All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 14 2012 // A Mother’s Day checkpoint in Louisiana’s Calcasieu Parish ended in five arrests for driving while intoxicated. Law enforcement officers also issued multiple citations for other offenses.Louisiana State Police...
May 14 2012 // A Chauvin, La., woman, who claims a deputy used unnecessary violence as television cameras rolled, has filed suit against the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office and the production company of an upcoming TV show.The suit...
May 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “bbb” from “a-” of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas Inc....
May 11 2012 // Amerisafe Inc., a specialty provider of hazardous workers’ compensation insurance headquartered in DeRidder, La., saw a 19 percent growth in premium written during the first quarter ended March 31, 2012, compared...
May 10 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon told an Alexandria civil club that the state’s property insurance market is “more competitive than ever.”The Town Talk reports Donelon spoke on May 8 to the...
May 10 2012 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved changes to the property insurance rate levels for personal lines policies written by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The approved rate changes are applicable...
May 9 2012 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission will receive $2.95 million in federal funds to provide additional services to Louisiana’s unemployed, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.The money will come from a Re-employment...
May 7 2012 // Louisiana has agreed to share information with a federal network designed to cut down on insurance fraud.The Advocate reported that the agreement is between the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement...
Apr 30 2012 // Louisiana senators refused on April 26 to repeal a law that bans employers from discriminating against smokers, after opponents said the change could lead to widespread firings.More than 20 years ago, legislators passed a...
Apr 30 2012 // U.S. Sen. David Vitter is pushing for a long-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. The Louisiana Republican wants to stop extending the program with short-term extensions. The insurance program, which...
Apr 26 2012 // Police in Washington, La., have started to enforce the town’s pit bull ordinance that includes a requirement that the dog owners must purchase liability insurance.The Daily World reports 17 pit bulls were turned over...
Apr 26 2012 // Officials in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, have begun the annual work of assembling the parish’s “Cat 5” flood team. The task force is charged with identifying places in the parish that flood excessively...
Apr 24 2012 // The Labor Department has cited two subsidiaries of a Pineville, La.-based company for alleged safety and health violations.The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced recently that it has...
Apr 24 2012 // Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment reached the highest mark in the state’s history in March, the Louisiana Workforce Commission has reported.A survey of employers by the federal Bureau of Labor...
Apr 20 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has asked the nation’s highest court to hear an appeal of a $104.6 million award to 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of hurricane claims in 2005.The...
Apr 19 2012 // BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and asked a U.S. judge for a long delay in any trial over remaining disputes stemming from the disaster.The...
Apr 18 2012 // Agriculture officials in Arkansas and Louisiana have warned veterinarians to watch for signs of a potentially fatal horse disease if there’s another drought this year.The disease is often called pigeon fever because...
Apr 17 2012 // Authorities in Louisiana say a 6-foot alligator showed up at the front door of a Super 8 Motel outside Baton Rouge and bit a guest. West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike Cazes tells The Advocate his office got the call...
Apr 16 2012 // Louisiana Agency Partners, The Kirksey AgencyLouisiana Agency Partners (LAP) announced that The Kirksey Agency in West Monroe, La., has become the 12th member agency of the Louisiana-based network of independent insurance...
Apr 13 2012 // The St. Landry Parish School Board has voted to begin receiving quotes for the district’s property, casualty and liability insurance coverage.The Advocate reports board attorney Gerard Caswell recommended on April 11...