Gov. Haley Barbour declared a State of Emergency Wednesday following the tornadoes and severe weather that struck parts of North Mississippi, including Alcorn, DeSoto, and Lafayette Counties. Barbour is requesting preliminary damage assessment teams from the U. S. Small Business …
An insurance company is suing the Bay St. Louis-Waveland, Miss., School District over wind versus water damage related to Hurricane Katrina. Cathedral Capital Limited has asked a federal judge to determine what is its liability under its policy with school …
More than two dozen tornadoes tore through the mid-South late Tuesday night, destroying homes, barns, and industrial buildings from Texas to Ohio. The severe thunderstorm outbreak, which included tornadoes, hail, heavy rain and lightning, killed more than 50 people and …
Travelers mobilized its catastrophe response unit Wednesday including sending four mobile claim headquarters to tornado-affected areas in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. The mobile units will be strategically positioned to best serve customers needing urgent service and additional resources will help …
Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, said Monday it has signed a deal to buy JMG/IC Insurance Agency Inc., of Nacogdoches, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Joe Max Green, chairman of JMG/IC …
A severe weather front fell upon the Southern states inciting a series of strong tornadoes that moved across Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, wreaking damage and killing at least 48. As the information of the damage and fatalities reached the …
A lawsuit filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. that accuses Attorney General Jim Hood of using the threat of criminal charges to force settlements in civil lawsuits is based on “lies, speculation, and innuendo,” Hood said in court …
Mississippi insurance agent Ken Nowlin has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme involving Lafayette County’s health care coverage. U.S. District Judge Michael Mills sentenced Nowlin, of Ecru, Miss., Jan. 31. Nowlin pleaded …
BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, headquartered in Tupelo, Miss., has agreed to acquire the Nacogdoches, Texas — based JMG/IC Insurance Agency, Inc. The effective date of the transaction will be Jan. 1, 2008. Financial terms of …
Plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, facing corruption and contempt charges in unrelated cases, will invoke the Fifth Amendment if forced to testify in a federal lawsuit involving Mississippi’s attorney general, according to court records. Scruggs is scheduled for a deposition …
