Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Miss. Workshop Addresses Problem of Juvenile Firesetting; Reportedly $190 Million in U.S. Property Destroyed Annually
Mar 30 2004 // Mississippi Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Millard Mackey and members of his staff recently participated in a two-day workshop designed to address the problem of juvenile fire setting, one of the reportedly fastest-growing...
Miss. Upgrades Fire Protection for Fisher Ferry
Mar 11 2004 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Fisher Ferry Fire Protection District in Warren County. The fire...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Georgia Legislature Gives Checkup to Reform Bills
Mar 8 2004 // The Georgia Legislature is certainly getting its share of tort reform news this session, considering almost a dozen House bills dealing with civil justice reform and medical malpractice reform. “We commend the...
Miss. Commissioner Notes Upgrade of Southeast Pearl River Fire Protection District
Mar 8 2004 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Southeast Pearl River Fire Protection District in Pearl River County. The fire...
‘Ambitious’ Tort Reform Bill Could Spur Real Improvements in Mississippi
Feb 26 2004 // An omnibus tort reform bill recently introduced in the Mississippi Senate is reportedly ambitious and wide-reaching enough to set the stage for serious reform in the state. “This ambitious bill deserves serious...
MISSISSIPPI NOTES FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT UPGRADE:
Feb 23 2004 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Tippah County Industrial Park Fire Protection District in Tippah County....
Miss. Notes Fire Protection District Upgrade
Jan 30 2004 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the Tippah County Industrial Park Fire Protection District in Tippah...
Taking the Pain Out of Tort Reform
Jan 26 2004 // Having first looked at efforts to pass more tort reform in Mississippi (Jan. 12, “Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State”) and now reporting on efforts in West Virginia in this issue, one...
MISS. DISTRICT RECEIVES FIRE PROTECTION UPGRADE:
Jan 26 2004 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the East Hancock Fire Protection District in Hancock County. The fire...
MDOI Returned $2.8 Million to Miss. Consumers Last Year
Jan 21 2004 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale recently announced that more than $2.8 million was returned to Mississippi consumers during the past year by the Consumer Services Division of the Mississippi Department of...
Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State
Jan 12 2004 // Problems and states come in all different shapes and sizes. For the insurance industry, keeping an eye on tort reform in Mississippi has been an item of importance in recent years. For the American Insurance Associ-ation...
Miss. District Receives Fire Protection Upgrade
Jan 2 2004 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the public fire protection facilities of the East Hancock Fire Protection District in Hancock County. The fire...
Miss. Commisssioner Presents Check as Part of RFTAAP
Dec 4 2003 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale recently presented the 346th check issued as part of the Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program (RFTAAP) to the Board of Supervisors of Jefferson Davis County. Since...
IEF SITES APPROVED:
Dec 1 2003 // Two additional universities will host insurance education institute programs next summer, one in Arkansas and one in Mississippi. According to the Insurance Education Foundation (IEF), the University of Central Arkansas...
Tenn. Attorney Sentenced on Miss. Charges in Frankel Scam
Oct 29 2003 // A Tennessee attorney has been sentenced on Mississippi charges in the Martin Frankel scam. Attorney General Mike Moore announced the sentencing of John Jordan for his reported role in the Frankel insurance scam. In April...
Miss. to Hold Personal Lines Credit Score Hearing
Sep 8 2003 // The Mississippi Department of Insurance announced it has scheduled a Sept. 9 public hearing on a proposed regulation on the use of credit scoring in personal lines insurance underwriting. Adoption of Mississippi Department...
MS/B Says Underinsurance Problem Lessening
Jul 30 2003 // Undervaluation statistics for U.S. homeowners business have improved dramatically, according to Robert Crine, president of Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B). Crine announced the news to senior executives from the P/C...
Baptist Memorial to Offer Miss. Med Mal Assistance Program
Jul 18 2003 // Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care recently created a malpractice financial assistance program designed to offset extraordinary premium increases some physicians are facing in Mississippi. Because the St....
FCCI Company Licenses FormsPlus for Miss. Insurance Managers – Surety Bond Program
Jul 1 2003 // Allen Beggs, president and co-founder of QualCorp, Inc., announced that Mississippi Insurance Managers (MIMS) will be licensing FormsPlus XP for its office to automate its surety bond program. MIMS will use FormsPlus XP to...
