All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 29 2020 // The Mississippi River is high enough at New Orleans to prompt daily levee inspections and a ban on subsurface work within 1,500 feet (457 meters) of a levee.The river was 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep at the Carrollton Gage,...
Jan 28 2020 // Three people were missing after two barge towing vessels collided Sunday on the Mississippi River in an accident that also may have released a small amount of toxic vapor into the air, the Coast Guard said.The Coast Guard...
Jan 24 2020 // Low-interest disaster loans are available for small Mississippi businesses hurt by toxic bacteria that closed every mainland beach in the state during the summer. Those in adjacent counties in Mississippi, Alabama and...
Jan 13 2020 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, announced the launch of David Ashby Underwriting Ltd (DAU), a specialist equine MGA.MS Amlin will serve as lead underwriter for the MGA and provide 50% of capacity for DAU through a...
Jan 9 2020 // The U.S. had 14 weather disasters costing $1 billion or more last year, with Midwest flooding accounting for almost half of the total, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Flooding from the...
Dec 23 2019 // Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented U.S. law firms.They...
Dec 19 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, said it will cease underwriting corporate property, real estate, casualty and package binders through its U.K. P/C business with effect from Jan. 31, 2020.This announcement follows...
Dec 19 2019 // A swarm of tornadoes and storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes...
Dec 18 2019 // A swarm of tornadoes and storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes...
Dec 12 2019 // A Utah woman sued Mississippi’s Fair Commission for negligence and emotional anguish, saying she went airborne on a 40-foot (12-meter) super slide and injured her back.Lindsay Casperson of Kaysville, Utah, filed the...
Dec 12 2019 // Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has hired Brandon Lege as director of Loss Prevention and John Moore as a production underwriter.Lege was formerly the safety and training manager for...
Dec 5 2019 // A ninth homeowner’s association is suing a Mississippi real estate company over missing funds. The Clarion Ledger reports the lawsuits filed against Ridgway Lane & Associates allege the company stole more than...
Dec 2 2019 // Residents in northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi were cutting up fallen pine trees and assessing damage Wednesday after tornadoes hit the region.Officials in Mississippi said eight to 10 houses were damaged in...
Nov 27 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, announced a new operating model and senior leadership team in response to the recent decision by its parent company, MS&AD, to reorganize its international businesses.This...
Nov 25 2019 // Two impoverished Mississippi men who say they were sexually assaulted by Franciscan missionaries filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that Catholic officials pressured them into signing settlements that paid them...
Nov 20 2019 // A woman is suing a Mississippi police department where she was the sole female officer. News outlets report Tiffany McClure sued the city of Lumberton for discrimination on Wednesday, saying she was fired last year as a...
Nov 7 2019 // Mississippi’s insurance commissioner was re-elected to a fourth term Tuesday. Mike Chaney, a Republican, defeated his Democratic challenger Robert Amos of Byram who does private job training. Mike Chaney A former...
Oct 29 2019 // A Mississippi highway maintenance supervisor has been killed in an accident while clearing trees from a highway following stormy weather. The Mississippi Department of Transportation says in a news release that Jason Boyd...
Oct 28 2019 // What’s left of Tropical Storm Olga was causing soggy conditions in Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday and dozens of flights were canceled or delayed at New Orleans’ main airport after two power outages.There...
Oct 14 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer and subsidiary of MS&AD, confirms its exit from the aviation insurance market, effective from Oct. 14 when it will cease underwriting aviation insurance renewals or new...