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MS Amlin Exits 9 Non-Core Classes of Business, with a New Focus on 3 Core Markets

Oct 1 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer and subsidiary of MS&AD, announced a new underwriting strategy that focuses on three core, non-commodity markets, while exiting nine non-core markets, which no longer fit in its...

Mississippi Woman Ordered to Pay $2M Over Car Crash Caused by Loose Donkey

Sep 25 2019 // A Mississippi woman whose loose donkey caused a fatal car crash has been ordered to pay more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit last month. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports K.K. Henderson Kent was sued by Sandra...

Allianz, MS&AD, Other Suitors in Race to Buy Aviva’s Asia Units for Up to $2.5B: Sources

Sep 24 2019 // German insurer Allianz, Nippon Life and MS&AD Insurance are vying with rivals to buy the Singapore and Vietnam businesses of Britain’s Aviva in a deal likely to be worth up to $2.5 billion, sources...

Gulf Coast Seafood Biz Slammed by Freshwater from This Year’s Floods

Sep 23 2019 // Fresh water from Midwestern floods has killed oysters along the coasts of three states and cost Mississippi half of its blue crabs.Water that came through a Louisiana spillway killed 95% of the oysters in...

Damaged Barge Removed After Spilling 117K Gallons of Oil in Mississippi Waterway

Sep 19 2019 // Crews have removed a damaged barge that spilled oil from Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in northeast Mississippi.U.S. Coast Guard Lt. David Schneider tells WTVA-TV that the Jamie Whitten Lock remains closed as cleanup...

Southern Fidelity Insurance Recruiting New Agents in Mississippi

Sep 18 2019 // Southern Fidelity Insurance Company, a regional insurance company serving consumers throughout the Southeast, is looking to recruit local agents in Mississippi after expanding into the state in July.The company, which has...

Mississippi Proposes New Labeling Regulations for Plant-Based Foods

Sep 13 2019 // Mississippi is considering new rules that let companies continue to use food-labeling terms such as “veggie burger” and “vegan bacon,” as long as the terms are prominently displayed so consumers...

Driver Killed, 8 Children Injured in Mississippi School Bus Crash

Sep 12 2019 // A school bus driver is dead and eight children have injuries after a school bus rolled over in northern Mississippi.The Mississippi Highway Patrol tells news outlets that the bus driver died in the Tuesday morning...

Hub International Acquires Assets of Phil Bailey & Associates of Mississippi

Sep 6 2019 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Phil Bailey & Associates, P.A. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Oxford, Miss., Phil Bailey & Associatesis an employee benefits brokerage...

MS Amlin Names Beazley as Head of Reinsurance, Replacing Few Who Joins TigerRisk

Sep 4 2019 // Global re/insurer MS Amlin announced that Chris Beazley, CEO of MS Amlin AG, will be expanding his leadership role to include all of MS Amlin’s reinsurance business with immediate effect. Beazley takes over the...

2019 Extreme Weather Leads to Agriculture Disaster Areas in 45 Mississippi Counties

Sep 2 2019 // U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has named 45 Mississippi counties primary natural disaster areas because of freezing, flooding, flash flooding and excessive rain.Producers who had losses from those causes since...

45 Mississippi Counties Declared Primary Agriculture Disaster Areas Due to Weather

Aug 23 2019 // U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has named 45 Mississippi counties primary natural disaster areas because of freezing, flooding, flash flooding and excessive rain.Producers who had losses from those causes since...

Flooded Mississippi River Still a Threat as Hurricane Season Heats Up

Aug 19 2019 // The river that drains much of the flood-soaked United States is still running far higher than normal, menacing New Orleans in multiple ways just as the hurricane season intensifies.For months now, a massive volume of water...

Nation’s Excess & Surplus Market Reports 13% Growth Through Midyear

Aug 14 2019 // The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time.Mid-year premium growth reported by the 15 excess and surplus...

After Flooding, Davenport, Iowa, Now Mulling Mississippi River Wall

Jul 29 2019 // Hundreds of communities line the Mississippi River on its 2,348-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico, but Davenport, Iowa, stands out for the simple reason that people there can actually dip their toes in the river without...

Mississippi City Sues FEMA for $15M Over Post-Katrina Recovery Project

Jul 19 2019 // A city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is suing a federal agency that rejected expenses for a Hurricane Katrina recovery project.Biloxi is seeking $15.5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for drainage,...

Southern Fidelity Insurance Expands into Mississippi

Jul 19 2019 // Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. has expanded into Mississippi and will offer HO-3 homeowners coverage and customer service in the state.Southern Fidelity was founded in 2005 by Jimmy Graganella in Tallahassee, Fla. Since...

Suspected Tornado in Mississippi From Hurricane Barry Damages Homes

Jul 18 2019 // A suspected tornado struck a rural area of north Mississippi on Tuesday, damaging homes and knocking down trees and power lines as the wet remnants of Hurricane Barry rumbled through several states, officials said.A storm...

Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $300M in Non-NFIP Insured Losses from Barry

Jul 16 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firm, Karen Clark & Company (KCC), says insured losses from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Barry and its remnants will near $300 million. That figure does not include National Flood Insurance Program...

Gulf Coast Still Faces Flood, Tornado Risks from Weakened Barry

Jul 16 2019 // Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north.Barry was...