Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Miss. Flood Insurance Policyholders May Receive Funds to Rebuild Higher
Dec 30 2005 // Flood insurance policyholders in Mississippi rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina may be eligible for up to $30,000 to help cover the cost of bringing their property into compliance with local building...
Best Week Says Mississippi’s Coast is Now a Wind vs. Flood Battleground
Dec 30 2005 // Early December in Biloxi, Mississippi, finds John Lennon’s bittersweet “Happy Christmas” playing on the car radio amid a devastated landscape left by Hurricane Katrina just months earlier. A State Farm...
2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
La., Miss. Relief Agencies to Share $125K in Aid from Council Foundation
Dec 28 2005 // The Foundation for Agency Management Excellence (FAME), an insurance industry educational foundation of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, has identified the three relief agencies in Louisiana and Mississippi...
South Miss. Residents Happy to Learn of $29B for Katrina Relief
Dec 28 2005 // Residents of south Mississippi expressed joy upon learning that Congress is providing $29 billion in aid for Hurricane Katrina relief. The package includes $11.5 billion to assist homeowners, with grants capped at $150,000...
Miss. Coastal Property Owners Get Tax Break on Katrina Damage
Dec 27 2005 // Many property owners on the Mississippi coast will get a tax break in 2005. Harrison and Jackson counties will offer a one-third reduction in assessed value on damaged or destroyed buildings, minus what is recovered from...
Miss. Commissioner to Unveil Mediation Program Based on ‘Florida’s Model’
Dec 21 2005 // A mediation program for homeowners battling insurance companies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina will be unveiled Wednesday by George Dale, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner. The insurance commission’s staff has...
Miss. Attorney General Gives Homeowners Foreclosure Advice
Dec 21 2005 // Mississippi homeowners and business owners with properties damaged by Hurricane Katrina were told on Tuesday by Attorney General Jim Hood that they have legal protections from foreclosure. Hood told the Jackson...
Hurricane Katrina Leads to Large Number of Claims, Frustration
Dec 19 2005 // While Hurricane Katrina spent only a couple of days menacing the Gulf Coast, the trail of destruction in both lives and properties lingers on months later. As places like New Orleans, Mississippi and other surrounding...
A Katrina Diary: On the Road to Recovery
Dec 19 2005 // One Man’s Perspective on Hurricane Katrina’s Destruction A co-worker and I journeyed to the Gulf Coast region to document the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. What follows are some notes from our five days in...
Independent Agents Feel Hurricane Katrina’s Full Force
Dec 19 2005 // Residents in many areas of the Gulf Coast watched their lives change forever on Aug. 29, 2005. When all was said and done, Hurricane Katrina went in the record books as the country’s worst natural disaster, leaving a...
MISS. FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE DISSOLVING
Dec 19 2005 // Jackson-based Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance has an-nounced that the strain of paying $450 million in claims after Hurricane Katrina has caused the company to cease writing policies in the state and transfer...
Jan. 1 Auto Rate Hike
Dec 19 2005 // Thousands of drivers in Mississippi will see their auto insurance rates increase dramatically after Jan. 1, when the minimum required coverage will double, increasing costs, even for those who have less than the minimum...
A Katrina Diary: On the Road to Recovery
Dec 18 2005 // A co-worker and I journeyed to the Gulf Coast region to document the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. What follows are some notes from our five days in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama filming and talking with people who...
By Dave Thomas
Dec 18 2005 // Residents in many areas of the Gulf Coast watched their lives change forever on Aug. 29, 2005. When all was said and done, Hurricane Katrina went in the record books as the country’s worst natural disaster, leaving a...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // FLORIDA State Farm of Florida 8.6 Percent Rate Request Approved The Florida Department of Insurance approved an average statewide premium rate hike of 8.6 percent for State Farm of Florida, the largest insurer of homes in...
Sen. Lott Suing State Farm for Hurricane Katrina Damages to His Pascagoula, Miss. Home
Dec 16 2005 // U.S. Sen. Trent Lott is suing his insurance company over his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina. The law office of Lott’s brother-in-law, high-profile plaintiff’s Richard...
Hurricane Katrina: The Long Road to Recovery <em>An Insurance Journal Exclusive Video Report from the Gulf States</em>
Dec 14 2005 // With Gulf Coast residents and the insurance industry trying to recover from the country’s worst natural disaster ever, two Insurance Journal reporters set out to see for themselves the effects of Hurricane...
Mississippi’s Insured Losses From Hurricane Katrina Pegged At $12B
Dec 13 2005 // Insurers in Mississippi are expected to pay out $12 billion in insured losses stemming from Hurricane Katrina. According to Property Claims Services, the New Jersey-based subsidiary of the Insurance Service Office, which...
Insurance Dept. Approved Miss. Homeowners Rate Increases Before Hurricane Katrina
Dec 12 2005 // Recent increased in homeowners insurance rates in south Mississippi can not be attributed to Hurricane Katrina, according to Insurance Department officials, who indicate that Allstate, USAA and the Southern Farm Bureau all...
