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.
Mississippi Insurance Department Press Releases
- How Can Insurance Help Protect Your Financial Future (04/06/2026)
- March 22-28 Is Flood Insurance Awareness Week (03/23/2026)
- Home Maintenance Could Prevent A Costly Insurance Claim (03/17/2026)
- State Farm Gives $70.5 Million Cash Back to Mississippi Drivers (02/26/2026)
- Winter Storm Fern Losses Exceed $107 Million (02/26/2026)
- Contractors Warned to End Illegal Activity (02/17/2026)
- More Than $44 Million Returned To Insurance Consumers (02/17/2026)
- Storm Response And Claims Tips (01/27/2026)
- Protect Your Home From Fire and Ice Threats During Cold Weather (01/21/2026)
State Fire Marshal Press Releases
- Space Heater to Blame for D’Iberville Fire Death (03/24/2026)
- Kevin Butler Appointed Chief Deputy Fire Marshal (03/17/2026)
- Check Your Smoke Alarms As Time Springs Forward (03/02/2026)
- Finnegan Couple Pleads Guilty to Installing Faulty Fire Suppression Systems (02/27/2026)
- SFMO Issues Guidance on Safe Generator Use (02/05/2026)
- More Fire Deaths Reported in Wake of Winter Storm (02/03/2026)
- Multiple Fire Deaths Reported as State Faces Extreme Cold (01/28/2026)
Opinions By Commissioner Mike Chaney
- Insurance Fraud Affects Everyone (02/25/2026)
- Cybersecurity Awareness Month (10/01/2025)
- Reflecting On The Two Decades Since Hurricane Katrina (08/13/2025)
- 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)
