June 6, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the family of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for a murder suspect. …
June 6, 2024
CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Madison County has recovered an estimated $900,000 after an investigation found that the county was defrauded out of millions of tax dollars, authorities said Monday. Sheriff Randy Tucker updated the Board of Supervisors on Monday about …
June 6, 2024
GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled this week that two of those practitioners cannot escape a $2.8 million lawsuit in North …
June 5, 2024
Independence Pet Holdings has acquired a majority interest in Spot Pet Insurance, an expansion of IPH’s 2022 investment in the Miami-headquartered insurer. Independence, founded in 2021 and helmed by CEO Lane Kent, already handles Spot’s underwriting, customer service, claims and …
June 5, 2024
Marsh McLennan Agency said it completed its purchase of Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance, Inc. from Trustmark National Bank for about $316 million. The subsidiary of Marsh said all Jackson, Mississippi-based Fisher Brown Bottrell employees will join Marsh McLennan Agency and …
June 5, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — For at least some residents, Atlanta’s water problems weren’t over Monday. Milena Franco, who lives in the city’s Midtown neighborhood, said she and her husband had water all weekend. But Monday morning, the flow was cut off, …
June 5, 2024
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said this week that a rental housing shortage has gnawed at him since the recovery began from a terrifying tornado outbreak that hit western parts of the state in late 2021. The …
June 5, 2024
State and federal safety officials are investigating a fatal explosion and fire at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, steel-hardening facility. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said it had sent a team to the TS USA liquid nitriding plant to …
June 4, 2024
Florida financial regulators have charged a Fort Myers insurance broker with taking out a life insurance policy on a person without their knowledge and misusing the person’s identification information. Bryce Corey Tyminski, 26, was arrested and booked into the Lee …
June 4, 2024
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has posted a new reporting form for catastrophe claims data for the 2024 hurricane season. Florida law requires property insurers to report a wide range of information after storms. The form standardizes the data …