All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2011 // Louisiana is now participating in an agreement designed to help states efficiently comply with the requirements of the federal surplus lines regulations that become effective later this month. Insurance Commissioner James...
Jul 13 2011 // Louisiana will seek approval for more than a half billion dollars in projects to restore coastal areas and fisheries affected by last year’s huge BP oil spill, Gov. Bobby Jindal said.The money would come from $1...
Jul 12 2011 // Third Coast Underwriters, a specialty markets operation that offers workers’ compensation insurance for underserved markets that have complex risks, has appointed Gordon Greig as senior claims examiner for the Gulf...
Jul 11 2011 // Three firms are vying to advise the Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration on efforts to privatize a state worker health insurance program.Michael DiResto, a spokesman for the governor’s Division of...
Jun 30 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Michigan-based Intrepid Insurance Company, both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
Jun 27 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the major tobacco companies of a $270 million award for a Louisiana smoking cessation program.Altria Group Inc’s Philip Morris USA Inc, a Reynolds American Inc unit, a...
Jun 27 2011 // The nation’s largest association of insurer fraud investigators has contributed $10,000 to a memorial fund honoring two Louisiana investigators who were killed in the line of duty June 7.The board of directors of the...
Jun 24 2011 // The private sector continued to lead non-seasonally adjusted nonfarm job growth in May for the state and in most of Louisiana’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), the Louisiana Workforce Commission has...
Jun 22 2011 // Insurance companies are offering $65.5 million to settle claims that lead in New Orleans’ housing projects hurt children who lived or visited there. Payments would go to people who spent time in the public housing...
Jun 22 2011 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., Louisiana’s largest insurer of homes, is asking state insurance regulators for permission to boost premiums by an average 8.5 percent.In a filing released by the state insurance...
Jun 22 2011 // Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., a Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, has added Michael G. Dileo and Ron Bowen to its management team: Dileo has been named vice president of Underwriting for...
Jun 21 2011 // A new flood map for Louisiana’s Lafayette Parish is expected to offer a mixed bag, shrinking flood zones in some areas while making large tracts of vacant land more difficult to develop.The final version of the...
Jun 20 2011 // American and Louisiana flags flew at half-staff outside Louisiana government buildings on June 9 and 10 in a show of respect for two state insurance fraud investigators who were shot to death on June 7.Gov. Bobby Jindal...
Jun 17 2011 // A week after two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were shot and killed while looking into a case, state lawmakers are working to give the investigators’ families some compensation.The Louisiana Senate...
Jun 16 2011 // A fire at a plant in Louisiana’s Iberia Parish where chemicals are blended and stored for oilfield operations forced area residents to evacuate or hunker down while a grayish-brown column of smoke rose hundreds of...
Jun 13 2011 // American and Louisiana flags flew at half-staff outside Louisiana government buildings on June 9 and 10 in a show of respect for two state insurance fraud investigators who were shot to death on June 7.Gov. Bobby Jindal...
Jun 13 2011 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration handed over to senators a report involving efforts to privatize a state worker health insurance program, but has asked them to keep the document secret.Jindal’s...
Jun 10 2011 // State senators in Louisiana have subpoenaed Gov. Jindal’s administration, seeking a report about the governor’s efforts to hire a private company to run a state worker health insurance program.The Senate and...
Jun 10 2011 // A day after two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were gunned down while looking into a case, the state insurance commissioner said that his department may have their agents carry weapons.Kim Sledge and Rhett...
Jun 9 2011 // Louisiana’s chief insurance regulator said his agency is reviewing its policies and procedures for investigating fraud after two insurance department employees were shot and killed while conducting an...