Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Business Moves
Mar 10 2008 // State Farm, Florida Florida’s largest private insurer, State Farm, has decided to cease writing new policies for homes. The move is not expected to affect most of the company’s 1 million current policyholders....
Declarations
Mar 10 2008 // Halt Non-Renewals “These activities, we strongly believe, are prohibited by the Alabama Trade Practices Law. The law specifically says that inducements not specified in the policy are prohibited.” —Alabama...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner to Host Coastal Forum
Mar 3 2008 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance, Mike Chaney, and the Mississippi Insurance Department will hold an informational public forum this week for the state’s coastal residents. Featured speakers from the...
Judge Dismisses Ala. Contempt Case against Miss. Attorney Scruggs
Mar 3 2008 // A federal judge dismissed a criminal contempt charge against Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs last week, giving the prominent lawyer one less case to worry about as he fights a more serious bribery...
Miss. Senate Approves $25 Million for Wind Pool to Help Gulf Coast
Mar 3 2008 // Freshman Sen. Michael Watson knows the sting of rising insurance costs on the hurricane-battered Mississippi Gulf Coast. Watson said after Hurricane Katrina struck more than two years ago, he lost his home’s wind...
Miss. A.G.: Didn’t Know Men Allegedly Buying Influence
Feb 29 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he would not have met with two men now entangled in a judicial bribery case had he known they were allegedly paid $500,000 to try to influence his investigation of an insurance...
FBI: Scruggs Paid 2 Men to Persuade Miss. A.G. not to Indict State Farm
Feb 28 2008 // A lawyer accused of trying to bribe a judge also paid two associates $500,000 to convince Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood not to file criminal charges against an insurance company over its handling of Hurricane...
Miss. Homeowners in Flood Zone May Qualify for Katrina Home Help
Feb 28 2008 // Mississippi officials said Tuesday that homeowners with elevated structures who lived inside the federally designated flood zone when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 may still qualify for housing assistance. Jon Mabry,...
Miss. Court Reinstates Wrongful Death Case against Cleveland Doctor
Feb 26 2008 // A Cleveland doctor gave up his immunity defense in a wrongful death case after spending five years of a Bolivar County trial court’s time with motions and discovery, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The...
Miss. A.G. Withheld State Farm Settlement Money Pledged to Charities
Feb 25 2008 // The Mississippi attorney general’s office says it plans to pay $1 million in settlement money that was pledged to charities nearly a year ago after a deal was struck with State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos. Boys and...
Miss. Insurance Commissioner Race Money Difficult to Trace
Feb 24 2008 // Republican Mike Chaney said he spent around $1 million to win the Mississippi insurance commissioner’s race in 2007. “It’s obscene to spend that much money on an election for a job that pays less than...
Judge Declines Indictment Dismissal of Miss. Attorney in Bribery Case
Feb 22 2008 // A federal judge on Wednesday in Mississippi declined to dismiss an indictment in a judicial bribery case against powerful attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and two others. Scruggs, his son Zach and law partner...
E-mail May Scuttle Truce Between State Farm, Miss. Attorney General
Feb 21 2008 // With the press of a button, a lawyer for the nation’s largest insurance company may have ended a brief truce in its bitter dispute with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. In an e-mail mistakenly sent to reporters...
Katrina Lawyer Scruggs Faces Hearings in Miss. Judicial Bribery Case
Feb 21 2008 // A motions hearing took place this week in the highest profile judicial bribery trial in Mississippi in years. Famed plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, his son Zach, and an associate are accused of...
Aegis Insurance Co. Resumes Writing New Business In Mississippi
Feb 21 2008 // In a move he sees as another sign of a stabilizing insurance market, Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney announced Wednesday that Aegis Security Insurance Co., will resume writing new manufactured housing and...
Fire Destroys Large Part of Mississippi Furniture Plant
Feb 15 2008 // Tired firefighters worked Wednesday to eliminate hot spots after portions of the sprawling American Furniture Manufacturing plant in Mississippi’s Pontotoc County were destroyed by a major blaze. The 1.2...
Miss. Attorney Asks Judge to Dismiss Katrina-Related Contempt Case
Feb 11 2008 // Attorneys for Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal contempt charges that he ignored a court order to turn over documents about insurance claims after Hurricane...
Mississippi Insurance Department Opens Office on Coast
Feb 10 2008 // In an effort to make the Mississippi Insurance Department more accessible to the state’s coastal residents, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney opened the department’s new office in Gulfport,...
