Latest Louisiana Headlines

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World Insurance Associates Expands in Louisiana, Texas With 5 Acquisitions

Nov 12 2024 // World Insurance Associates LLC (“World”), announced today that it acquired the business of five entities with locations across Louisiana and Texas on August 1, 2024. The agencies are The Firm of Louisiana...

Louisiana Community Protest Approval Process for Ammonia Plant

Nov 8 2024 // ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch with a challenge to the state’s approval process.The battle over the plant is...

SageSure Expands HO Business in Mississippi, Louisiana

Nov 7 2024 // SageSure, a managing general underwriter for catastrophe-exposed markets, said it has joined with Auros Reciprocal Insurance Exchange to bring more homeowners coverage to Louisiana and Mississippi.Auros is a property...

Louisiana DuPont Plant Fined $480K for Releasing Cancer-Causing Chemical

Oct 31 2024 // RESERVE, La. (AP) — A chemical manufacturing plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to stop the release of a cancer-causing chemical from a storage tank and pipe.The...

Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Waitlist Participants Upgraded to Active Status

Oct 30 2024 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance said that the 400 Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) registrants who were placed on the waitlist after registering for the fifth round of grants last month have been moved to...

Louisiana Senator: NFIP Reform Needed to Bring Down Flood Insurance Costs

Oct 24 2024 // Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy released a report Thursday critical of the National Flood Insurance Program’s adoption of Risk Rating 2.0.The report, “The Flood Insurance Crisis: A Comprehensive Breakdown of...

Feds Issue Ultimatum to Louisiana on $3 Billion Coastal Restoration Project

Oct 24 2024 // NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Federal officials want to know if Louisiana remains committed to a nearly $3 billion planned coastal restoration project that litigation has stalled.Federal officials warned in a Friday letter to...

Louisiana Nursing Home Owner to Pay $8.2M for Misusing Assets During Ida

Oct 22 2024 // Louisiana nursing home owner Bob Dean Jr. and several companies he operated have agreed to an $8.2 million consent judgment to resolve allegations that they misappropriated and misused the assets and income of four nursing...

Train Derails in South Louisiana, Causing Chemical Leak

Oct 21 2024 // DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — Seventeen cars of a train derailed in south Louisiana on Friday, and several leaked a chemical used to sanitize swimming pools, but authorities said it was not a threat to the public.It was not...

Louisiana Contractor Charged for Allegedly Damaging Homeowners’ Roof

Oct 11 2024 // On an early August morning, a roofing contractor arrived at a Lafayette, Louisiana couple’s house and requested permission to inspect the home’s roof. The roofer’s arrival wasn’t unexpected.The...

Court Reviews Civil Rights Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish

Oct 9 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities.The Fifth...

Employee at Louisiana Fertilizer Plant Dies in Accident

Oct 7 2024 // DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — An employee at a fertilizer plant in Louisiana died after getting injured in an accident at the facility, officials said Friday.CF Industries said the incident happened at about 1:45 p.m....

Environmental Group Turns to Oyster Shells to Rebuild Sinking Louisiana Coastline

Oct 3 2024 // Jonathan Phillips says he thinks about Louisiana’s disappearing coastline every day.As a commercial fisherman and member of the Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe, he sees water levels rising in Plaquemines Parish...

Louisiana Department of Insurance Warns of Online Scams Post Francine

Oct 2 2024 // The Louisiana of Department of Insurance (LDI) is warning residents to be cautious of online scams related to Hurricane Francine insurance claims.The LDI has detected an increase in online advertising activity related to...

Louisiana Seafood Restaurant Sued for Sexual Harassment

Oct 1 2024 // Minden Seafood, LLC, a seafood restaurant in Minden, Louisiana, violated federal law when it failed to stop a male worker from repeatedly sexually harassing a female employee and refused to rehire her after she quit, the...

Louisiana’s Southern University to Launch Alliant Insurance Degree Program

Oct 1 2024 // Alliant Insurance announced that a first-of-its-kind degree program at Southern University and A&M College has received final approval from the Louisiana State Board of Regents. The Alliant Insurance Foundation Degree...

Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Doubles Grants as Registrants Surge

Sep 27 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said the number of grants has doubled for the latest round of the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program due to high volume of registrants.Temple increased the number of grants this...

Amwins Commits $100K Towards Univ. of Louisiana Monroe RMI Program

Sep 26 2024 // Amwins has recommitted to giving the University of Louisiana Monroe’s Risk Management and Insurance program by donating $100,000 over 10 years. Amwins and ULM held a check presentation to commemorate the donation on...

Alera Group Acquires Louisiana’s Insurance Underwriters Ltd.

Sep 26 2024 // Alera Group announced the acquisition of Insurance Underwriters Ltd., a Louisiana-based insurance agency offering risk management and insurance solutions including business insurance, surety bonds, personal insurance and...

Investigation Underway for Louisiana Chemical Plant Fire That Injured 3

Sep 23 2024 // GEISMAR, La. (AP) — Two people were injured Thursday after a fire at a chemical plant in Louisiana, officials said.It happened at the Chevron Renewable Energy Group plant in Geismar, about 66 miles (106 kilometers) west...