State election officials removed the Reform Party candidate for Mississippi insurance commissioner from the Nov. 3 ballot, saying it was impossible to know whether he had lived in the state long enough to run. The decision leaves Republican Mike Chaney …
Second-term incumbent Mike Chaney of Vicksburg has won the Republican nomination for insurance commissioner. He held off a challenge Tuesday from John Mosley, a body shop owner from Clinton. Mosley campaigned, in part, by saying insurance companies have gotten away …
Second-term Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is being challenged in the Republican primary by John Mosley, a body shop owner who says insurance companies have gotten away with paying for less-than-perfect replacement parts to repair damaged vehicles. Chaney supporters criticize …
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors has adopted the 2012 International Building Code, which means new construction will have to adhere to a set of uniform standards. Under a new state law, Mississippi counties have a Nov. 30 deadline to …
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors has voted to opt out of state building codes and instead draw up their own. The board will hold a public hearing on Nov. 17 to gather input from the community. A law that …
Employers in Mississippi could be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance as early as next March, pending approval of a rate filing at the Mississippi Insurance Department. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed an average 3.2 percent …
Mississippi’s insurance regulator is withdrawing his lawsuit against the federal government after Congress voted to delay changes to the federal flood insurance program. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he is withdrawing the suit aimed at stopping flood insurance premium …
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he’d like to see security system sales people subject to background checks. The Picayune Item reported that Chaney told a local civic club this past week that the checks would prevent criminals from impersonating …
The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed. In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers …
The Mississippi Department of Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said that unless something changes, some customers …
