Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney News

North Carolina Insurance Department Expands Fraud Division, Adds 15 Agents

The North Carolina Department of Insurance has expanded its criminal investigations division with the addition of 15 new special agents, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Causey said the expansion to nearly double the size …

Mississippi Tornado Kills 4, Causes At Least $200M in Insured Damage

Rain was pouring down in the pre-dawn darkness, and the wind was picking up as Darryl McMorris ran for his daughters’ bedroom. The windows started blowing out as he dove on top of his girls, grabbing one under each arm …

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Chaney Wins Republican Nomination

Second-term incumbent Mike Chaney of Vicksburg has won the Republican nomination for insurance commissioner. He held off a challenge Tuesday from John Mosley, a body shop owner from Clinton. Mosley campaigned, in part, by saying insurance companies have gotten away …

Mississippi to Create Small Business Health Insurance Exchange

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 Services had proposed a rule that would have …

Mississippi Officials Seek Ways to Stem Flood Insurance Rate Hikes

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 are due to kick in as early …

Mississippi Insurance Chief Chaney Worried About Uninsureds

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he fears some people won’t be able to get health insurance when enrollment under the federal law opens in October. The Affordable Care Act was designed to provide affordable health insurance coverage to Americans …

Mississippi Governor, Insurance Chief At Odds Over Health Insurance Exchange

Mississippi’s proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner. Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, both Republicans, disagree about which of them has authority to create a plan …

Mississippi Moves to Enforce Flood Codes on Hunting-Fishing Camps

The Mississippi House has approved a bill to allow local governments to enforce federal floodplains codes at hunting and fishing camps and remain in the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill (House Bill 773) would remove the hunting- and-fishing-camp exemption …

Chaney Re-elected Mississippi Insurance Commissioner

Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney won re-election in Tuesday’s voting in Mississippi. Chaney, a Republican from Vicksburg, defeated Democrat Louis Fondren of Gautier and Reform Party candidate Barbara Dale Washer of Hattiesburg. Chaney, 67, was first elected commissioner in 2007. He’d …

Mississippi Limits Home Premium Hikes Tied to Fire Risk Classification

Mississippi regulators have moved to limit homeowners’ insurance premium hikes that result from changes in an insurer’s fire grading system. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has instructed insurers that during any 12 month period they may only raise an insured’s …