Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 83-17-3 (2026)
Personal liability
✓ current as of July 2026
An insurance agent shall be personally liable on all contracts of insurance unlawfully made by or through him, directly or indirectly, for or in behalf of any company not authorized to do business in the state.
Codes, 1906, § 2616; Hemingway's 1917, § 5079; 1930, § 5197; 1942, § 5707.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1991–2004 · leading case: Dixie Ins. Co. v. Mooneyhan, 684 So. 2d 574 (Miss. 1996).
Dixie Ins. Co. v. Mooneyhan, 684 So. 2d 574 (Miss. 1996). “They cite Miss. Code Ann. § 83-17-3 and Wilkinson v.”
Home Health Care Affiliates of Mississippi, Inc. v. North Am. Indem. N.V., 299 F. Supp. 2d 645 (N.D. Miss. 2004). “Miss.Code §§ 83-17-3 and 83-17-103 (emphasis added).”
Dixie Ins Co v. James Mooneyhan (Miss. 1991). “Dixie contends that the trial court's reasoning in denying it the opportunity to present its "void ab initio" defense was that if Dixie did prove the policy was void ab initio then the Mooneyhans would be left without a remedy and Dixie would be allowed to "profit by its own…”
Smith v. Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 781 F. Supp. 1159 (N.D. Miss. 1991). “Had BSC and Galaxia applied for licenses from the Mississippi Insurance Commissioner, the plaintiff contends that the wholesale dumping of the BSC policies onto an insolvent insurer would have been prevented.”
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