Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Neon Builds Claims Team by Appointing MS Amlin’s Coley, XL Catlin’s Sterling
May 10 2017 // Neon has completed the build-out of its claims team with the recent appointments of Gavin Coley as technical head of claims and James Sterling as claims manager for professional indemnity & financial...
67 Guns Stolen Off Delivery Truck Outside Mississippi Sporting Goods Store
May 10 2017 // Authorities in north Mississippi say 67 guns were stolen from a tractor-trailer that was waiting to deliver the firearms to a sporting goods store. The Commercial Appeal reports that 61 handguns six other firearms were...
Midwest Flood Crisis Remains as Officials Warn of Floodwater Risks
May 5 2017 // River levels fell on May 4 after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from over. Officials have not said when hundreds of residents displaced from flooded properties in suburban...
Correction: Weekend Tornado Count in Mississippi Rises to 24
May 4 2017 // The National Weather Service says it has confirmed that at least 24 tornadoes hit Mississippi during storms on Sunday. Surveyors are expected to continue examining damage Wednesday. So far, meteorologists have confirmed...
Mississippi Urges Residents to Invest in Flood Insurance
May 4 2017 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney has issued a strong recommendation to residents of the state to secure flood insurance and noted several new private flood carriers have entered the state’s flood...
Mississippi Railroad Reopened After Weekend Crude Oil Train Collision
May 3 2017 // Canadian National Railway Co. has reopened a Mississippi railroad after two southbound trains collided Sunday, sparking a fire. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports a tank car leaked more than 20,000 gallons of crude oil,...
Strong Mississippi Storms Spread Destruction Across State
May 2 2017 // One person died and two other people were injured Sunday as strong storms spread across Mississippi, said the Emergency Management Agency. Details of the death near Durant, Mississippi, have not been provided in an area...
Drunk Driver Hits 5 Students At Florida School Bus Stop, Kills 1
May 1 2017 // A Florida sheriff’s deputy was sleeping Thursday afternoon when his 11-year-old daughter called and asked him to pick her up at her school bus stop. Seconds later, his daughter screamed into the phone. “Dad,...
2 Tornadoes Confirmed in Mississippi From Weekend Weather
Apr 27 2017 // The National Weather Service confirms two tornadoes hit Mississippi’s northeast corner on Saturday. A survey shows that a twister with top winds of 90 mph (145 kph) struck Prentiss County around 2:35 p.m. The...
New Mississippi Law Requires Back-Seat Passengers to Buckle Up
Apr 18 2017 // Mississippi will require back-seat passengers to buckle up in most vehicles, starting this summer. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed Senate Bill 2724 on April 5, and it becomes law July 1. Mississippi already has a law...
Chubb Off the Hook for Legal Fees in Dispute With Mississippi Hospital System
Apr 17 2017 // Singing River Health System in Mississippi has lost its case in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals against an insurance company that has been paying the hospital system’s legal fees in the court battle against its...
Mississippi City Builds New Water Tower to Improve Fire Rating
Apr 12 2017 // Officials say a new water tower will result in lower property insurance rates in a recently annexed area of Tupelo, Miss. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the $1.2 million water tower began operations last...
Tornado Confirmed in Mississippi
Apr 7 2017 // The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado struck southwest Mississippi on Monday. A survey showed that a twister with top winds of 110 mph (175 kph) touched down just inside Franklin County at 12:57 a.m. It...
Lloyd’s Begins Operating in India with MS Amlin as 1st Underwriter
Apr 5 2017 // Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced it has begun to operate in India with MS Amlin as the first Lloyd’s business to join the branch and begin underwriting. Lloyd’s India...
15 Texas Survivors Seek $250M-Plus in Mississippi Train-Bus Crash
Apr 3 2017 // A Houston attorney says 15 tourists from Texas have filed lawsuits asking more than $250 million in total damages over the train-bus crash that killed four people in Biloxi, Miss. Tony Buzbee says in a news release that...
Mississippi Long-Term Recovery Agency Back to Work in Tornado-Ravaged Areas
Mar 29 2017 // The long-term recovery agency in Hattiesburg, Miss., R3SM, is still getting some of its people in place, but officials with the organization say it is ready to take on the huge job of leading three of the four counties hit...
1,700 Pounds of Catfish Recalled From Mississippi Processing Facility
Mar 28 2017 // A Mississippi catfish processor is recalling 1,700 pounds of fish after the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that it contained chemicals banned in fish farming. The Food Safety and Inspection Service said Friday that a...
Mississippi City to Close 6 Train Crossings After Deadly Collision
Mar 24 2017 // The city council in Biloxi, Miss., has approved a plan to close six railroad crossings in the city. Biloxi had already been planning to close a half-dozen of its 29 railroad crossings before a CSX freight train hit a tour...
NTSB Expects Report on Fatal Mississippi Bus Crash Within Weeks
Mar 22 2017 // Investigators say a preliminary report on the March 7 train-bus crash in Mississippi that killed four Texas tourists should be ready within three weeks. Biloxi Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gillich on Friday added a...
Mississippi Supreme Court Refuses to Dismiss State Farm Katrina Lawsuit
Mar 20 2017 // The Mississippi Supreme Court won’t dismiss a state lawsuit against an insurance company over Hurricane Katrina claims. The Sun Herald reports that Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance giant...
