Latest Mississippi Headlines
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WWII Veteran Wins Malpractice Suit Against Hospital in Mississippi
Jul 24 2009 // A judge has awarded $749,000 to the estate of a World War II veteran who lost much of his vision during a surgery at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Jackson, Mississippi. Charles West died May...
Allstate to Close Mississippi Claims Office; Employees Offered Transfers
Jul 24 2009 // Allstate Insurance will close its Mississippi phone-claims center by Oct. 30, eliminating 63 local jobs. The claims center in Ridgeland has been in operation for about 30 years. Allstate spokesman Mike Siemienas says 33...
GAO Reports Detail Problems With Katrina Disaster Response
Jul 23 2009 // As the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, four new reports by Congress’ investigative arm have found a wide range of problems with the federal government’s handling of the storm’s...
Governors’ Conference Puts Spotlight on Katrina Recovery in Mississippi
Jul 21 2009 // Governors attending their national convention in Biloxi on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast have seen signs of Hurricane Katrina recovery — glitzy casinos packed with tourists, new condominium towers rising along the...
Supporters See $40 Million in Mississippi Windpool Subsidies As Economic Stimulus
Jul 20 2009 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has signed legislation to help control insurance costs for coastal property owners. Business supporters of the bill contend it will also serve as an economic stimulus. The bill appropriates...
Further Challenges to Anti-Concurrent Cause Clauses
Jul 20 2009 // Hurricane Katrina brought the question of the validity and applicability of ACCs to the forefront. Hurricane Katrina, in addition to causing unprecedented damage and destruction, added significantly to the workload of...
Travelers Insurance Urges Regional Zones, Federal Role for Wind Coverage
Jul 20 2009 // One of the nation’s largest insurers has unveiled a plan to shift the authority for regulating rates for hurricane wind coverage from state regulators to an independent federal commission. Mississippi Gov. Haley...
Mississippi Names Haire Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Jul 2 2009 // Mark Haire, general counsel for the Mississippi Insurance Department (MID), has been named deputy commissioner by Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. Haire, a Mississippi native, is a graduate of Mississippi College and...
TAPCO Underwiters Now Offering E&S Services to Mississippi Agents
Jul 1 2009 // TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., a Burlington, North Carolina-based excess and surplus lines managing general agency, is now offering its services to retail insurance agents in Mississippi. TAPCO is known for its unique service...
Mississippi Again Subsidizes Wind Insurance Pool Rates
Jul 1 2009 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has signed legislation to help control insurance costs for coastal property owners. Business supporters of the bill contend it will also serve as an economic stimulus. The bill appropriates a...
Mississippi Wind Pool Insurance Credits Available for Biloxi Homeowners
Jun 24 2009 // Some Biloxi homeowners who use the wind pool for insurance may qualify for a 20 percent credit on their coverage. The wind pool — or Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association — is the insurer of last...
Injured Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters Face Financial Woes
Jun 10 2009 // When Leakesville, Mississippi volunteer firefighter Scottie Holland was injured in January, it could have crippled him physically and financially. “They had been called out to a structural fire. He was pulling the...
Mississippi Surplus Lines Insurance Fees Go Into State’s General Fund
Jun 2 2009 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has delivered a $2 million check targeted for the state’s general fund. The money, derived from fees paid by the surplus lines insurance industry, will go to the...
Miss. Attorney General Hood Keeps State Farm Deal Secret
Jun 1 2009 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has asked a court to block renewed efforts to make public a settlement agreement between his office and insurer State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. that was part of their feud over...
Mississippi Jury Says No to Asbestos Claim for $4.5 Million
Jun 1 2009 // A Claiborne County jury has ruled that three companies do not owe a Mississippi man anything for his claims he suffered from silicosis after using their products. Lawyers for 73-year-old Eugene Westrope of Hazlehurst asked...
Dismissal of Engineering Firm from Mississippi Katrina Case Upheld
May 28 2009 // A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a judge’s ruling that dismissed an engineering firm from a lawsuit involving a Hurricane Katrina damage case. David and Marilyn Aikens, of Pass Christian, Miss.,...
Actor Freeman Sued Over Mississippi Car Crash
May 26 2009 // Attorneys for Morgan Freeman have until July 6 to respond to a lawsuit filed by the woman who was with the actor the night of a car crash last August. Demaris Meyer has sued Freeman for negligence. The lawsuit against the...
Ratings Roundup: Gulf Re, Toa Re, MS Frontier
May 22 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of the United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Reinsurance Limited with stable outlooks....
Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Mississippi, Nevada Rank Highest in Gun Death Rates
May 8 2009 // States with higher gun ownership rates and weak gun laws have the highest rates of gun death according to analysis by the Violence Policy Center of just-revealed 2006 national data (the most recent available) from the...
Chaney Calls for Disability Insurance for Mississippi Firefighters
May 8 2009 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney is calling on legislative leaders to join him in his continuing effort to provide disability insurance coverage for volunteer firefighters in the...
