Senate passes resolution endorsing multi-perils insurance bill

The Sun Herald, 3/20/8

The Mississippi Senate passed a resolution this morning asking Congress to pass U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor’s multi-perils insurance bill.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 527, authored by Sen. Tommy Gollott, R-Biloxi, urges Congress to adopt the bill that is pending before the Senate, which would extend the National Flood Insurance Program to include wind damage and other coverage. Taylor has been pushing the plan hard.

Gollott pointed to the slow recovery in the hard hit areas of South Mississippi where private sector insurance troubles have slowed rebuilding as proof government issued multi-perils coverage is needed.