All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 4 2007 // The Mississippi wind insurance pool has received $30 million from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.The funding, in the form of a Federal Community Development Block Grant, is a one time deal,...
Mar 30 2007 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has assigned judges to hear challenges by candidates disqualified by political parties for statewide or legislative office.Most of those removed from the ballot filed as Democrats, but there...
Mar 30 2007 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has reached another settlement with a Mississippi Gulf Coast couple who sued the insurer over damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina.State Farm spokesman Phil Supple told The...
Mar 30 2007 // The Mississippi Legislature put its stamp of approval on a comprehensive homeowner mitigation program earlier this week, giving final approval to HB 753 and sending it to Gov. Haley Barbour.The program has the potential to...
Mar 29 2007 // A Jackson, Mississippi law firm has sued millionaire trial attorney Richard Scruggs for allegedly withholding money it claims it was owed for working on Hurricane Katrina insurance-related litigation.The lawsuit was filed...
Mar 26 2007 // Mississippi freethinker“I have been a freethinker for a long time. I haven’t a clue why they did this.” Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale, who has run as a Democrat eight times in his...
Mar 26 2007 // The federal Environmental Protection Agency has approved more flexible rules that will mean about 1,200 hurricane-damaged homes in south Mississippi can be torn down.The EPA’s No Action Assurance program runs until...
Mar 26 2007 // Some of the lawyers who helped negotiate a proposed settlement affecting some 36,000 claims with State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage have withdrawn their request for a federal judge to approve the...
Mar 26 2007 // In his decision to again disallow a class action suit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. regarding “slab” claims from damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. said he...
Mar 26 2007 // Gov. Haley Barbour signed a new law on March 22 designed to shore up Mississippi’s insurer of last resort and to bring economic stability to a state still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.After Katrina plowed across...
Mar 26 2007 // Mississippi lawmakers have agreed upon a plan to use $20 million in premium taxes on policies statewide to help lower premiums for property owners in high-risk areas who are insured by the wind pool.The plan hashed out...
Mar 21 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale says he’ll take legal action to fight the Mississippi Democratic Party executive committee’s decision to remove him from the ballot.“I intend to continue to...
Mar 21 2007 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. will re-examine more than 35,000 Mississippi policyholder claims filed after Hurricane Katrina and “make millions of dollars available” for additional payments, Mississippi...
Mar 21 2007 // Disgusted with his insurance company after Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Simmie Harvey let his New Orleans homeowner policy lapse and left his house in the hands of a higher power.Somebody up there must like the 88-year-old...
Mar 19 2007 // Insurance Commissioner George Dale has run as a Democrat eight times in his political career. But this year to his frustration, he won’t be allowed to do so.The Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee denied...
Mar 19 2007 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. avoided the court room and possibly days of litigation by settling out of court with a D’Iberville homeowner who sued the company after Hurricane Katrina reduced her house to a...
Mar 19 2007 // Mississippians will be eligible for income tax credits on some long-term health insurance premiums, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Haley Barbour.The law says taxpayers can get credit for up to $500, or 25 percent, of...
Mar 19 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale said he has convinced State Farm to reopen and readjust all Hurricane Katrina claims in the Mississippi coastal counties upon request of policyholders. He said State Farm has...
Mar 15 2007 // How Mississippi handles its wind pool could very well determine the future of the state’s property insurance market, according to the state’s insurance commissioner.“[O]ne of the major problems that I...
Mar 15 2007 // About 1,200 hurricane-damaged homes in south Mississippi can be torn down under rules that have been extended by the Environmental Protection Agency.The EPA’s No Action Assurance program runs until Sept. 30 for...