Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MISS. SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT $80M VERDICT:
Dec 20 2004 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has thrown out an $80 million damage award involving a breach of contact lawsuit in Copiah County. The justices said the case was erroneously filed in Mississippi and should have been filed in...
Third Annual Report Identifies ‘Judicial Hellholes’
Dec 15 2004 // The third annual “Judicial Hellholes” report – a ranking of the worst courts in the United States – shows a disturbing scenario for one Illinois county. As a result of what happens in the Hellhole...
PCI Urges Miss. Supreme Court to Reverse Local Court’s Punitive Damage Decision
Dec 2 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is urging the Mississippi Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision that mandates insurance companies to provide coverage for punitive damages in automobile...
Miss. Supreme Court Overturns $80 Million Breach of Contract Verdict
Nov 22 2004 // An $80 million damage award involving a breach of contract lawsuit was thrown out of court on Monday by the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson. The justices said the case was erroneously filed in Mississippi and should...
ST. PAUL TRAVELERS RETURNS TO MISS.:
Nov 8 2004 // Travelers–the nation’s second-largest commercial insurance company–have told him they are returning to Mississippi. “Those who said tort reform would do no good were wrong,” Dale said....
State Farm Easing Miss. Homeowner’s Growth Restrictions as Part of Commitment to Magnolia State
Nov 2 2004 // Mississippi’s largest insurer, State Farm, is easing its homeowner’s growth restrictions in the state. According to Commissioner of Insurance George Dale, this announcement demonstrates the company’s...
Miss. Trustmark Bank to Acquire Fisher-Brown Agency
Nov 2 2004 // Trustmark Corporation, parent of Jackson, Miss.-based Trustmark National Bank, announced today it will acquire Fisher-Brown Inc., an insurance agency in northwest Florida. Fisher-Brown will become a wholly owned subsidiary...
Underinsurance Problem Improves, Says MS/B
Oct 5 2004 // Undervaluation statistics for U.S. homeowners business continue to improve, according to Peter M. Wells, senior vice president of Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B). MS/B, a provider of building cost data and estimating...
Hennessey Agency Joins Leavitt Group
Oct 4 2004 // The Hennessey Agency, an independent insurance broker located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, has joined the Leavitt Group, a national company with nearly 100 agency locations. John Hennessey, president of the Hennessey will...
Miss. Residents Receive Disaster Aid
Sep 23 2004 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and voluntary agencies continue to help Mississippians recover from Hurricane...
President Declares Disaster Areas for Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
Sep 16 2004 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that President Bush ordered the release of federal disaster funds and emergency resources for...
Miss. Gov. Barbour Asking Residents in Southern Locales to Evacuate Due to Ivan
Sep 15 2004 // In the last 24 hours, Gov. Haley Barbour urged Mississippians in the state’s three coastal counties to evacuate immediately in anticipation of Hurricane Ivan’s arrival, scheduled for late tonight or early...
RMS: Potential Losses for Ivan $4 to $10 Billion
Sep 15 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, said that insured losses in the U.S. could range from $4 to $10 billion if Hurricane Ivan follows the latest...
Okla. Impeachment Panel to Wrap Up Aug. 26
Aug 6 2004 // A special legislative committee that is considering recommending the impeachment of Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, who allegedly placed a campaign donation from a Mississippi man in his personal checking...
Miss. Nominee Chosen as 2004 National Outstanding CSR of the Year
Aug 5 2004 // Ruth Phillips, CISR, CPIW, of the Morrell Agency Inc., in Magnolia, Mississippi, was awarded the 2004 National Outstanding CSR of the Year Award. The Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the...
Miss. DOI Takes Control of Family Health Care Plus
Jul 19 2004 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance George Dale announced that Hinds County Chancellor William Singletary approved an Order of Rehabilitation allowing the Mississippi Department of Insurance to assume control of the...
Miss. Insurance Official Traces Frankel Insurance Scam From Conn. to Vatican Bank
Jul 19 2004 // The torching of financier Martin Frankel’s $3 million mansion in Greenwich, Conn., was meant to destroy evidence of an insurance scam that cost Mississippi and other states millions, police said. But not everything...
Insurance Auto Auctions Adds Miss. Facility
Jul 9 2004 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. a provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, announced the acquisition of Mid-South Salvage LLC, a 15-acre operation located in Jackson,...
MS/B Sale Complete; Will Continue to Remain Independently Operated
Jun 24 2004 // Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B) announced the completion of its sale to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. of Richmond, B.C., Canada. Combined with MDA’s existing property information and valuation...
Reform Flourishes in Two States
Jun 21 2004 // When we chatted by phone recently, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) had an air of excitement in his voice. No, I don’t necessarily think it was because he was talking with me, but more the fact that help was on the...
