Latest Mississippi Headlines
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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...
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...
