Collaboration between Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, the state Legislature, Gov. Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association has managed to return Gulf Coast insurance premiums to nearly pre-Katrina levels. According to the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association, also known …
Officials with the National Weather Service in Memphis and Lee County E-911 say an earthquake caused no injuries after it hit the Belden, Miss. area on May 10. A dispatcher for 911, Tanya Mayo, says the earthquake registered a magnitude …
An Aon Corp. analysis of liability in the long term care industry found for the first time in nine years of reporting that liability costs are stable on a national average basis. The study found that average general liability and …
An Alabama official estimates the state needs between $100 million to $110 million – double its allocated federal aid – to address persistent housing needs in 22 counties declared disaster areas from Hurricane Katrina. “That would do it for housing,” …
The U.S. Senate last week officially rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance. Lawmakers from Louisiana and Mississippi cited problems that occurred after Hurricane Katrina and …
The Alabama Legislature is ready to raise the minimum amount of auto liability insurance that motorists must purchase. The current limits under Alabama’s mandatory insurance law are $20,000 for a single injury or death, $40,000 for multiple injuries or deaths, …
City officials say keeping the Mississippi River from causing extensive damage and cleaning up flooded areas has cost the city $735,000 so far. The figure includes overtime for city workers who scrambled to build an earthen dike, fill sandbags and …
With the Mississippi River receding at quick pace, officials opened the Steele Bayou flood control gates in Vicksburg May 8. That means water should also start receding from the 344,000 acres of flooded forest and farmland in the Yazoo River …
The Mississippi Supreme Court is rescheduling cases after the new Gartin Justice Building was flooded on all four floors. The building houses the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, among others. Judges and their staff moved into the building in …
Local governments needing hazard mitigation grants to increase community safety and disaster preparedness will pay less money to match federal dollars, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said. State and local governments, private non-profits or tribal governments that apply for monetary assistance …
