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Judge Orders 83 Katrina Claims Cases, Including Sen. Lott’s, to Mediation
Jan 11 2007 // A federal judge on Wednesday ordered into mediation dozens of lawsuits policyholders filed against insurance companies after Hurricane Katrina. Several of the cases sent to mediation, which accuse the insurance companies...
Miss. House Votes $30 Million for Wind Pool; Bill Moves to Senate
Jan 11 2007 // Trying to keep a lid on rising commercial insurance costs along the Gulf Coast, the Mississippi House approved a bill Wednesday to put $30 million into the wind pool program. The House vote was 119-1. The proposal moves to...
Miss. Congressman Calls for Federal Probe into Insurers’ Katrina Practices
Jan 10 2007 // U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor has called for a congressional investigation into the post-Hurricane Katrina practices of private insurance companies. Taylor, D-Miss., made the announcement Monday at a public forum in Ocean...
Miss. Jury Hears Opening Statements in Katrina Suit Against State Farm
Jan 10 2007 // Even as the Mississippi attorney general negotiates a potential settlement with State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., an eight-person jury began hearing opening statements Tuesday in one of hundreds of insurance lawsuits...
Miss. Commissioner Dale Undecided on Seeking New Term
Jan 9 2007 // State Insurance Commissioner George Dale said he has not decided whether to seek re-election this year, saying he is weighing family obligations and a desire to help Mississippi with the challenges still looming after...
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state court
Jan 8 2007 // A federal judge agreed to transfer Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. ruled...
Miss. vows insurance consumers’ bill of rights
Jan 8 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale says he is working on a bill of rights for consumers, patterned after similar programs in Maryland and Florida. Dale said no legislative action is required. He said a public...
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state courts
Jan 8 2007 // A federal judge agreed in late December to transfer Missis-sippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T....
Miss. vows insurance consumers’ bill of rights
Jan 7 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale says he is working on a bill of rights for consumers, patterned after similar programs in Maryland and Florida. Dale said no legislative action is required. He said a public...
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state court
Jan 7 2007 // A federal judge agreed to transfer Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. ruled...
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Jan 7 2007 // Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state courts A federal judge agreed in late December to transfer Missis-sippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from...
Study: La. Slipping Very Slowly Into the Gulf of Mexico
Jan 3 2007 // A new report by scientists studying Louisiana’s sinking coast says the land is not just sinking, it’s sliding ever so slowly into the Gulf of Mexico. The new findings may add a kink to plans being drawn up to...
Miss. Gov. Barbour Says Katrina Recovery, Budget Top 2007 Agenda
Jan 2 2007 // Hurricane Katrina recovery remains near the top of Gov. Haley Barbour’s agenda as Mississippi lawmakers begin their 2007 session on Tuesday. The governor says he’s waiting to hear back from the U.S. Department...
Miss. Doctors to Receive 20% Premium Refunds
Dec 29 2006 // The Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi is refunding up to 20 percent of premiums to its physician customers. According to Michael D. Houpt, MACM president and CEO, the malpractice insurance refund has been made...
Miss. AG Hood Urges Insurers Settle Not Fight Katrina Claims
Dec 28 2006 // Fifteen months after Hurricane Katrina left gaping holes in the Gulf Coast landscape, many insurance claims remain unsettled and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is not happy. He says he would be happier if some of...
Miss. AG’s Katrina Case Against Insurers Moved to State Courts
Dec 28 2006 // A federal judge agreed this week to transfer Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr....
Miss. AG’s Katrina Suit Moved to Gulf Coast Federal Court
Dec 26 2006 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s civil lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages has been moved from federal court in Jackson to one in Gulfport. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate...
Miss. art museum relocation awaits FEMA, insurance monies
Dec 25 2006 // Leaders who run Biloxi’s Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art are reluctantly considering abandoning its incomplete and storm-damaged beachfront site designed by acclaimed architect Frank Gehry. They could end up moving...
Miss. court: rental firm not liable if driver lies
Dec 25 2006 // Rental car companies are not liable for accidents that result from their unknowingly leasing a car to a motorist who lies about having a valid driver’s license, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The court, in...
Insurance issues have been key in Southeast’s ongoing recovery
Dec 25 2006 // While Mother Nature was nicer to the Southeast and the insurance industry in 2006 than she was in 2005, her potential for destruction was never far from the minds of those living and rebuilding in the Southeast. Insurance...
