Mississippi Business Journal » Wind Pool http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:07:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Wind Pool buys $815M in reinsurance for upcoming hurricane season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/30/wind-pool-buys-815m-in-reinsurance-for-upcoming-hurricane-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wind-pool-buys-815m-in-reinsurance-for-upcoming-hurricane-season http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/30/wind-pool-buys-815m-in-reinsurance-for-upcoming-hurricane-season/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:26:34 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56517 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Jackson County board member Mark Cumbest says Mississippi’s insurer of last resort has bought $815 million in reinsurance for the coming storm season. Reinsurance — essentially insurance for insurers — is a major driver of policy premiums. It protects the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association from debilitating claims, such as those created [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/30/wind-pool-board-heads-overseas-for-low-reinsurance-rates/feed/ 1 Chaney: Veto will not affect Wind Pool http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/17/chaney-veto-will-not-affect-wind-pool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chaney-veto-will-not-affect-wind-pool http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/17/chaney-veto-will-not-affect-wind-pool/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 15:02:07 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=24073 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Gov. Haley Barbour’s veto of legislation giving an additional $20 million to the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association (Wind Pool) will not increase coastal rates this year and will not have an immediate impact on coastal Wind Pool rates, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. “In the previous fiscal year, the Legislature [...]

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