Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina
Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...
Miss. Announces Another Chance for Housing Grants
Jun 29 2006 // Mississippi has increased by 35 percent insurance values used in calculating homeowner grant amounts to compensate for higher post-Katrina construction costs. Scott Hamilton, spokesman for the Mississippi Development...
Insurance Claims Paid in Mississippi Now Over $10 Billion
Jun 16 2006 // As of June 6 insurance companies have paid out more than $10 billion in hurricane-related claims for hurricanes Rita and Katrina in Mississippi, according to Commissioner of Insurance George Dale. The National Flood...
Symington Tells Miss. Big ‘I’: Federal Charter a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
Jun 15 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional federal charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” a top insurance agent lobbyist has warned. Charles E. Symington, Jr., told more than...
Miss. Using Federal Dollars to Help With Wind Pool Costs
Jun 15 2006 // Mississippi will use $50 million in federal grant money to ease the sticker shock of an anticipated rate increase for wind-pool coverage of homes in the hurricane zone, officials said Wednesday. Gov. Haley Barbour and...
Dale: Miss. Wind Pool Decision Coming in Two to Three Weeks
Jun 7 2006 // Mississippi State Insurance Commissioner George Dale says he will make a decision in the next two to three weeks on a proposed 397.8 percent rate increase for thousands of coastal residents covered by the Mississippi...
Coverage issues at core of Hurricane Katrina-related litigation
Jun 5 2006 // The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana has been extensively reported, as has the fact that many people in those states did not have flood insurance coverage. As a result,...
Coverage issues at core of Hurricane Katrina-related litigation
Jun 5 2006 // The initial decisions from Hurricane Katrina lawsuits provide some comfort to both insurers and insureds and potential warnings to insurance agents. The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi...
No 397.8 Percent Wind-Pool Increase in Miss.; But No Final Decision
Jun 2 2006 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale says there is no way he will approve a 397.8 percent increase in wind pool insurance for coastal residents. “We will do everything we can to find avenues to offset that...
Miss. Reports on Successful Mediation Sessions
Jun 1 2006 // As of May 15, the Mississippi Insurance Department reports there have been 2,222 mediation requests as part of its Hurricane Katrina Mediation Program, with the success rate now at 85 percent. More than 350 scheduled...
Miss. Claims Payments Break Records
May 31 2006 // A record for property and casualty lines claims payment settlements and premium refunds was set by the Consumer Services Division in Mississippi from Jan. 1 to April 30, according to the Insurance Department. Since Jan. 1...
Perkins Named Mississippi Licensing Director
May 31 2006 // Robert “Bobby” Perkins has been named director of licensing for the Mississippi Insurance Department. Perkins follows Bea Smith, who retired from the Department last December, after 35 years of service. In...
Miss. Coastal Residents Struggle to Find Deeds, Records
May 26 2006 // Robert Genin embarked on a paper chase in Bay St. Louis, Miss. soon after Hurricane Katrina swamped the house he and his wife, Mary, bought here 35 years ago. The Aug. 29 storm washed away all his belongings, including...
Miss. Judge Rules Some State Farm Policy Exclusions Unenforceable
May 26 2006 // Provisions in a State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. policy that exclude certain damage from Hurricane Katrina are unenforceable, a federal judge in Gulfport, Miss. has ruled. A couple whose Long Beach home was damaged by...
State Farm Refusing Appraisal in Miss., Despite its Own Policy Language
May 25 2006 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. refuses to engage in the appraisal process in Mississippi to resolve Hurricane Katrina claims, even though its own policy mandates appraisal on demand when the amount of an insured loss is...
Dale Sets Public Hearing on Proposed Miss. Windpool Rate Increase
May 25 2006 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale has scheduled for June 5 a public hearing in Jackson, Miss. on a proposed rate increase by the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association, which provides coverage for high-risk homes...
Coverage issues at core of Hurricane Katrina-related litigation
May 22 2006 // The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana has been extensively reported, as has the fact that many people in those states did not have flood insurance coverage. As a result,...
Coverage issues at core of Hurricane Katrina-related litigation
May 22 2006 // The initial decisions from Hurricane Katrina lawsuits provide some comfort to both insurers and insureds and potential warnings to insurance agents. The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi...
Miss. Medicaid Fraud Investigations Result in One Arrest, One Guilty Plea
May 18 2006 // Attorney General Jim Hood has announced the result of two investigations in Jackson, Miss. by the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the Attorney General’s Office. On May 11, Sara Delphine Williams of Smithdale, Miss. was...
