All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 28 2005 // Residents of south Mississippi expressed joy upon learning that Congress is providing $29 billion in aid for Hurricane Katrina relief.The package includes $11.5 billion to assist homeowners, with grants capped at $150,000...
Dec 27 2005 // Many property owners on the Mississippi coast will get a tax break in 2005.Harrison and Jackson counties will offer a one-third reduction in assessed value on damaged or destroyed buildings, minus what is recovered from...
Dec 21 2005 // A mediation program for homeowners battling insurance companies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina will be unveiled Wednesday by George Dale, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner.The insurance commission’s staff has...
Dec 21 2005 // Mississippi homeowners and business owners with properties damaged by Hurricane Katrina were told on Tuesday by Attorney General Jim Hood that they have legal protections from foreclosure. Hood told the Jackson...
Dec 19 2005 // While Hurricane Katrina spent only a couple of days menacing the Gulf Coast, the trail of destruction in both lives and properties lingers on months later. As places like New Orleans, Mississippi and other surrounding...
Dec 19 2005 // One Man’s Perspective on Hurricane Katrina’s DestructionA co-worker and I journeyed to the Gulf Coast region to document the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. What follows are some notes from our five days in...
Dec 19 2005 // Residents in many areas of the Gulf Coast watched their lives change forever on Aug. 29, 2005.When all was said and done, Hurricane Katrina went in the record books as the country’s worst natural disaster, leaving a...
Dec 19 2005 // Jackson-based Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance has an-nounced that the strain of paying $450 million in claims after Hurricane Katrina has caused the company to cease writing policies in the state and transfer...
Dec 19 2005 // Thousands of drivers in Mississippi will see their auto insurance rates increase dramatically after Jan. 1, when the minimum required coverage will double, increasing costs, even for those who have less than the minimum...
Dec 18 2005 // A co-worker and I journeyed to the Gulf Coast region to document the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. What follows are some notes from our five days in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama filming and talking with people who...
Dec 18 2005 // Residents in many areas of the Gulf Coast watched their lives change forever on Aug. 29, 2005.When all was said and done, Hurricane Katrina went in the record books as the country’s worst natural disaster, leaving a...
Dec 18 2005 // FLORIDAState Farm of Florida 8.6 Percent Rate Request Approved The Florida Department of Insurance approved an average statewide premium rate hike of 8.6 percent for State Farm of Florida, the largest insurer of homes in...
Dec 16 2005 // U.S. Sen. Trent Lott is suing his insurance company over his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina.The law office of Lott’s brother-in-law, high-profile plaintiff’s Richard...
Dec 14 2005 // With Gulf Coast residents and the insurance industry trying to recover from the country’s worst natural disaster ever, two Insurance Journal reporters set out to see for themselves the effects of Hurricane...
Dec 13 2005 // Insurers in Mississippi are expected to pay out $12 billion in insured losses stemming from Hurricane Katrina. According to Property Claims Services, the New Jersey-based subsidiary of the Insurance Service Office, which...
Dec 12 2005 // Recent increased in homeowners insurance rates in south Mississippi can not be attributed to Hurricane Katrina, according to Insurance Department officials, who indicate that Allstate, USAA and the Southern Farm Bureau all...
Dec 12 2005 // With Gulf Coast residents and the insurance industry trying to recover from the country’s worst natural disaster ever, two Insurance Journal reporters set out to see for themselves the effects of Hurricane...
Dec 5 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...
Dec 5 2005 // Some south Mississippians are returning to regular payment schedules to companies that offered billing grace periods to allow for hurricane recovery, according to officials from banks, insurance companies and utilities.In...
Dec 4 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...