CRC Insurance Services Inc., the wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corp. principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Co., reports that it plans to acquire TAPCO Underwriters Inc. TAPCO will operate as a division of CRC managing general agency, Southern Cross …
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says Alfa Insurance customers are about to pay less for their automobile coverage. Chaney has approved Alfa’s plan to decrease auto rates by as much as 2.1 percent, starting Dec. 28. Chaney also approved Alfa’s …
The widow of a construction foreman who died in October after he and nine other workers fell from the bridge they were building filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana and two companies involved in the project. The wrongful-death …
Mississippi U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, doctors, Prentiss County officials and hundreds of others have written letters asking a federal court to have mercy on their friend and colleague, former Booneville attorney Joey Langston. Langston, 53, faces up to three years …
Housing advocates and low-income residents sued this week to stop Mississippi from spending a half-billion federal dollars to expand a damaged port rather than replace homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The Mississippi State Conference NAACP (National Association for the Advancement …
The National Weather Service says several possible tornadoes were reported in several counties late Tuesday night, damaging homes and knocking down trees and power lines. However, no injuries have been reported. Forecaster Alan Gerard says officials can’t confirm whether any …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the last of its group mobile home sites placed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina will soon close. Recently, two of the three remaining FEMA-built group sites were shut down. All residents …
Premiums charged by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are inadequate to cover the risk and the program should re-examine its methods for setting rates, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 2005 hurricanes left the NFIP with …
Changes to the medical fee schedule proposed rules were submitted to the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) on Dec. 1 and will be heard at the Jan. 13, 2009 JCAR hearing at 9 am in Springfield, Ill. in …
The Merlin Law Group announced it will hold a two-day event Dec. 6 and 7 in Houston at which Attorney William F. “Chip” Merlin and his team of attorneys will answer questions and review insurance policies for victims of Hurricane …
