEO, Stepping Into Role Vacated by Beazley
Sep 21 2021 // Global reinsurer MS Amlin AG announced the appointment of Robert Wiest as chief executive officer. Wiest will take up the role on Jan. 3, 2022 and will be based in Zurich, Switzerland. He replaces Christopher Beazley who...
Ida Causes Rural Mississippi Bridge Collapse; Leaves 2 Dead, 10 Injured
Sep 2 2021 // Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when seven vehicles plunged, one after another, into a deep hole where a dark, rural highway collapsed as Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi, authorities said...
Beazley Out as Reinsurer MS Amlin’s CEO; Successor CEO Selected But Not Named
Sep 1 2021 // Global reinsurer MS Amlin AG announced that Christopher Beazley has stepped down as chief executive officer. According to the announcement, Beazley will “pursue opportunities outside of MS Amlin” after serving...
Mississippi City Will Require Security Cameras Outside Businesses
Aug 25 2021 // A Mississippi city will require many businesses and shopping centers to install video cameras to help law enforcement officers identify people who commit crimes. The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen last week approved...
How One Citizen’s Damage Claim Against Mississippi City Upended Her Life
Aug 16 2021 // The evening before Hurricane Zeta made landfall, Vicki Dean and her husband, Kenny, were curious to see if the distant storm was already churning up Biloxi’s Back Bay. Like they did many evenings when Vicki...
Mississippi Approaches Record COVID Hospitalizations
Aug 12 2021 // Mississippi is approaching its record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations as the virus continues spreading rapidly in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S. The state Health Department reported...
Mississippi ICU Capacity ‘Extinguished’ by Latest COVID Spike
Jul 30 2021 // Mississippi’s top public health official said that intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals and COVID-19 outbreaks are expanding in nursing homes as the delta variant of the virus continues to spread...
Mississippi Health Official: State Seeing Rapid Increase in July COVID-19 Cases
Jul 22 2021 // Mississippi’s top public health official said Monday that the state is seeing a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in July. “4th wave is here,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state health officer, wrote on...
People Moves: Miller’s Higgins Joins New Broker Inver Re; Hartford Hires AXA XL’s Brodzinski for Global Specialty; Bayman to MS Amlin for Aviation Reinsurance
Jul 20 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at a new reinsurance broker, Ardonagh’s Inver Re; The Hartford’s Global Specialty business unit, and the aviation reinsurance division of MS Amlin...
People Moves: PartnerRe’s Hanhart to AXIS Re; Zurich Names Verkerk to New Role of Chief Platform Officer; PwC’s Maxwell to MS Amlin as CRO
Jul 2 2021 // These International People Moves include appointments at AXIS Re, Zurich Insurance Group and MS Amlin. Details of these new hires follows. AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced...
Mississippi Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Medical Marijuana
Jun 30 2021 // Two prominent Mississippi physicians urged lawmakers Monday to put “guardrails” in place if medical marijuana is legalized in the state, warning that officials should be careful about making a product available...
Guilty Plea: Mississippi Woman Embezzled $600K from 2 Louisiana Employers
Jun 30 2021 // Federal prosecutors say a Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling a total of more than $600,000 from two Louisiana employers. Christy Bartholomew, 39, of Hattiesburg, pleaded guilty earlier this week to wire...
People Moves: Arch’s Kashuba, TransRe’s Robinson to Ascot; Marsh’s Little to MS Amlin; Allianz’ Schaefer to Howden
Jun 25 2021 // These international People Moves detail new hires at two Lloyd’s insurers (Ascot and MS Amlin) and broker Howden. A summary of these appointments follows here. Insurer Ascot Group announced the expansion of its U.S....
AM Best Revises Mississippi Farm Bureau Outlooks to Negative
Jun 24 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty...
Mississippi Yards Flood Due to Barge Stuck on Alabama Dam
Jun 17 2021 // A barge is stuck against a dam in Alabama, causing flooded yards in Mississippi, officials said. The barge can’t be removed from the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam in Aliceville, Alabama, until the water goes down, Lowndes...
Managed Care Firm Centene to Pay $55.5M to Settle Mississippi Overcharging Claim
Jun 16 2021 // JACKSON, Miss. — A managed care company has agreed to pay Mississippi $55.5 million to settle a lawsuit that accused one of its subsidiaries of overcharging the state’s Medicaid program for pharmacy benefits...
Insurance Agent Turns Guide for Bear Hunters in Mississippi
Jun 16 2021 // LIBERTY, Miss. — On June 2, Tom Lewis left his office at Liberty Insurance Agency to serve as guide for a group of bear hunters. In this case, the “hunters” were researchers from Mississippi State University...
Mississippi Governor Urges Medical Marijuana Law After Court Nixes Ballot Measure
Jun 9 2021 // Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he wants legislators to put a medical marijuana program into state law after the state Supreme Court recently overturned one that voters approved. “I support the will of the voters....
