by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: bench, city, court, flood, flood plain, government, home, homeowner, house, insurance, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, municipal, municipality, residence, resident
MOSS POINT — Moss Point officials hope a city judge will set a court date in December to determine if 47 properties must comply with rules to elevate homes in flood plains. Andrew R. Beamon, who became director of the city’s building inspection office in July, tells the Mississippi Press he expects Municipal Judge Maxine [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: arrst, crime, criminal, insurance, insurance agent, law enforcement, premium, steal, stealing, theft, thief
ST. MARTIN — An insurance agent has been accused of failing to send customers’ insurance payments to insurers. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said in a press release received by The Sun Herald 35-year-old Chad Michael Davis of St. Martin was arrested Tuesday. Byrd says Davis was charged with two counts of felony false pretense [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: benefits, board, COST, county government, deductible, employee, health insurance, insurance, premium, supervisor, worker
JACKSON — Hinds County supervisors have voted 3-2 to keep the contract approved Oct. 4 with United Healthcare and its local representative, Bottrell Insurance. The new contract lowers employees’ health insurance deductible from a staggering $5,000 to a low of $500 but more than doubles their monthly premiums, from $73 for a single employee to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 15,2012
Tags: benefits, board of supervisors, county, deductible, government, health, insurance, meeting, plan, premium, protest, supervisor
JACKSON — Hinds County employees plan to protest the board of supervisor’s choice of a health insurance plan for the county. Employees are being urged to make today’s meeting to voice their concerns over a policy approved Oct. 1 that will lower their current $5,000 deductible to either $500 or $1,000 but will raise their [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: benefit, employee, employment, insurance, job, jobless, joblessness, unemployment, work, worker
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted last week to 339,000, the fewest since February 2008. If sustained, the lower level could signal stronger hiring. The state data are for the week ended Sept. 29, one week behind the national data. States with the biggest declines were: • Mississippi: Down 3,393, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: benefits, budget, economy, federal government, health, health care, insurance, medical, mediciner, Politics, state government
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant says the 2010 federal health care overhaul is slowing Mississippi’s economy because business owners are confused about how much it will cost them to meet demands of the law. “The Obama administration has not done a very good job of giving companies some encouragement of investing in their corporations, expanding [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: acquire, buy, disaster natural disaster, federal, flood, flooding, government, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, insurance, land, property, purchase, rain, real estate, residence, resident, sale, sell, state, storm, storm surge, tropical, water, wind
PEARLINGTON — Mississippi and federal officials have put a priority on buying out 111 flood prone properties in the town of Pearlington. Pearlington is located in Hancock County along the Mississippi-Louisiana state line. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Robert Latham and other officials met last Tuesday with the Hancock County Board of Supervisors to discuss [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: claim, damage, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, home, homeowners insurance, house, hurricane, insurance, insurer, loss, natural disaster, property, rain, real estate, residence, residential, state agency, storm, tropical, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Private insurers expect to pay more than $24.3 million in claims in Mississippi as a result of Hurricane Isaac, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says. Chaney says that as of yesterday, Mississippi’s 21 largest insurers had received 9,400 claims and paid $8.6 million. That’s tiny compared Hurricane Katrina’s $41 billion in insured damage [...] [...]
GULFPORT — BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Tupelo-based BancorpSouth Bank, has released a health care reform calculator to help clients and partners quantify the financial impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on their health plans. With this new tool, BancorpSouth Insurance Services consultants will be able to provide financial [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 6,2012
Tags: center, claim, damage, flood, flooding, hurricane, insurance, loss, rain, repair, state agency, state government, storm, storm surge, tropical, Weather, wind
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — As cleanup from Hurricane Isaac continues, the Mississippi Insurance Department is setting up two additional claims centers to assist residents with their claims. In addition to MID’s Coast Office in Bolton State Office Building in Biloxi, MID will be operating a claims center in Picayune at the National Guard Armory on Highway [...] [...]
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