Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hood’s comments called ‘hysterical, irresponsible’
May 8 2006 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s recent comments comparing the insurance industry to “Nazis” have been met with industry criticism. Among those responding was Charles M. Chamness, National...
Miss. lawmakers pass building code requirements for coastal counties
May 8 2006 // Progress was made this legislative session as Mississippi lawmakers passed requirements for tougher building codes and took steps to help ensure new construction in five coastal counties will better protect residents from...
Dale Urges Miss. Coast Residents: Buy Flood Insurance
Apr 28 2006 // As another hurricane season fast approaches, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale is encouraging Mississippi Gulf Coast residents to buy flood insurance with a simple message, it’s a bargain considering the...
Miss. Wind Pool to Request Up to 400 Percent Rate Increase
Apr 26 2006 // Administrators of the Mississippi state wind pool, the insurer of last resort for a growing number of Hurricane Katrina victims, will be requesting a 400 percent increase in its rates, an attorney for the Mississippi...
FEMA Wants $4.7M in Mississippi Katrina Victims’ Benefits
Apr 24 2006 // More than 2,000 Mississippi residents have been notified that they must repay millions of dollars in federal Hurricane Katrina benefits that were excessive or, in some cases, fraudulent. The Federal Emergency Management...
Miss. A/G’s ‘Careless’ Comments Shock American Insurance Association
Apr 19 2006 // The American Insurance Association has responded to stunningly careless and inappropriate public comments made last week by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, in which he compared insurance companies dealing with...
Mississippi Officials Warn of Possible Medicare-Related Scam
Apr 19 2006 // State officials in Jackson have warned Mississippians to be aware of a potential scam involving Medicare prescription drug cards and Medicare Part C, known as Medicare Advantage. The state insurance department, working...
Insurer Group Calls Miss. AG’s Comments ‘Hysterical, Irresponsible’
Apr 18 2006 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s recent comments comparing the insurance industry to Nazis are “hysterical and irresponsible,” claims an insurance trade group leader. “Now that Hood’s...
Miss. AG Hood: Insurance Companies Intentionally Delaying Paying Katrina Claims
Apr 17 2006 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sharply criticized insurers’ denial of Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi, saying companies are “in lockstep like Nazis locking arms, coming at those people down...
George Dale, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner
Apr 17 2006 // Mississippi Insurance Com-missioner George Dale has expanded the Hurricane Katrina mediation program for homeowners. Dale said that the administrators of the program, the American Arbitration Associa-tion, will increase...
Editor’s Note: Mississippi in perspective
Apr 17 2006 // The insurance industry will be faced with irate policyholders and on-going court costs-the insurance companies involved, however, have deep pockets and aren’t about to back down without a fight. After the federal...
Hinds County, Miss. Consultant Ordered to Repay $380,000
Apr 14 2006 // A former Hinds County, Miss. risk management consultant has been ordered to repay the county $380,000. Hinds County sued Shappley Harris for making changes in invoices from the Mississippi Municipal Association between...
Federal Judge in Mississippi ‘Storm Surge’ Case Upholds Home Insurance Flood Exclusion
Apr 13 2006 // A federal judge in Mississippi has upheld the water damage exclusion in homeowners insurance policies in a ruling welcomed by insurers. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. of the Southern District of Mississippi denied a...
Senator’s Lawyer Claims State Farm Destroying Mississippi Documents
Apr 12 2006 // A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Trent Lott said in Biloxi, Miss. that State Farm Insurance Co. is destroying documents that could show the insurer has fraudulently denied thousands of claims by Lott and other policyholders whose...
Miss. Kicks Off 2006 Hurricane Awareness Program
Apr 7 2006 // Local, state and federal officials have joined Governor Haley Barbour in announcing an eight-week informational campaign to help make Mississippians more aware of how to protect themselves as the 2006 hurricane season...
Miss. Legislature Passes Building Codes for Coastal Counties
Apr 4 2006 // Mississippi lawmakers took steps in Jackson to help ensure that new construction in five coastal counties will protect residents from catastrophic events by passing tougher building codes, according to the Property...
WHISTLEBLOWER HELPING IN HURRICANE KATRINA LAWSUIT
Apr 3 2006 // A high-profile litigator in Moss Point, Miss., said a whistleblower is helping him build a case against insurers that allegedly denied thousands of claims from policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane...
Mississippi wind versus flood lawsuit remanded back to state court
Apr 3 2006 // A Mississippi lawsuit that would force insurance companies to honor their policies and pay for damage caused by storm surge has been remanded back to the Chancery Court of Hinds County. Because the state is seeking an...
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Apr 3 2006 // Scruggs alleges that several companies did this. “Is this something he is alleging the entire industry did as a practice, which is an incredible thought?” Bailey asked. “He is painting the insurance...
Lawyer: Whistleblower helping build case against insurer in Hurricane Katrina lawsuit
Apr 3 2006 // A high-profile litigator in Moss Point, Miss. said that a whistleblower is helping him build a case against insurers who denied thousands of claims from policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane...
