Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Hurricane-Related Insurance Claims Paid Top $1.2B in Miss.
Oct 19 2005 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance George Dale reported that insurance companies have paid out approximately $1,266,828,689 billion in claims related to hurricanes in Mississippi so far. Approximately 319,959 claims...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // ALABAMA AIIA Conference, Educational Sessions The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents has scheduled five upcoming seminars in Mobile, Birming-ham and Huntsville. Oct. 19, Small and Rural Agents Conference, two topics,...
Editor’s Note: Katrina Brought Out the Good, Bad
Oct 17 2005 // National and state insurance associations are to be congratulated for contributing funds, supplies and manpower to thwart the after-effects of Hurricane Katrina; while Mississippi politicians, including Attorney General...
Natural Disasters Are Just Part of Commissioners’ Concerns
Oct 17 2005 // In addition to natural disasters, health care coverage, federal oversight, uniformity and fraud were among issues of concern to the insurance commissioners of three states who comprised the Commis-sioners’ Panel at...
Best Downgrades FSR of Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
Oct 14 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from A+ (Superior) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (MFB) (Jackson). The rating remains under review with negative...
Miss. Medical Assurance Co. Announces 5 Percent Decrease in Medical Malpractice Rates
Oct 14 2005 // Medical Assurance Co. of Mississippi, a physician owned provider which covers about 70 percent of the state’s physicians, has announced a 5 percent decrease in its 2006 malpractice rates and a 10 percent refund on...
After Katrina: Mississippi Reports 1,300 On-Going Fraud Investigations
Oct 13 2005 // The Mississippi State Attorney General’s Office records show more than 14,000 complaints resulting after the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and about 1,300 active investigations. Grant Hedgepeth, Consumer Protection...
Miss. Commissioner Suggests Mediation, Town Hall Meetings; If Those Fail He Says, ‘File Suit’
Oct 12 2005 // Several solutions to hasten the Hurricane Katrina claims process have been suggested by Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale, such as a mediation program to settle contested insurance or a town hall meeting to...
Miss. Medical Liability Rates to Drop 5 Percent in 2006
Oct 11 2005 // Medical liability insurance rates in Mississippi will be reduced in 2006 by 5 percent according to a proposal submitted by the Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi to Insurance Commissioner George Dale. The reduction...
Miss. Attorney General Hood Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
After the Wreckage, Hurricane Katrina Spawns Lawsuits
Oct 3 2005 // Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform issued a statement warning that the financial wreckage caused by Hurricane Katrina could...
Miss. AG Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Lockton Goes the Extra Miles to Help Katrina Victims
Oct 3 2005 // In the mess that was left after Hurricane Katrina blasted into the Gulf Coast last month, many insurance companies anted up dollars for relief. But it’s probably safe to say that few organizations literally went the...
Miss. Attorney General Hood
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Miss. AG Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
After the Wreckage, Hurricane Katrina Spawns Lawsuits
Oct 3 2005 // Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform issued a statement warning that the financial wreckage caused by Hurricane Katrina could...
Safeco Estimates Katrina After-Tax Losses at $78M
Sep 27 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco announced estimated after-tax catastrophe losses from Hurricane Katrina of $78 million, or $0.61 per diluted share. Safeco’s gross pretax losses before reinsurance are estimated to be $170...
Oregon Mutual Assisting Mississippi Farm Bureau
Sep 26 2005 // Oregon Mutual Insurance is donating the time and expertise of its property adjusters to help the Mississippi Farm Bureau handle the thousands of insurance claims related to Hurricane Katrina. “We are stepping up to...
Miss. Commissioner Dale Reports Katrina Claims Approach 500,000
Sep 26 2005 // Almost half a million insurance claims have been submitted by policy-holders whose property was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, according to George Dale, Mississippi Insurance...
Threats From Irate Property Owners Worry Adjusters in Mississippi
Sep 23 2005 // Insurance adjusters working to settle claims in Mississippi sometimes fear for their lives when working with irate property owners, according to Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale. Dale told the Jackson...
