Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Faking His Death to Avoid Sex Charges
Aug 23 2022 // A Mississippi man, a former veteran of combat in Iraq, has pleaded guilty to faking his own death in order to disappear and avoid charges that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl. Jacob Blair Scott was facing charges of...
Blue Cross Sues Mississippi Med Center Officials for Defamation
Aug 1 2022 // Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi on Thursday said it was suing three employees of the University of Mississippi Medical Center for allegedly spreading false information. The lawsuit is the latest development in...
Tank Explosion Severely Burns Six Workers in Mississippi
Aug 1 2022 // Six workers suffered severe burns following a Friday morning explosion at a oil drilling storage tank in central Mississippi. The workers sustained burns on at least 50% of their bodies, with one being burned from head to...
$24 Million Mold Remediation Starts on Federal Courthouse in Mississippi
Jul 19 2022 // Work has begun to renovate a northeast Mississippi federal courthouse long plagued by mold. WTVA-TV reports interior demolition began last week at the Thomas G. Abernethy Federal Building in Aberdeen. The U.S. General...
People Moves: GCube Names Two in Underwriting; MS Amlin Adds Barnes to Marine; RiverStone Names M&A Head, Underwriter
Jul 13 2022 // GCube Names Shimal, Litterick to Underwriting Posts Renewable energy specialist GCube Underwriting, a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, has appointed two people to senior positions within the organisation....
People Moves: MS Amlin Names Liberty Mutual’s Baxter as Head of Reinsurance; DUAL Hires HDI’s Biemann for Cyber; Gallagher Re Taps Swiss Re’s Kreutzer for Nordic Region
Jul 6 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at MS Amlin, DUAL Europe, and Gallagher Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. MS Amlin Names Liberty Mutual’s Baxter as Head of Reinsurance,...
Miss. Supreme Court Counts Unproven Comp Benefits in Legal Malpractice Claim
Jun 21 2022 // The question for the Mississippi Supreme Court was whether the amount of damages due an injured employee for her attorney’s negligence should include the workers’ compensation benefits she missed out on. The...
UK Pubs Group Sues Zurich, Liberty Mutual, MS Amlin for $1.2B Over COVID BI Losses
Jun 13 2022 // Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) over lockdown losses, battled the COVID-19 pandemic “day by day, venue by venue,”...
People Moves: AXA XL Names Benet Global CUO, Succeeding Bewlay; Marsh’s Neild Joins Howden’s UK Cyber Retail Practice; MS Amlin Taps Compre’s Margetts for Strategy
May 25 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL, Howden and MS Amlin. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Names Benet Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Succeeding Bewlay AXA XL has...
People Moves: Arch Hires Chaucer’s Bauckham for Terrorism, Political Violence & War Team; Dale Moves Into Marine Treaty With 2 Hires From MS Amlin
May 24 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Dale Underwriting Partners. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Hires Chaucer’s...
Ski Mask and Assault-Rifle Water Gun Prank Leads to Killing of Mississippi Teen
May 24 2022 // A teen in Mississippi shot and killed another teen who approached his home with a toy gun that looked like an assault rifle while wearing a ski mask, authorities said. The teen killed was one of thee people who approached...
MS Amlin Partners With Insurtech Altelium to Offer Cover for Battery Energy Storage
May 24 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced a partnership with insurtech Altelium to offer a construction all-risk and operational all-risk insurance solution for battery energy storage...
Hearing Scheduled on Damages Owed by Mississippi Ex-Cop Who Killed Mother of Four
May 23 2022 // A former Mississippi police officer who shot and killed a sleeping woman should pay her four children a quarter-million dollars each for pain and suffering and a total of more than $300,000 to cover therapy, their aunt...
People Moves: QBE Hires RSA’s Germain as Group CIO; MS Amlin Taps AXIS’ Ferguson for Open Mkt. Property; Generali Names 3 for Italy, Global Business Lines
May 16 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE Insurance, MS Amlin, and Generali. A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Hires RSA’s Germain as Group Chief Information Officer QBE...
BXS Insurance Morphing to Cadence After Mississippi-Texas Bank Merger
May 4 2022 // The nation’s second-largest bank-owned insurance brokerage, BXS Insurance, is changing its brand name to Cadence Insurance, the company announced. The BXSI name is changing but the people are not, CEO Markham...
Mississippi’s Autopsy Backlog Worst in Nation
May 2 2022 // After Truitt Pace admitted to law enforcement that he beat and shot his wife, her family expected a swift conviction. The 34-year-old mother of three’s tiny frame was so bruised and traumatized that the funeral home...
Mississippi Pharmacist, Now in Florida, Gets 10 Years in $180M Cream Scheme
Apr 28 2022 // Federal prosecutors say a former Mississippi pharmacist has been sentenced to the maximum 10 years in prison for a $180 million health insurance fraud scheme involving unnecessary prescriptions for expensive pain creams...
Gulf Coast, Mississippi River Regions Eager for Flood Funding
Apr 19 2022 // When Hurricane Ida hit last summer, a storm surge overwhelmed a levee and gushed into Ted Falgout’s coastal Louisiana home, destroying his furniture and the beloved framed photos of his twin sons kissing him on their...
Mississippi City’s Mayor Vetoes Use of Cameras to Catch Uninsured Drivers
Apr 11 2022 // Just as the idea of using street cameras to nab uninsured drivers seemed to be gaining strength, the mayor of a Mississippi city has vetoed it. “Every person who drives a vehicle should have insurance, per state...
Tornadoes Cause Limited Damage in Alabama, Mississippi
Mar 24 2022 // The same severe weather front that destroyed property in Texas and Louisiana also spawned at least six tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama, but damage appeared to limited. In Baldwin County, in south Alabama, emergency...
