All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 12 2011 // State agriculture officials say six Louisiana parishes have been declared disaster areas because of the flooding of the Mississippi River this past growing season. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said...
Aug 12 2011 // A former Hammond bank employee has pleaded no contest to a charge of felony theft in connection with the diversion of funds that should have gone to people who had made early cancellations of insurance policies.Amite, La....
Aug 11 2011 // DeQuincy, La. residents will vote on a sales tax renewal that could help reduce property insurance premiums.Mayor Lawrence Henagan tells The American Press revenue from the half-cent sales tax is used to support public...
Aug 8 2011 // A convicted arsonist was charged Thursday with setting 10 fires in three days in the San Fernando Valley that burned cars, trucks and motorhomes as part of a larger spree that caused an estimated $1 million in damage.In...
Aug 5 2011 // Fire investigators tried to determine Wednesday whether a man arrested for investigation of a serial arson spree in the San Fernando Valley served time for torching bars and restaurants in Japan a decade ago while he was...
Aug 4 2011 // A man believed to be responsible for some of the 20 arson fires that have scorched vehicles in the San Fernando Valley was arrested Tuesday after a motorhome was set on fire and someone tried to ignite a truck.The...
Aug 1 2011 // Louisiana is winding down its hurricane recovery programs, but Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration hasn’t cut much of the staff assigned to the work, even as other agencies across state government have faced...
Jul 29 2011 // A new study indicates that Louisiana had the highest workers’ compensation prescription costs among the 17 states studied and that Texas also was among the states with the highest cost of prescription drugs per...
Jul 28 2011 // A contractor that employed the engineer blamed for the deadly 2008 crash of a Metrolink commuter train in Los Angeles won’t add more money to a $200 million victim’s compensation fund.Veolia Environment...
Jul 28 2011 // After fatal boat wrecks a month apart, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is launching a boater-safety campaign, distributing brochures to marinas and installing signs warning boaters to drive safely.One of the...
Jul 27 2011 // Two students interested in insurance-related studies have been selected for industry-backed scholarships in Louisiana.Ian Williams of Jennings, La., and Lynden Lyles of Monroe, La., have been named as recipients of the...
Jul 27 2011 // In the settlement of lawsuits involving insured claims, it is not uncommon that one condition of the settlement is that the defendant assign his or her claims under all applicable insurance policies to the party that filed...
Jul 22 2011 // Medical treatment guidelines have gone into effect for the treatment of workers’ compensation injuries in Louisiana.The guidelines are being instituted by the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Office of...
Jul 20 2011 // A $750 million Louisiana hurricane recovery program that doles out money for home elevations is being criticized for ineffective management and monitoring by the state agencies that oversee it. The Louisiana Legislative...
Jul 19 2011 // Two lead plaintiffs won’t get any money from a recent $62 million settlement to a case alleging discrimination in the Road Home program to help people rebuild after the hurricanes of 2005.The Times-Picayune reports...
Jul 18 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited (Hub) announced plans to purchase Strategic Employee Benefit Services of Louisiana LLC (SEBS of Louisiana), a Metairie, La.-based benefit consulting and service firm.The acquisition...
Jul 18 2011 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has selected a company to offer financial advice on the governor’s proposal to privatize a state employee health insurance program, and pushed back any chance the...
Jul 18 2011 // Authorities say a fugitive dubbed the “Bentley Bandit” because of accusations he stole luxury cars is being held without bond in a southwest Louisiana jail after wrecking a 2007 Bentley reported stolen from a...
Jul 18 2011 // In the settlement of lawsuits involving insured claims, it is not uncommon that one condition of the settlement is that the defendant assign his or her claims under all applicable insurance policies to the party that filed...
Jul 18 2011 // Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting...