Mississippi News

Katrina punitive damages reduced

The federal judge overseeing the Katrina claims cases in Mississippi has reduced a recent $2.5 million jury award of punitive...

Figures

6% The decrease in traffic fatalities on Tennessee’s roadways since 2004, the year after the state lowered the minimum blood-alcohol...

News Currents

The Corps has been reluctant to close the channel, arguing that it still served navigational needs. Shippers have also lobbied...

People

Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P., has named Mike Rutledge a partner. Rutledge is...

Sales of flood insurance up sharply

Sales of federal flood insurance rose sharply across the country last year after homeowners witnessed the devastation wrought by Hurricane...