Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Insurance Chief Sues to Halt Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
Sep 29 2013 // The Mississippi Department of Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said...
Mississippi Insurance Agency Owner Charged with Fraud
Sep 23 2013 // A Philadelphia, Miss., man has been charged with multiple counts of insurance fraud. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release that 46-year-old Phillip Willis was indicted in Neshoba County on three counts of false...
Mississippi Insurance Chief Wants to Sue to Stop Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
Sep 20 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is prepared to sue the federal government to stop the flood insurance rate hikes triggered by a recent reform law, but it remains to be seen if he can move forward because the...
Mississippi City Employee Sentenced for Fraudulent Deer Accident Claim
Sep 20 2013 // A former code enforcement officer in Natchez has been sentenced to two years’ probation for insurance fraud. The Natchez Democrat reported that 58-year-old Willie B. Jones was sentenced this past week by Circuit...
Greyhound Seeks Dismissal of Mississippi Accident Suit
Sep 20 2013 // A federal judge has scheduled a hearing next week on Greyhound Bus Lines Inc.’s motion to throw out a lawsuit related to a 2008 accident in south Mississippi. Megan Clancy sued Greyhound in Jackson County Circuit...
Mississippi Man Charged with Property Insurance Fraud
Sep 18 2013 // A Washington County, Mississippi man has been charged with three counts of insurance fraud involving property claims. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release that 31-year-old Oliver Johnson of Greenville was being...
Mississippi Having Trouble Spending Katrina Recovery Funds
Sep 13 2013 // Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn’t spent almost $1 billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from the storm. The remaining $872 million is part of $5.5 billion...
Mississippi Shipbuilder, Insurer Settle on $180M for Katrina Damages
Sep 12 2013 // Huntington Ingalls Industries and its insurer have reached cash settlement for $180 million for the shipbuilder’s losses from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 at facilities in Pascagoula and Avondale, La. The Mississippi...
Mississippi County Employee Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Sep 11 2013 // A Jasper County, Miss., man has been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud. Attorney General Jim Hood said 55-year-old David Myrick Cox, of Louin, surrendered to investigators with his office’s...
Mississippi to Create Small Business Health Insurance Exchange
Sep 9 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney plans to move ahead with a health insurance exchange for small businesses after federal officials approved regulations to allow the move. The Department of Health and Human...
Mississippi City Nixes Storm Shelter Plans
Sep 6 2013 // The Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen has dropped plans to pursue a $3.4 million grant to build a city storm shelter which would have doubled as a gymnasium. Citing budget concerns, aldermen voted 5-1 this week to abandon...
Mississippi Remembers Katrina Tragedy, Recovery
Aug 30 2013 // Residents of coastal Mississippi are holding events in remembrance of Hurricane Katrina, the massive storm that struck on Aug. 29, 2005. The observances began Thursday on the Biloxi Town Green on U.S. Highway 90 followed...
Mississippi Auto Body Shops Ask Court to Halt State Farm’s Parts-Finder System
Aug 30 2013 // More than two dozen body shops are asking a Mississippi court to block an insurance company’s program that would change the way they find auto parts. The Mississippi Collision Repair Association and the body shops...
Mississippi Medical Students Get Free ID Theft Insurance
Aug 26 2013 // The University of Mississippi Medical Center said it will give students free insurance against identity theft after an accidental privacy breach. Last week, UMMC mistakenly sent about 190 people an email that had a...
Mississippi Officials Seek Ways to Stem Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
Aug 23 2013 // Calling pending flood insurance increases “drastic and draconian,” U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo of Gulfport met Wednesday with state and local leaders to discuss ways to stem the tide of rising insurance rates that...
Mississippi Coast Property Owners Told to Buy Flood Insurance Now to Save
Aug 20 2013 // With the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina near, homeowners along the Mississippi Coast also have to brace for possible rate increases of 20 percent for flood insurance and 3.2 percent for wind pool insurance. The...
Fire Deaths in Mississippi Decrease
Aug 15 2013 // Mississippi is on pace once again to have the lowest number of fire deaths on record. State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Ricky Davis told The Clarion-Ledger 62 people died in fires last year, with 37 of those deaths occurring...
Judge Dismisses Kmart Flood Damage Claim Against Mississippi City
Aug 12 2013 // A federal judge Friday dismissed Kmart’s claims against the city of Corinth over flood damage to one of the chain’s stores in 2010. U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson ruled that the city is entitled to...
Mississippi Wind Pool Rates to Rise
Aug 9 2013 // Insurance rates for the state wind pool are set to increase Dec. 1 on renewals and new policies. The Sun Herald reported that a Mississippi Insurance Department filing shows owners of homes and mobile homes will see hikes...
Miss. Kicks Off New Fire Safety Program, Distributes Free Smoke Alarms
Aug 7 2013 // Mississippi’s insurance commissioner and fire marshal Mike Chaney kicked off a new statewide fire safety program called “Operation: SAM (Smoke Alarms Mississippi).” Last week, the program distributed free...
