All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 28 2003 // Over 800 Florida doctors and a dozen in Mississippi protested rising costs of malpractice insurance by staying off the job. According to Associated Press reports, doctors in the Palm Beach County area protested by...
Jan 7 2003 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale presented a report on the affordability and availability of medical malpractice insurance in the state of Mississippi to the state Legislature. The Mississippi Department of...
Jan 6 2003 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. was granted modified rate hikes for homeowners insurance consisting of a 19.9 percent increase statewide, and a 25 percent...
Dec 16 2002 // When you’re compiling a list of top 10’s, there is always the fear of leaving someone off, admitting someone who maybe does not deserve the billing or having the players out of order of importance. Believe me,...
Dec 6 2002 // A tort reform measure that passed the Mississippi Legislature is a sound step forward toward more complete civil justice reform in the state, according to the Alliance of American Insurers.“HB 19 is a tremendous step...
Dec 5 2002 // SIAA Inc., a national network of independent insurance agencies, announced that The Insurance Mart Inc. of Jackson, Miss. has established Mississippi Insurance Alliance Inc. (MIA) as a SIAA Strategic Master Agency. Robbie...
Nov 27 2002 // The Mississippi State Legislature enacted compromise legislation facilitating compromise tort reform, a move hailed by the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Legislators clearly understood that a healthy business...
Nov 14 2002 // Atlanta-based provider of structural loss estimates and direct repair programs for property insurers, Alacrity Services LLC—owner of ptc-NET(TM)—and Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B), a provider of building cost...
Nov 13 2002 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that the Mississippi State Rating Bureau has upgraded the fire prevention and fire protection facilities of a Rankin County fire protection grading district. The fire prevention...
Oct 10 2002 // The Mississippi Governor’s Office announced that Governor Ronnie Musgrove signed medical malpractice reforms into law in a ceremony held at the state capital. The bill becomes effective January 1, 2003.Musgrove had...
Sep 11 2002 // CDS Business Mapping, a provider of mapping solutions for insurers, announced that Protection Class codes for Mississippi are now available through its Risk Meter Online (www.riskmeter.com) mapping service. Using the...
Aug 7 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has assigned its ‘AA-‘ insurer financial strength rating to MS Frontier Reinsurance Ltd. (MSFR), based on its superior capitalization, its strategic importance to its parent, Mitsui...
Jul 3 2002 // The Mississippi State Rating Bureau upgraded the fire prevention and fire protection facilities of three Copiah County fire protection grading districts, according to the state insurance department.The fire prevention and...
Jun 10 2002 // Former financier Martin Frankel, accused of defrauding more than $200 million from insurance companies, has pled guilty to corruption charges in Mississippi. According to the Associated Press, Frankel pled guilty to nine...
Jan 28 2002 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale sold a home seized from a principal in the Martin Frankel financial fraud case and earmarked the proceeds for the companies looted by the former fugitive. According to the...
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the FutureThis is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth, for...
Sep 3 2001 // Texas has a statute, section 21.02 of the Insurance Code, which makes insurance intermediaries the legal agents of carriers for many purposes. Lots of people believe producers are always the agents of insurers with respect...