Erin Napier used Instagram on Sunday to push Liberty Mutual to approve the insurance claim tied to the Heirloom Hotel rebuild in Laurel, Mississippi, after the building’s fire damage slowed the project. Her post came as the final episode of Home Town: Inn This Together aired, putting the stalled claim back in front of the show's audience at the same moment the renovation story reached its end.
The post centered on a letter from Amos Sledge, 11, who wrote on behalf of the friends who own The Heirloom Hotel and said the company had not approved their claim to have the money to rebuild. Napier said she hoped Liberty Mutual would hear his plea and do the right thing. The appeal landed with extra force because the episode had just shown the completed renovations, then cut back to footage of the damage from the hotel’s August 2025 fire.
The Heirloom Hotel had already become one of the most visible symbols of downtown Laurel’s revival. Before the renovation effort, the historic building had sat vacant for 40 years, and Ben Napier has said it is more than a hotel — it is a corner of downtown that has been saved. Erin Napier has described the project as an economic jolt and a morale boost, saying the restored building tells residents there is no going back once a place like that comes back to life.
That makes the insurance fight more than a paperwork delay. The episode ended by saying the group had resumed renovations on the historic building, and on-screen text said, “With deep commitment and community support, the ‘Framily’ continues to restore the Heirloom building.” But Ben Napier said it had been nearly a year since the fire and their friends were still waiting on Liberty Mutual to complete the claim. The message was clear: the work has restarted, but the money needed to finish it is still sitting on the other side of an approval that has not come.
For now, the rebuild continues and the unanswered question is whether the insurer will move. Amos Sledge’s letter framed it as a simple matter of doing the right thing, and the Napiers have now turned that plea public, with the future of one of Laurel’s most prominent buildings still tied to a claim that remains unresolved.
