Latest Mississippi Headlines
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How Mississippi Insurance Agent Came to Own Prized LSU Pigskin
Jan 3 2012 // Larry Benefield didn’t attend Louisiana State University. He has been to only one football game there in his life, a matchup against Kentucky in the 1980s or 1990s. But the Gulfport, Mississippi resident owns one of...
Mississippi Officials Want Hunting, Fishing Camps Eligible for Flood Insurance
Dec 28 2011 // Officials in Pascagoula, Mississippi are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain codes at hunting and fishing camps so they can qualify for the National Flood...
FEMA to Give Partial Credit for Substandard Levees in Drawing Flood Zones
Dec 27 2011 // A levee isn’t perfect, but it exists and that should count for something when deciding if a property is at risk for flooding. That’s the position of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a new proposal...
Mississippi Court Overturns Insurer’s Win in Katrina Wind vs. Water Case
Dec 26 2011 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned a judgment for an insurance company in a wind vs. water case involving a Pascagoula home hit by 6.3 feet of storm surge during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The National Flood...
More Safety Violations Cited at Mississippi Electrical Plant
Dec 15 2011 // Federal workplace safety officials said this week that they are again citing a Mississippi electrical and lighting maker for for unsafe practices. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration accused Laurel-based...
Lack of Insurance Proof Jeopardizes Mississippi Trash Contract
Dec 14 2011 // A lack of proper insurance proof may force Metcalfe, Mississippi to cut ties with its long-time trash collection provider. Griffin Waste Services has serviced the town since 1998, but Mayor Corey Holmes says during that...
Part of Mississippi Healthcare Suit Placed on Hold
Dec 2 2011 // A federal judge has put on hold portions of a Mississippi lawsuit against Obama administration’s health care law. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, in a ruling issued Nov. 23, stayed consideration of parts of the...
5 Mississippi Home Buyouts Could Happen in New Year
Nov 28 2011 // Five property owners whose homes were inundated by the spring flood could have their homes bought out by the city of Vicksburg next year. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has authorized Mayor Paul Winfield to apply for a...
Chaney Re-elected to Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Post
Nov 21 2011 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney won re-election in voting on Nov. 8 in Mississippi. Chaney, a Republican from Vicksburg, defeated Democrat Louis Fondren of Gautier and Reform Party candidate Barbara Dale Washer of...
Chaney Re-elected Mississippi Insurance Commissioner
Nov 10 2011 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney won re-election in Tuesday’s voting in Mississippi. Chaney, a Republican from Vicksburg, defeated Democrat Louis Fondren of Gautier and Reform Party candidate Barbara Dale Washer of...
Mississippi Bike Fatality Prompts Vow to Enforce 3-Foot Rule
Nov 8 2011 // The death last month of a bicycle rider in a traffic accident has led city leaders in Oxford, Mississippi, to take a stronger look at bicycle safety. City Planner Tim Akers told the Oxford Board of Aldermen that police...
Miss. Sen. Cochran Opposes Flood Insurance Mandate Near Levees
Nov 7 2011 // Two U.S. senators are pressing to remove a federal requirement that homeowners and businesses near levees and dams purchase flood insurance. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) have launched an effort...
Mississippi’s Chaney Facing 2 Opponents
Nov 7 2011 // Louis Fondren, a Democrat from Gautier, and Barbara Dale Washer, the Reform Party candidate from Hattiesburg, are seeking to dislodge incumbent Mike Chaney as Mississippi insurance commissioner. Chaney, a Republican from...
Mississippi Insurance Chief Race Draws 2 Opponents for Chaney
Oct 28 2011 // Louis Fondren, a Democrat from Gautier, and Barbara Dale Washer, the Reform Party candidate from Hattiesburg, seek to dislodge incumbent Mike Chaney as Mississippi insurance commissioner. Chaney, 67, a Republican from...
Mississippi High Court Weighing Limit on Lawsuit Damages
Oct 18 2011 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has asked attorneys for more information as it considers whether the state’s limitation on damages in civil cases is constitutional. In an order last month, the court asked attorneys for...
Report AXA, Generali, Tokio Marine, MS&AD Submit Bids for HSBC Unit
Oct 14 2011 // European insurers AXA SA, Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Japan’s Tokio Marine and MS&AD Insurance Group are among suitors to submit first round bids for HSBC’s non-life insurance business, sources with...
Mississippi High Court Due to Rule in Wind-Water Insurance Case
Oct 12 2011 // A decision is pending from the Mississippi Supreme Court in another wind vs. water case, this one involving a Pascagoula home subjected to 6.3 feet of storm surge. The National Flood Insurance Program paid Jackson County...
Mississippi Homeowners Sign Up for Flood Buyouts
Oct 7 2011 // Eighteen north Vicksburg homeowners who suffered damage from the Mississippi River flooding this spring have signed up for the city’s buyout program. The Vicksburg Post reported the voluntary buyout will be conducted...
Mississippi Lawsuit Against Bar Over Drunk Driving Death Leads to $15M Judgment
Oct 7 2011 // A lawsuit and the state’s dram shop law have led to a $15 million judgment in Mississippi against Slippery Nick’s Saloon and Grill. However those who brought the suit do not expect to collect since the bar had...
BP Fines Could Go to Gulf States
Oct 3 2011 // U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are hopeful that Congress will approve legislation to direct a significant portion of federal fines paid by BP for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to...
