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Industry Came Through Five years after Hurricane Katrina lashed the coast and sunk New Orleans, it is true that the area has largely recovered, but it is not the same Gulf Coast it once was. The same is true for …
Louisiana has done a good job upgrading its building codes in the five years since Hurricane Katrina, but Alabama and Mississippi have not, according to the Institute for Business and Home Safety. “While there have been positive steps taken in …
A community of hurricane-resistant homes is being built in Gulfport, Mississippi. The modular concrete homes will be built by Royal Concrete Concepts in Okeechobee, Fla., and sold through the company’s Mississippi distributor, Concrete Building Concepts, according to the Sun Herald. …
SUNZ SUNZ Insurance Co. of St. Petersburg, Fla., has gained the rights to provide workers’ compensation in four more states. The added states are Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Arizona. SUNZ, which is five years old, began by providing workers’ compensation …
Writing about the landfall of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, essayist Ellis Anderson of Mississippi likened the communities along the gulf to a string of pearls. “Then, in August 2005, in the course of a single morning, Katrina severed the …
A Mississippi jury ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay $131 million to the family of a man who died while driving an Explorer, an attorney for the family said on Thursday. The trial centered on a 2001 accident involving Brian …
Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused an estimated 1,300 tragic deaths as well as $41.1 billion in insured losses across six states. Louisiana and Mississippi suffered the brunt of Katrina’s wrath followed by Alabama. As we commemorate this terrible event …
Writing about the landfall of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, essayist Ellis Anderson of Mississippi likened the communities along the gulf to a string of pearls. “Then, in August 2005, in the course of a single morning, Katrina severed the …
A $20 billion compensation fund for economic victims of the BP Plc Gulf oil spill opens for business Monday amid accusations that the rules established by its administrator are unfair. Kenneth Feinberg who will run the fund said those who …
