Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Restricting Coastal Exposure
Mar 7 2010 // The coastal home insurance market continues to tighten. State Farm is only writing a new homeowners policy in Mississippi if another is dropped and Allstate has stopped writing mobile homes on the South Carolina coast....
Former Mississippi Town Fire Chief Sentenced for Embezzlement
Mar 5 2010 // The former chief of the New Sight Volunteer Fire Department has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with seven years suspended for embezzlement. Mike Boyd pleaded guilty this week in Lincoln County Circuit Court. The...
Mississippi Insurance Agent Tubertini Honored by Association
Mar 5 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Mississippi insurance agent Ronnie Tubertini with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its...
Global Warming Litigation Just Getting Started; Costs Will Be Significant
Mar 4 2010 // Toward the end of 2009, it appeared that a number of issues with the possibility of creating significant political and social changes were on the verge of becoming law before stalling or imploding. One such issue with...
State Farm to Offer Storm Mitigation Credits in Mississippi
Mar 4 2010 // State Farm will offer discounts in Mississippi beginning May 1 for homes and rental property strengthened against wind damage. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney told The Sun Herald that he approved State Farm’s plan...
Mississippi Weighs Stripped-Down School Bus Safety Bill
Mar 4 2010 // What began as a comprehensive school bus safety bill is still alive at the Capitol, but in a weakened form. The House Judiciary A Committee approved the bill on Monday, a day before a legislative deadline for committees to...
Safeco to Offer Homeowners Insurance with Wind Coverage in Mississippi
Mar 3 2010 // State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says Safeco Insurance plans to offer homeowners insurance, including wind coverage, in south Mississippi. Chaney says the company will offer 500 to 1,000 homeowner policies wind...
Ex-Fire Chief in Mississippi Charged with Embezzlement
Mar 1 2010 // The former chief of the New Sight Volunteer Fire Department has been charged with embezzlement. District Attorney Dee Bates told the Brookhaven Daily Leader that 37-year-old Mike Boyd was being held in the Lincoln County...
State Farm Follows ‘Lose-One, Write-One’ Policy in Mississippi
Feb 26 2010 // State Farm gave consumers one part of its policy change when it announced eight months ago it would resume issuing insurance policies in Mississippi. What the company didn’t say is it is writing policies on a...
Mississippi Town Limits Funeral Processions to 5 Cars
Feb 23 2010 // Funeral processions are a time-honored tradition in the South, but the customary show of respect is dying in some cities. In Mississippi, the Gulfport Police Department recently decided to limit funeral processions to five...
Missouri Governor: State Must Be Ready for Big Quake
Feb 22 2010 // Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready. Nixon on Feb. 19...
Mississippi Homeowners Learning Credit Score Link to Insurance
Feb 21 2010 // Mississippi Gulf Coast policyholders are well aware a hurricane is guaranteed to hike insurance rates, but fewer realize their credit reports also are factored into homeowner and automobile insurance premiums. Consumers...
Mississippi Court Rules on CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Work
Feb 19 2010 // A general contractor’s hiring of a subcontractor does not necessarily preclude coverage under its commercial general liability (CGL) policy for shoddy work performed by the subcontractor, Mississippi’s highest...
Mississippi House Advances Bill Banning Toy Lighters
Feb 12 2010 // Cigarette lighters that look like toys would be banned, under a proposal that’s advancing in the Mississippi Legislature. The House passed a bill, 94-25, this week to prohibit the sale of novelty...
Mississippi Charges Vicksburg Man with Arson of 10 Buildings, 2 Vehicles
Feb 10 2010 // Mississippi officials have charged a Vicksburg man with arson involving 10 buildings and two vehicles. A joint investigation between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Vicksburg Fire Department and the...
How Anonymous Citizen Tipsters in Mississippi Help Stop Crime
Feb 8 2010 // Crime prevention takes more than the work of law enforcement officers. Mississippi citizens are also doing their part through a program called Crime Stoppers. The Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers has been in existence since...
Mississippi Homeowners Learning How Credit Score Affects Insurance Premium
Feb 5 2010 // Mississippi Gulf Coast policyholders are well aware a hurricane is guaranteed to hike insurance rates, but fewer realize their credit reports also are factored into homeowner and automobile insurance premiums. Consumers...
Mississppi Judge in Scruggs’ Downfall Looks Back on Career
Jan 29 2010 // Outside Mississippi’s 3rd Judicial District, Henry Lackey is best known as the judge whose integrity and intrepidness led to the downfall of famed trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs and several colleagues. In his hometown...
Mississippi High Court Orders New Trial on Drunk Driving Charge
Jan 28 2010 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that Mary Reed Evans is entitled to present evidence in an effort to disprove prosecutors’ contention that her blood alcohol level was over the legal limit at the time she was...
Nationwide Seeks 11.7% Homeowner Insurance Increase in Mississippi
Jan 22 2010 // Nationwide Insurance has proposed a 11.7 percent increase in homeowner insurance premiums statewide. The rate request will take effect April 15 unless Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney denies it or has...
