Mississippi News

Business Moves

Editor’s Note: For a comprehensive report of mergers and acquisitions for 2008, see Special Report: Agency Mergers in 2008 in the Dec. 22, 2008, edition of Insurance Journal. Brown & Brown, Insurance 1, Alexander & Bolton Brown & Brown Inc. …

People

Alice A. Molasky Arman joined Western Insurance Co. as senior vice president of government relations. Molasky Arman recently retired from the State of Nevada, where she was recognized as the state’s longest serving Commissioner of Insurance serving a tenure from …

States Rate Poorly on Consumer Insurance Information on Web

A national consumer group says state insurance departments vary in the quality of the information they provide consumers online, with differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of individual insurance companies. According to the Consumer …

Florida’s FCCI Now Owns 100% of Mississippi’s Brierfield Insurance Co.

FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI), a Sarasota, Florida-based commercial property and casualty insurer writing in excess of $500 million written premium in 14 states, has purchased Mississippi Insurance Managers. The transaction gives FCCI the remaining 20 percent of Brierfield Insurance Co., …

Mississippi Police Station Closed Due to Lapsed Workers’ Compensation Policy

The Port Gibson, Mississippi Police Department was open Monday, three days after a payment lapse on an insurance policy forced its closure. Mayor Fred Reeves said the workers’ compensation insurance policy for Port Gibson had been canceled because the city …

Group Urges Tennessee Residents to Avoid Ash from Coal Plant

Authorities need to more strongly warn residents that muck left from a major coal-ash spill in eastern Tennessee could pose health risks, a southern environmental group said Saturday. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation said Friday that the mixture …

Former Mississippi Commissioner Featured at Texas Agents Event

The nation’s longest serving insurance commissioner, former Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale, will share his unique post-Katrina insights on the regulatory challenges in the aftermath of large-scale disasters to a Texas-based audience next month at the Independent Insurance Agents of …

Top Regional Stories of 2008

West California Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the industry, with consumers, brokers, agents, …

Other Agency/Brokerage Transactions in 2008

Transactions involving agencies and brokerages other than the Brown & Brown, Arthur J. Gallagher and Hub International (see below) deals in the months announced or completed: January California: R.E. Chaix & Associates Buys Katie Freeman Insurance Services Georgia’s Britt/Paulk Insurance …

My New Markets

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