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1 Killed, 32 Injured in Bus Vs. SUV Crash on LA Area Freeway

May 13 2025 // One person was killed and 32 people were injured, including two critically, when a tour bus and a sport utility vehicle collided on a Los Angeles area freeway, officials said.The lone occupant of the SUV died after the...

LA Mayor Credits Trump on Fire Aid, Stays Wary on Immigration

May 8 2025 // Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is navigating one of her city’s most challenging periods in decades. She’s facing a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall, the long recovery from January’s wildfires, and...

Hub Acquires Louisiana’s Demarie Insurance

May 8 2025 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of FGLP Equity Partners, LLC dba Demarie Insurance Agency (Demarie Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Located in Lake Charles,...

Authorities Are Cleaning Up an Oil Spill in Southeast Louisiana

May 7 2025 // Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that spewed crude and natural gas for more than a week.Upwards of 79,000 gallons (299,047 liters) of...

New Louisiana Law Mandates Discount Disclosures for Insurance Companies

May 6 2025 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple sent out an announcement this week to all property and casualty insurance companies notifying of a statue that requires insurers to disclose all available discounts that could...

In The Wake of Devastating LA Fires, Residents Begin to Rebuild

May 5 2025 // Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild.In the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, construction workers recently began placing...

Poll: High Cost of Living Fears Were Made Worse by LA Wildfires

May 5 2025 // The high cost of living remains a main concern in America’s largest exacerbated by the January wildfires is one of the biggest worries bothering residents of Los Angeles County.A survey focused on the county, the...

LA Fire Investigation Will Take a Year or More, Edison CEO Says

May 1 2025 // The probe into the deadly Southern California Eaton fire is likely to take a year or more as authorities examine Edison International’s utility equipment as the possible cause, according to the company’s chief...

LA County Approves $4B Payout to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities

Apr 30 2025 // Los Angeles County officials this week approved a $4 billion payout to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959.The agreement reached on April 4 far surpasses a $2.6 billion settlement...

Arch Capital’s First-Quarter Profit Halves on LA Wildfire Losses

Apr 30 2025 // Arch Capital’s first-quarter profit fell 49.2% as catastrophe losses from the California wildfires weighed on its underwriting performance and investment returns, the insurer said on Tuesday.The results mirror those...

LA Utility Returns to Muni Market for First Time Since Wildfires

Apr 30 2025 // The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is returning to the municipal bond market with a $1 billion offering, roughly three months after shelving a sale in the immediate wake of historic wildfires that began burning...

Louisiana Dept. of Insurance Earns NAIC Accreditation; Names Leadership Roles

Apr 25 2025 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) said it has successfully completed the requirements and earned full national accreditation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for its work to promote...

PG&E Misses 1Q Profit Estimates on Higher Expenses, LA Wildfire Worries Linger

Apr 24 2025 // PG&E Corp. missed first-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the power company was hurt by higher operating and interest expenses.Higher-for-longer interest rates push up borrowing costs for utility companies,...

A ‘Low-Attention Disaster,’ Mountain Fire Survivors Recover in LA’s Shadow

Apr 23 2025 // The ashes of Hatim Naim’s burned home lie just a few dozen miles west of the Los Angeles areas destroyed by January’s Palisades and Eaton fires.But because the Mountain Fire, which destroyed 182 houses and...

High Cost of Living Fears Made Worse by LA Wildfire in UCLA Survey

Apr 21 2025 // The high cost of living remains a main concern in America’s largest exacerbated by the January 2025 wildfires is one of the biggest worries bothering residents of Los Angeles County.A survey focused on the county,...

Report Highlights Louisiana’s Tort System as Barrier to Social Mobility

Apr 21 2025 // A report published by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank ranks Louisiana as the worst state for social mobility, and links the state’s lawsuit abuse climate as a factor for why many residents never get...

Louisiana Lawmakers Tackle Insurance Affordability Crisis in Legislative Session

Apr 16 2025 // The Louisiana legislative session is underway this week in Baton Rouge, where lawmakers are primed to address the state’s insurance affordability crisis.Governor Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple both...

Southern California Edison Lays Out $925M Plan to Rebuild After LA Wildfires

Apr 15 2025 // Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of utility Edison International, said on Friday it had submitted an initial plan to rebuild the areas within its service territory that were devastated by the Los Angeles...

Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed

Apr 11 2025 // A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate court says.On Thursday, the...

Inside LA County’s $4B Agreement to Settle Sex Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities

Apr 8 2025 // Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said.The agreement, which still needs approval from the Los Angeles County...