Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Allstate Challenges Mississippi Attorney General Hood’s Lawsuit
Sep 21 2005 // Allstate Corp. has issued a direct challenge to the lawsuit filed last week by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in which it refutes the charges made by the attorney general. On Sept. 16, Hood sued Allstate Property...
Miss. Rep. Taylor Suggests Carriers Reclassify Katrina’s Damage, Make Flood Program Participation ‘Retroactive’
Sep 20 2005 // Two scenarios about how the federal government might help with insurance claims in the wake of Hurricane Katrina were suggested at a town hall meeting on Monday in D’Iberville, Miss. by U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor. If the...
An Open Letter to the Insurance Industry Seeking Assistance for Independent Agents Devastated from Hurricane Katrina
Sep 20 2005 // Independent insurance agents in Southeast Louisiana and South Mississippi face a daunting task as they play their part in rebuilding their shattered communities. They will need the help of the insurance companies whose...
Surveying the Damage: After Katrina, Can the Industry Withstand Another Disaster?
Sep 19 2005 // Hurricane Katrina could be called an industry nightmare. Some insurers were still reeling from the effects of the Asian tsunamis and last year’s four hurricanes. Yet when Katrina struck in late August, she forced...
S. Floridians Viewed Hurricane Katrina as an Expensive Nuisance
Sep 19 2005 // Insurance adjusters scrambled to South Florida to work on claims before they realized Hurricane Katrina was going to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and become a catastrophic hurricane devastating Mississippi and...
Miss. Gov. Barbour Would Rather Negotiate
Sep 19 2005 // Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has commented to The Associated Press in Jackson that he would prefer to negotiate with insurance companies to encourage them to help homeowners without flood insurance rebuild their...
Mississippi Agents Pick Up the Pieces
Sep 19 2005 // In Meridian, Miss. the power is only on in the downtown area and electricity to the rest of the community is expected to be out for one to two weeks, Scott Gray, owner of Insurance Solutions of Mississippi Inc. and a...
There’s a Lot to Do in Katrina’s Wake
Sep 19 2005 // The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s crushing blow to Louisiana and Mississippi makes one wonder, how long it will take for everything to get back to normal, and will it? Last week, I talked to several insurance...
Mississippi Agents Pick Up the Pieces
Sep 19 2005 // In Meridian, Miss. the power is only on in the downtown area and electricity to the rest of the community is expected to be out for one to two weeks, Scott Gray, owner of Insurance Solutions of Mississippi Inc. and a...
Editor’s Note: There’s a Lot to Do in Katrina’s Wake
Sep 19 2005 // The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s crushing blow to Louisiana and Mississippi makes one wonder, how long it will take for everything to get back to normal, and will it? Last week, I talked to several insurance...
States Take on Hurricane Relief
Sep 19 2005 // The wheels of state governments across the continent are spinning into action to cope with the far-reaching devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Nearly all states are pitching in somehow. At least 40 states are providing...
Weathering the storm
Sep 19 2005 // Hurricane Katrina could be called an industry nightmare. Some insurers were still reeling from the effects of the Asian tsunamis and last year’s four hurricanes. Yet when Katrina struck in late August, she forced...
AIA Criticizes Mississippi Attorney General Hood’s Lawsuit As ‘Groundless’
Sep 16 2005 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s complaint, filed in state court to force insurers to pay for flood losses not covered by property insurance contracts is “groundless” and an attempt to...
PCI: Mississippi AG’s Lawsuit More About Politics than Justice
Sep 16 2005 // A lawsuit that attempts to force insurance companies to pay for flood insurance losses under homeowners insurance contracts filed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will, if successful, destroy the viability of every...
Nationwide Mutual Refutes Miss. AG Hood’s Allegations As ‘Unfounded’
Sep 16 2005 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has issued a statement it hopes will set the record straight regarding Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s acusations that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane...
NAMIC Calls Miss. AG’s Suit ‘Outrageous’
Sep 16 2005 // “It is outrageous for an attorney general from a state that requires regulators to approve insurance forms to retroactively seek changes in coverage already scrutinized by Department of Insurance staff,” Roger...
Miss. AG Accuses Five Carriers of Attempting to Cheat Katrina Survivors
Sep 15 2005 // Five major insurance companies were sued on Thursday by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Industry Opens Hurricane Insurance Information Center
Sep 15 2005 // In the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. insurance industry has established the Hurricane Insurance Information Center (HIIC) in Jackson, Mississippi. Additional centers will be opened in other Gulf Coast...
Fla. Teacher, Miss. Volunteer Receive InVEST Awards
Sep 14 2005 // A high school teacher from Orlando, Fla. and an insurance agent from Bay St. Louis, Miss. were honored by InVest at a “job shadow” breakfast held in New York at the Big “I” Convention. Renee Dubber...
Dale Cautions Miss. Insurance Committee Not to Force Companies to Pay Flood Insurance
Sep 13 2005 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale told lawmakers at a joint House and Senate Insurance Committee meeting that it was unfair to attempt to force insurance companies to cover flood damage if homeowners did not...
