Last year Mississippi adopted stricter building code rules and the law has moved the state up the insurance industries ladder of coastal waterways says IBHS.
[audio:http://pbs.bento.storage.s3.amazonaws.com/hostedbento-prod/filer_public/MPB%20Media/News/evelina%20burnett/April%202015/ibhs%20Mixdown%201.mp3]At the National Hurricane Conference today, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) President and CEO Julie Rochman announced the release of the second edition of the Institute’s Rating the States report. The study assesses the progress of 18 hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast in strengthening their residential building code systems since IBHS’ original 2012 report.
SOURCE: MS MPB