Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Insurance Agent Seeks New Trial in Federal Scam Conviction
Mar 24 2010 // Ecru, Mississippi insurance agent Ken Nowlin claims in court documents that he was given faulty advice by his attorney in a government kickback case and wants a new trial. In documents filed this month in U.S. District...
Business Moves
Mar 22 2010 // Kinsale Capital Kinsale Capital Group has formed a Virginia-based E&S insurer, called Kinsale Insurance Co., which will underwrite commercial property/casualty and professional liability E&S lines in 31 states...
Mississippians Told to Expect April Floods
Mar 17 2010 // The Mississippi River is starting its spring climb with forecasters predicting a rise of more than a foot a day beginning at midweek. The result could be another year of flooding in the Vicksburg area. “Right now,...
Mississippi Ends Special Subsidy for Coastal Wind Pool
Mar 17 2010 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has vetoed a bill that would have continued a program that designated part of the state’s insurance premium tax to fund the state’s property insurer of last resort. Barbour said...
Mississippi to Add More Kiosks That Automate Driver’s License Renewals
Mar 12 2010 // Since rolling out seven automated driver’s license renewal kiosks three months ago, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety has begun developing plans to add more throughout the state. “It seems to me that...
Insurers Restricting Coastal Exposure
Mar 7 2010 // The coastal home insurance market continues to tighten. State Farm is only writing a new homeowners policy in Mississippi if another is dropped and Allstate has stopped writing mobile homes on the South Carolina coast....
Former Mississippi Town Fire Chief Sentenced for Embezzlement
Mar 5 2010 // The former chief of the New Sight Volunteer Fire Department has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with seven years suspended for embezzlement. Mike Boyd pleaded guilty this week in Lincoln County Circuit Court. The...
Mississippi Insurance Agent Tubertini Honored by Association
Mar 5 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Mississippi insurance agent Ronnie Tubertini with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its...
Global Warming Litigation Just Getting Started; Costs Will Be Significant
Mar 4 2010 // Toward the end of 2009, it appeared that a number of issues with the possibility of creating significant political and social changes were on the verge of becoming law before stalling or imploding. One such issue with...
State Farm to Offer Storm Mitigation Credits in Mississippi
Mar 4 2010 // State Farm will offer discounts in Mississippi beginning May 1 for homes and rental property strengthened against wind damage. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney told The Sun Herald that he approved State Farm’s plan...
Mississippi Weighs Stripped-Down School Bus Safety Bill
Mar 4 2010 // What began as a comprehensive school bus safety bill is still alive at the Capitol, but in a weakened form. The House Judiciary A Committee approved the bill on Monday, a day before a legislative deadline for committees to...
Safeco to Offer Homeowners Insurance with Wind Coverage in Mississippi
Mar 3 2010 // State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says Safeco Insurance plans to offer homeowners insurance, including wind coverage, in south Mississippi. Chaney says the company will offer 500 to 1,000 homeowner policies wind...
Ex-Fire Chief in Mississippi Charged with Embezzlement
Mar 1 2010 // The former chief of the New Sight Volunteer Fire Department has been charged with embezzlement. District Attorney Dee Bates told the Brookhaven Daily Leader that 37-year-old Mike Boyd was being held in the Lincoln County...
State Farm Follows ‘Lose-One, Write-One’ Policy in Mississippi
Feb 26 2010 // State Farm gave consumers one part of its policy change when it announced eight months ago it would resume issuing insurance policies in Mississippi. What the company didn’t say is it is writing policies on a...
Mississippi Town Limits Funeral Processions to 5 Cars
Feb 23 2010 // Funeral processions are a time-honored tradition in the South, but the customary show of respect is dying in some cities. In Mississippi, the Gulfport Police Department recently decided to limit funeral processions to five...
Missouri Governor: State Must Be Ready for Big Quake
Feb 22 2010 // Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready. Nixon on Feb. 19...
Mississippi Homeowners Learning Credit Score Link to Insurance
Feb 21 2010 // Mississippi Gulf Coast policyholders are well aware a hurricane is guaranteed to hike insurance rates, but fewer realize their credit reports also are factored into homeowner and automobile insurance premiums. Consumers...
Mississippi Court Rules on CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Work
Feb 19 2010 // A general contractor’s hiring of a subcontractor does not necessarily preclude coverage under its commercial general liability (CGL) policy for shoddy work performed by the subcontractor, Mississippi’s highest...
Mississippi House Advances Bill Banning Toy Lighters
Feb 12 2010 // Cigarette lighters that look like toys would be banned, under a proposal that’s advancing in the Mississippi Legislature. The House passed a bill, 94-25, this week to prohibit the sale of novelty...
Mississippi Charges Vicksburg Man with Arson of 10 Buildings, 2 Vehicles
Feb 10 2010 // Mississippi officials have charged a Vicksburg man with arson involving 10 buildings and two vehicles. A joint investigation between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Vicksburg Fire Department and the...
