All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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 that...
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...
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....
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...
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 that...
Jan 7 2007 // Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state courtsA federal judge agreed in late December to transfer Missis-sippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from...
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...
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...
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...
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 the...
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....
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...
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...
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 a...
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...
Dec 24 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 a...
Dec 24 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...
Dec 22 2006 // A Pascagoula, Miss. couple, who lost a lawsuit against an insurance company over damages from Hurricane Katrina, has filed notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court in Gulfport.Court officials said the notice of appeal...
Dec 22 2006 // 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, in a civic club speech this week in Gulfport, said no...