Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Gov. Barbour Says BP Oil Spill Was Preventable
Feb 17 2011 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said that the Gulf Coast oil spill occurred because the companies involved deviated from industry standards, not because of the inherent risk of drilling offshore. “I think the biggest...
Mississippi Senate Passes Proof of Auto Insurance Bill
Feb 15 2011 // The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill requiring motorists to show proof they have purchased liability insurance before receiving a car tag. The measure was sponsored by Sen. Billy Hewes, a Republican from Gulfport, who...
Mississippi Municipal Insurer Takes Aim at Taser Weapons in Training
Feb 15 2011 // A company that administers an insurance program for county workers injured on the job is discouraging the use of Taser shock weapons in training police officers. The Mississippi Public Entity Workers’ Compensation...
Mississippi Bill Lets Employers Buy Health Policies from Other States
Feb 9 2011 // The Mississippi House has approved a plan that would allow employers to buy group health insurance policies anywhere in the country, not just from Mississippi insurers. The House, by an 83-33 margin, passed a bill to enact...
Mississippi’s Chaney to Seek Re-election
Feb 7 2011 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has officially announced his intention to seek a second term. Chaney was first elected to office in November 2007 when he beat Democrat Gary Anderson by taking 57 percent of...
Mississippi Suit Against Healthcare Law Dismissed… for Now
Feb 6 2011 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in Mississippi that challenges part of the Obama administration’s health care law, but he is giving the plaintiffs 30 days to make changes to their complaint. U.S. District...
Mississippi AG Asks Court to Intervene in BP Oil Spill Claims Fund
Feb 2 2011 // U.S. courts must compel the administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill fund to meet his legal obligations and stop short-changing victims of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, Mississippi said on Tuesday. Until now,...
Mississippi Commissioner Chaney to Run for Reelection
Jan 28 2011 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has officially announced his intention to seek a second term. Chaney was first elected to office in November 2007 when he beat Democrat Gary Anderson by taking 57 percent of...
Mississippi AG Wants Judge to Take Over BP Oil Spill Claims
Jan 27 2011 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is asking for the federal judge in charge of the litigation surrounding the BP oil spill to take over the Gulf Coast Claims Facility process. Hood filed a “Statement of Interest...
Mississippi Supreme Court Asked to Rule on State’s Limit on Damages
Jan 27 2011 // A federal appeals panel is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court if state law that limits non-economic damages to $1 million in civil cases is constitutional. The question from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit...
Judge Permits Mississippi Whistleblower Case Against Insurer
Jan 27 2011 // U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has declined to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit filed against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. State Farm had sought dismissal of the 2006 lawsuit filed by Cori and Kerri Rigsby, who...
Mississippi Counties Oppose New Flood Insurance Maps
Jan 18 2011 // Two counties in the northeastern part of Mississippi are fighting flood zone designations on new maps that are part of a modernization program spearheaded by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Officials in...
Mississippi Lawmakers Pass School Bus Safety Bills
Jan 18 2011 // The Mississippi Senate has unanimously passed a bill designed to improve safety on school buses and on campuses during pick-up and drop-off times. It says striking a child with a vehicle after passing a school bus would be...
Insurers Offer Options for Mississippi, Alabama Coastal Homeowners
Jan 12 2011 // A handful of new insurers have entered the coastal markets of Alabama and Mississippi, offering options to some homeowners. Coastal American, PURE, American Strategic, Wilshire, Republic and Southern Fidelity may not...
BP Claims Chief Meets with Mississippi Business Owners
Jan 12 2011 // The administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill claims fund has promised fairness and speed in compensating victims, but angry fishermen and business owners are complaining that they’re still not getting what...
Mississippi Fire Deaths Totaled 80 in 2010
Jan 11 2011 // Fire deaths in Mississippi totaled 80 in 2010, according to the state fire marshal’s office. Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Ricky Davis tells The Clarion-Ledger that his office investigated 69 of the fatal blazes. Davis...
USAA Reworking Wind Coverage Accounts on Mississippi Coast
Jan 10 2011 // USAA, a banking and insurance company that caters to military personnel, is dropping wind coverage from its homeowners’ policies in Mississippi’s three coastal counties. The Sun Herald reported that about 1,550...
House Lets Stand Mississippi Gov. Barbour’s Veto of Windpool Funds
Jan 7 2011 // The Mississippi House has failed to override a governor’s veto of legislation that would have placed a $20 million subsidy into a state wind pool insurance fund. The vote was 68-52 in favor of an override, but at...
Feds Pursuing Fraud Charges Against Oil Spill Claimants in 5 States
Dec 21 2010 // A woman was indicted last week in the Eastern District of Louisiana for allegedly filing fraudulent claims for compensation due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other individuals were also charged last week in...
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Dec 20 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh appointed Peter Mavraganis as U.S. leader of its renewable energy practice. Mavraganis, based in New York, will oversee Marsh’s support for its clients in renewable energy development,...
