Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds Propose Buying Thousands of Homes on Miss. Coast
Oct 12 2007 // The federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane-protection zone, raising anxieties that it could destroy the waterfront lives...
Miss. Man Charged with DUI, No Insurance after Allegedly Crashing into Salon
Oct 10 2007 // Police charged a man with driving under the influence after he allegedly crashed a Nissan Pathfinder into a Gulfport, Miss., building on U.S. 49, destroying a hair salon that just opened. Gulfport police said no one was...
Miss. candidates spar over public service records
Oct 8 2007 // The two men running for Mississippi insurance commissioner say encouraging competition is the key to reducing consumer’ costs as the state continues its recovery from Hurricane Katrina. But that’s about where...
Scruggs wants contempt charge dismissed
Oct 8 2007 // Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs has asked a federal judge to throw out a charge accusing him of criminal contempt in a dispute related to insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina. In court papers, attorneys for...
Scruggs wants contempt charge dismissed
Oct 8 2007 // Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs has asked a federal judge to throw out a charge accusing him of criminal contempt in a dispute related to insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina. In court papers, attorneys for...
Miss. candidates spar over public service records
Oct 8 2007 // The two men running for Mississippi insurance commissioner say encouraging competition is the key to reducing consumer’ costs as the state continues its recovery from Hurricane Katrina. But that’s about where...
Insurance Co. Settles With Mississippi Couple Over Katrina Damage
Oct 1 2007 // A federal trial over Hurricane Katrina damage ended abruptly with a settlement between the insurance company and the Mississippi couple whose property damage, a jury decided, had been caused by the storm’s wind and...
Scruggs Asks Alabama Judge to Throw Out Katrina-Related Charge
Sep 30 2007 // Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs has asked a federal judge to throw out a charge accusing him of criminal contempt in a dispute related to insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina. In court papers made public last...
Federal appeals court sides with Nationwide in Katrina storm surge case
Sep 24 2007 // A federal appeals court sided with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. on Aug. 30 in a key case related to hundreds of lawsuits over damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans...
Court to hear suit on state’s use of Miss. surplus lines funds
Sep 24 2007 // The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Jackson, Miss., will hear arguments Oct. 1 about whether the Mississippi Legislature unconstitutionally raided an insurance fund in 2004 to balance the state budget. The Mississippi...
Miss. candidates vie to fill 32-year veteran Dale’s shoes
Sep 24 2007 // Whatever the final outcome, this year’s race for Mississippi insurance commissioner will result in a new face in office after an unprecedented 32-year run by current officeholder, George Dale. In the primary...
Miss. candidates vie to fill 32-year veteran Dale’s shoes
Sep 24 2007 // Whatever the final outcome, this year’s race for Mississippi insurance commissioner will result in a new face in office after an unprecedented 32-year run by current officeholder, George Dale. In the primary...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // Court to hear suit on state’s use of Miss. surplus lines funds The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Jackson, Miss., will hear arguments Oct. 1 about whether the Mississippi Legislature unconstitutionally raided...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // The company said the policy’s anti-concurrent causation provision means that if a policyholder has wind coverage but not flood insurance, then the company is not responsible for damage from a combination of wind and...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // The Republic Group The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced its entry into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners, dwelling fire,...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // Endurance Specialty, ARMTech Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, reported that one of its U.S. based holding companies is buying out ARMtech...
Miss. Gov. Rolls Out Plan to Revive Housing Recovery on Gulf Coast
Sep 19 2007 // With the Mississippi Development Authority’s recent request for proposals for the long term workforce housing program, Gov. Haley Barbour’s comprehensive recovery strategy continues to assist housing needs on...
Miss. Insurance Commissioner Candidates Spar Over Service Records
Sep 19 2007 // The two men running for Mississippi insurance commissioner say encouraging competition is the key to reducing rate payers’ costs as the state continues its recovery from Hurricane Katrina. But that’s about...
State Farm Settles 103 Katrina Cases in Mississippi
Sep 19 2007 // State Farm Insurance Cos. has settled with 103 policyholders in Mississippi who challenged the company’s refusal to cover damage to their homes from Hurricane Katrina, a lawyer for the homeowners said Monday. Terms...
9 Hurt in Mississippi as Natural Gas Main Ruptures, Explodes
Sep 18 2007 // A massive natural gas explosion in Philadelphia, Miss., leveled a medical clinic, injured nine people and shattered windows at a nearby hospital, authorities and witnesses said. No fatalities were reported. The medical...
