Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Miss.: Katrina Advocacy Groups Want to Know About Grant Money
Aug 22 2007 // Hoping to get a clearer picture of who’s benefiting from Mississippi’s post-Hurricane Katrina housing grants, a coalition of advocacy groups has filed public records requests with the agency administering the...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // $40.6 billion paid on 1.7 million insurance claims Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion —...
OSHA Proposes Fines Against 16 Firms Working at Miss. Steel Plant
Aug 13 2007 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $72,775 in penalties against 16 companies involved in the construction of a SeverCorr steel plant near Columbus,...
Dale Falls Short of Candidacy for 9th Term as Miss. Insurance Commissioner
Aug 8 2007 // In the Mississippi primary elections Tuesday, an eight-term veteran Democratic insurance commissioner running on the Independent ticket was edged out by a Democratic opponent, while the Republican contest was a runaway for...
Katrina at Two Years: $40.6 Billion Paid on 1.7 Million Insurance Claims
Aug 7 2007 // Two years later, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from Hurricane Katrina have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion — in the history of the...
Federal Appeals Courts to Hear Key Mississippi Katrina Insurance Case
Aug 7 2007 // A federal appeals court is poised to review a judge’s verdict last year in the first trial among hundreds of lawsuits that Mississippi homeowners filed against insurance companies in Hurricane Katrina’s...
In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems
Aug 6 2007 // Hurricane Katrina has nearly knocked the wind out of George Dale’s re-election campaign for Mississippi insurance commissioner, a job he’s held for 32 years. Dale is the longest-serving state insurance...
Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
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Aug 6 2007 // In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems Hurricane Katrina has nearly knocked the wind out of George Dale’s reelection campaign for Mississippi insurance commissioner, a job he’s...
Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
Aug 6 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Miss. Insurance Commissioner Questions Lawyer’s Motive for Donation
Aug 3 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale says voters should question attorney Richard Scruggs’ motive for giving $250,000 to a political action committee created to target Dale’s re-election...
Labor Union Endorses Anderson in Miss. Insurance Campaign
Aug 3 2007 // The Mississippi AFL-CIO on Wednesday endorsed Gary Anderson as the Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner. Brenda Scott, a spokeswoman for the labor union and director of the Mississippi Alliance of State...
Miss. Insurance Agent Takes Plea Deal
Jul 30 2007 // A Mississippi insurance agent accused in a kickback scheme with a former Lafayette County supervisor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy under a plea deal in U.S. District Court. Ken Nowlin, of Ecru, avoids a federal trial...
Ala. Judge Appoints Prosecutors in Katrina Insurance Case
Jul 30 2007 // A federal judge appointed two veteran Birmingham, Ala., attorneys to prosecute a prominent Mississippi attorney and his law firm for criminal contempt in a Hurricane Katrina insurance dispute. In an order made public July...
Allstate Hit for Linking Fire Renewals to Separate Wind Policy in Miss.
Jul 26 2007 // Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s...
Some Miss. Coast Homeowners Won’t Have to Repay Grant
Jul 24 2007 // Policyholders who settled Hurricane Katrina lawsuits confidentially with insurance companies can keep those payments, along with federal grants for structural damage other homeowners were ineligible to receive or must...
State Farm Settles with Another Mississippi Katrina Victim
Jul 24 2007 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. has settled another lawsuit with a policyholder whose home was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. Neither side would release terms of the agreement reached Friday between the insurer and...
After Formaldehyde Complaints, FEMA to Test Air Quality in Trailers
Jul 23 2007 // Federal agencies will test air quality in trailers housing Gulf Coast hurricane victims, an official said July 20, a day after documents revealed that government lawyers discouraged investigating reports of high...
