Press Releases

This page provides current year press releases issued by the Mississippi Insurance Department and the State Fire Marshal's Office. To view press releases prior to the current year, please use the press release archives.

Use the index below to go directly to a particular section on this page:

• Mississippi Insurance Department Press Releases
• State Fire Marshal Press Releases
• Opinions By Commissioner Mike Chaney

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Mississippi Insurance Department Press Releases

• Stay Cool, Insure Your Pool This Summer (06/18/2024)
• Insurance Explained As Hurricane Season Begins (05/29/2024)
• Prepare For Hurricane Season By Packing A "GO BAG" (05/06/2024)
• Storm Response And Claims Tips (04/11/2024)
• April is Financial Capability Month (04/02/2024)
• Home Maintenance Could Prevent a Costly Insurance Claim (03/19/2024)
• March 17-23 is Flood Insurance Awareness Week (03/18/2024)
• Commissioner Mike Chaney Announces Staff Changes (03/06/2024)
• Millions In Life Insurance Benefits Found For Mississippians (02/13/2024)
• Will Your Insurance Cover An EarthQuake? (02/06/2024)
• MID Returns More Than $50 Million To Insurance Consumers (01/23/2024)
• Protect Your Home From Ice And Other Threats (01/10/2024)

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State Fire Marshal Press Releases

• Check Smoke Alarms As Time Springs Forward (03/05/2024)
• Two Accused in Fatal House Fire (02/07/2024)
• Heating Equipment to Blame For Ten Fire Deaths in 2023 (01/12/2024)

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Opinions By Commissioner Mike Chaney

• Mitigation Program Funded By Legislature (05/21/2024)
• Mitigation Program Would Save Money, Property and Lives (02/27/2024)
• Insurance Fraud Affects Everyone (12/13/2023)
• Mississippi Second State To Pass Pet Insurance Law (04/03/2023)
• Insurance Commissioner Issues Statement on UMMC and BCBS Proceedings (04/27/2022)
• A Statement By Commissioner Mike Chaney on The House Passage of The Build Back Better Act (11/19/2021)
• Commissioner Chaney Disappointed in Yazoo Pumps Rejection (11/17/2021)
• Protect Mississippi From a Biden-Pelosi Hurricane Tax (10/20/2021)
• Understanding Business Interruption Insurance (04/24/2020)
• We Should Examine How Prepared We Are As Hurricane Season Arrives (06/03/2019)
• Mississippians Fail To Protect Themselves From Fire (05/20/2019)