All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 3 2023 // More Mississippi dogs, cats, reptiles and birds may soon be insured against costly medical bills thanks to legislation that passed in the state Senate Wednesday.Senate Bill 2228, by Sen. Walter Michel, a Republican from...
Jan 26 2023 // Jackson’s troubled water system could get a new set of owners under legislation advanced Tuesday by Republican lawmakers in Mississippi.The bill would transfer ownership to a new public entity overseen by a...
Jan 11 2023 // The board of directors for Mississippi-based SouthGroup Insurance & Financial Services has named Cyndi Tullos chief executive officer. Tullos, the chief operating officer since 2019, replaces Ronnie Tubertini, who was...
Jan 9 2023 // Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black...
Jan 9 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL, Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) and MS Amlin.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Coxall to Head of Underwriting Mgmt, UK...
Dec 1 2022 // A Mississippi-based consulting firm hired to figure out Florida’s insurance company financial rating conundrum has faced scrutiny in other states after audits found improper disbursement of funds, long delays in...
Nov 30 2022 // Tornadoes and high winds destroyed a fire station, damaged homes and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Alabama, as the storm front moved into eastern states Wednesday morning.Local news reports and the Associated...
Nov 10 2022 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with seven fires set across Mississippi’s capital city early Tuesday.At least two of the buildings set ablaze in Jackson were churches; one...
Nov 4 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Dale Underwriting Partners, Chubb and Argenta.A summary of these new hires follows here. Dale Underwriting Offers Marine Reinsurance With 2 Hires From MS...
Nov 3 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Monday that the water in Mississippi’s capital city is safe to drink, after months of sampling at a treatment plant overwhelmed by August flooding that caused wide...
Nov 1 2022 // Residents and businesses are cleaning up after at least five tornadoes touched down in a severe weather outbreak along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast.No injuries or deaths were reported after the Saturday twisters....
Oct 24 2022 // MS Amlin Appoints TMK’s Evans as Senior Underwriter, Marine ReinsuranceMS Amlin Underwriting Ltd., the Lloyd’s market re/insurer, announced the appointment of Paul Evans as senior underwriter Marine...
Oct 20 2022 // An employee of a Mississippi wastewater hauling company pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for his part in illegally discharging industrial waste into the capital city’s sewer system.William Roberts, an employee...
Oct 20 2022 // The Bank of England said on Thursday it had fined insurer MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd (MSAUL) 9.695 million pounds ($10.84 million) for failings in its governance, controls and risk management which spanned five years.The...
Oct 18 2022 // One man died and two were injured Thursday after they all fell into a grain storage bin at a farm in the Mississippi Delta. Multiple law enforcement and rescue personnel responded to the scene near U.S. Highway 82 in Itta...
Oct 17 2022 // Insurers have won key parts of a complex legal battle with British pubs group Stonegate, MS Amlin said after Monday’s judgment on the 1 billion pound ($1.13 billion) lawsuit against three top insurers over losses...
Oct 11 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced the appointment of Andrew Carrier as chief executive officer.Carrier, currently MS AUL’s chief underwriting officer (CUO), will take up the...
Oct 11 2022 // U.S. insurer and reinsurer MSIG Holdings reported that Johan Slabbert has been named chief executive officer of the Warren, New Jersey-based company.Slabbert, currently CEO at MS Amlin Underwriting Limited, will assume the...
Oct 11 2022 // Two stretches of the southern Mississippi River were reopened to commercial traffic over the weekend after dredging operations deepened the shipping channel near Memphis, Tennessee, and near Stack Island, Mississippi, the...
Oct 5 2022 // Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the critical waterway, shipping...