Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Miss. candidates vie to fill 32-year veteran Dale’s shoes
Sep 24 2007 // Whatever the final outcome, this year’s race for Mississippi insurance commissioner will result in a new face in office after an unprecedented 32-year run by current officeholder, George Dale. In the primary...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // Court to hear suit on state’s use of Miss. surplus lines funds The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Jackson, Miss., will hear arguments Oct. 1 about whether the Mississippi Legislature unconstitutionally raided...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // The company said the policy’s anti-concurrent causation provision means that if a policyholder has wind coverage but not flood insurance, then the company is not responsible for damage from a combination of wind and...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // The Republic Group The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced its entry into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners, dwelling fire,...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // Endurance Specialty, ARMTech Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, reported that one of its U.S. based holding companies is buying out ARMtech...
Miss. Gov. Rolls Out Plan to Revive Housing Recovery on Gulf Coast
Sep 19 2007 // With the Mississippi Development Authority’s recent request for proposals for the long term workforce housing program, Gov. Haley Barbour’s comprehensive recovery strategy continues to assist housing needs on...
Miss. Insurance Commissioner Candidates Spar Over Service Records
Sep 19 2007 // The two men running for Mississippi insurance commissioner say encouraging competition is the key to reducing rate payers’ costs as the state continues its recovery from Hurricane Katrina. But that’s about...
State Farm Settles 103 Katrina Cases in Mississippi
Sep 19 2007 // State Farm Insurance Cos. has settled with 103 policyholders in Mississippi who challenged the company’s refusal to cover damage to their homes from Hurricane Katrina, a lawyer for the homeowners said Monday. Terms...
9 Hurt in Mississippi as Natural Gas Main Ruptures, Explodes
Sep 18 2007 // A massive natural gas explosion in Philadelphia, Miss., leveled a medical clinic, injured nine people and shattered windows at a nearby hospital, authorities and witnesses said. No fatalities were reported. The medical...
Dale Approved Miss. Farm Bureau Casualty Co. Rate Reductions
Sep 14 2007 // In a step seen to indicate further stabilization of the Mississippi insurance market, Commissioner of Insurance George Dale announced that he has approved two rate filing reduction requests filed by Mississippi Farm Bureau...
Miss. Insurance Candidate Chaney Supports Multi-Peril Policy
Sep 13 2007 // Republican nominee for Mississippi insurance commissioner, Sen. Mike Chaney, R-Vicksburg, formally endorsed U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor’s, R-Miss., Multiple Peril Insurance Act (H.R.920). The MPIA would allow property...
Some Mississippi Coast Homeowners Plagued by Black Mold
Sep 12 2007 // Despite cleanup efforts, some Jackson County, Miss., homes still have mold festering behind walls and under leaky windows two years after Hurricane Katrina. “It’s growing. It’s in the vents and the walls....
2 Miss. Men Face Sentencing in December for Katrina Fraud
Sep 10 2007 // Two south Mississippi men will be sentenced in December for making false claims for Hurricane Katrina relief, officials said. Danny Gene Hale will be sentenced Dec. 4 on six counts of fraud. Hale was convicted on Sept. 5...
Insurer Doesn’t Have to Pay for Miss. Pastor’s Sex Charge Defense
Sep 6 2007 // State Farm Insurance Co. does not have to pay to defend the Rev. Jeffery Stallworth of Jackson, Miss., from a civil lawsuit filed by a Maryland woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2001 in her home, a...
Accidents at Busy Miss. Intersection Create Safety Issue
Sep 6 2007 // Whenever truck driver Cameron White exits U.S. 78 onto McCullough Boulevard in Tupelo, Miss., he feels fear in the pit of his stomach. White said the intersection is one of the most dangerous in the area. He holds his...
The Republic Group Enters Mississippi
Sep 5 2007 // The Republic Group (Republic), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced entry of its insurance companies into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners,...
Ark. Agencies to Merge
Sep 5 2007 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank, announced it reached an agreement to acquire Insurance Network of Jonesboro, Ark., effective Sept. 1, 2007. Insurance Network will...
Federal Court Upholds Nationwide in Katrina Storm Surge Case
Sep 4 2007 // A federal appeals court sided with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. last Thursday in a key Mississippi case related to hundreds of lawsuits over damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Court to Hear Suit Challenging State’s Raid on Miss. Surplus Lines Fund
Sep 4 2007 // The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Jackson, Miss. will hear arguments Oct. 1 about whether the Mississippi Legislature unconstitutionally raided an insurance fund in 2004 to balance the state budget. The Mississippi...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
