All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi elected Angelyn Treutel of Treutel Insurance Agency in Bay St. Louis president at their 110th Annual Convention in Destin, Florida. Treutel’s election follows an active...
Jul 30 2008 // Convicted Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and his son want to prevent their sworn testimony in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit from becoming public and “undermining the presumption of...
Jul 29 2008 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Mississippi is continuing investigations into two separate jobsite cave-ins in March that led to the deaths of four workers.Both cave-ins require up to six months to...
Jul 27 2008 // U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee has asked the court to dismiss remaining charges against attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and two others ensnared in a judicial bribery scheme.One motion asks to dismiss the...
Jul 25 2008 // Famed Mississippi anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is ordered to report to a federal prison in Ashland, Ky., in August to start serving his five-year sentence for attempting to bribe a Mississippi...
Jul 21 2008 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance, is expanding operations nationwide with the addition of a dedicated underwriter to Mississippi and Alabama. Debbie Rogers is the new contact...
Jul 16 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed James Woodall as territory manager for Mississippi.Woodall will manage existing agency relationships and identify...
Jul 8 2008 // The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol says it issued more than 5,000 tickets over the Fourth of July weekend.The counting period began at 6 p.m. July 3 and ended late July 6. The tickets issued include: 134 for driving...
Jul 7 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said.The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...
Jul 3 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a+” to Bermuda-based MS Frontier Reinsurance Ltd. (MS Frontier) with stable outlooks. MS...
Jul 1 2008 // A Jackson County, Mississippi jury returned a $900,000 verdict for a Pascagoula couple who sued their insurer for unpaid Hurricane Katrina damages.Retired Navy Admiral James Lisanby and his wife sued USAA insurance for...
Jul 1 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the embezzlement convictions of the former owners of Salts Funeral Home in Booneville, Miss. A Lee County jury in 2005 convicted Michael I. Salts and Alice Marie...
Jul 1 2008 // A Jackson County judge won’t let a jury consider punitive damages in the case of a Pascagoula couple who sued their insurer for unpaid Hurricane Katrina damages.USAA had paid the Lisanbys $46,000 for their wind...
Jun 30 2008 // A high-profile Mississippi lawyer, who became unpopular on Wall Street for battling powerful companies, was sentenced to five years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge.Richard...
Jun 30 2008 // Farmhouses appear to float on lakes, and farmers use boats to get to their barns. Businesses are shuttered as flooded roadways cut off customers. Rail lines, factories, river locks are shut down. Homeowners, who watched...
Jun 27 2008 // New York will hire more minority- and women-owned debt underwriters, lawyers and risk managers and ease regulatory barriers that are “openly discriminating” against foreign reinsurers, Democratic Gov. David...
Jun 27 2008 // Officials with the Laurel, Mississippi Fire Department are concerned that some recent vandalism to the city’s fire hydrants could pose problems when its time to save property or someone’s life.Fire Chief David...
Jun 27 2008 // Some high-profile friends are seeking leniency for a well-known Mississippi attorney who took on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies before he pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a state judge.Attorney Richard...
Jun 27 2008 // While the Midwest continues its struggles with Mississippi River flooding and its aftermath, residents to the south along the Lower Mississippi have little to fear from the high water.The Lower Mississippi, which begins at...
Jun 24 2008 // The Mississippi Department of Transportation plans to conduct a hurricane evacuation drill on Interstate 59 in south Mississippi on July 1. The contraflow or lane reversal drill is part of MDOT’s hurricane...