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Judge rules ex-insurance agent’s conviction, sentence will stand

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:49:51 +0000

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 [...]

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BancorpSouth Insurance acquiring Alabama agency

MBJ Staff — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:33:08 +0000

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 [...]

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Hood: Ex-insurance agent gets jail time for fraud

MBJ Staff — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:17:01 +0000

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 [...]

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