Mississippi Business Journal » Larry Barr http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Insurance rates hinge on local standards http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/insurance-rates-hinge-on-local-standards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insurance-rates-hinge-on-local-standards http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/insurance-rates-hinge-on-local-standards/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:00:58 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=32644 Economy could force changes in urban and rural fire operations Steps taken by Mississippi’s state government during the last 23 years are credited with keeping today’s home and business fire insurance rates stable. But budget problems in urban fire departments and manpower shortages in rural ones threaten the hard-won stability. As the recession lingers, localities [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/insurance-rates-hinge-on-local-standards/feed/ 0 A fire station near every home http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/a-fire-station-near-every-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-fire-station-near-every-home http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/a-fire-station-near-every-home/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:00:01 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=32641 Long-ago funding revamps help lower insurance premiums A couple of decades ago, Mississippi set a goal of putting a fire station within five miles of every home in the state. “I think we’re very close to that,” said Larry Barr, state fire coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Insurance’s Division of Fire Service Development. Two [...]

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