Read on for more confirmations of Hancock's financial soundness:

• BauerFinancial, one of the nation's top bank rating and analysis firms, has recommended Hancock Bank among America's strongest, safest financial institutions for more than 21 consecutive years.

• Bank Director magazine ranked Hancock Bank in the top-10 of Americas 150 top-performing banks for two consecutive years and in the top-25 best banks for three years.

• Forbes magazine listed Hancock third among community banks with strong deposit growth.

• Forbes.com included Hancock among the Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America.

• ABA Banking Journal hailed Hancock as one of bankings top-25 top performers.

• U.S. Banker magazine ranked Hancock fourth among the top 150 top-performing U.S. banks.

• Hancock Holding Company operates as two insured banks: Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank. The FDIC’s standard maximum insurance amount is $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank, for each ownership category. For more information on increasing FDIC coverage beyond $250,000, refer to fdic.gov on how to maximize coverage per insured institution.

• All funds in a “noninterest-bearing transaction account” are insured in full by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2012. This temporary unlimited coverage is in addition to, and separate from, the coverage of at least $250,000 available to depositors under the FDIC’s general deposit insurance rules. For more information about temporary FDIC insurance coverage of transaction accounts, visit fdic.gov.

• The term "noninterest-bearing transaction account" includes a traditional checking account or demand deposit account on which the insured depository institution pays no interest. It also includes Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts ("IOLTAs"). It does not include other accounts, such as traditional checking or demand deposit accounts that may earn interest, NOW accounts and money-market deposit accounts.