by Associated Press Published: May 22,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, bridge, county, county government, damage, insurance, insurance agency, insurer, road, settlement, street, transportation, travel
CORINTH — The insurer for a transport company has paid $247,500 for damage to Alcorn County roads in 2011. The board of supervisors accepted the settlement for damage to Holly Church Road and Henson Road. Supervisors say the roads were damaged during a transport job by Burkhalter Rigging of Columbus. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: conviction, court, federal government, insurance, insurance agency, insurance agent, judge, judicial, justice, kickback, law, legal, ruling, scam, scheme, sentence
ECRU — A federal judge has denied arguments from Ecru insurance agent Ken Nowlin that he was given faulty advice by his attorney in a government kickback case. Nowlin was seeking a new trial. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills, in an order filed Monday, denied Nowlin’s motion to [...] [...]
TUPELO — BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of The Securance Group Inc., an independent property and casualty and life and health insurance agency headquartered in Brewton, Ala. The transaction is expected to close July 2. Financial terms of the pending transaction were [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 9,2012
Tags: courts, fraud, insurance, insurance agency, insurance agent, insurance fraud, jail, judges, judicial, judiciary, law enforcement, prison, sentence, sentencing
MERIDIAN — A former insurance agent will spend time behind bars for fraud, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. The Attorney General’s Office Elisa Odom, 45, of Bailey pleaded guilty in Lauderdale County Circuit Court before Judge Lester Williamson to five counts of mail fraud and four counts of false pretense. She was sentenced on count [...] [...]