All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 8 2011 // The chief executive officer of the health insurance office for state employees and retirees, hired by the Jindal administration in April, is resigning after receiving strong criticism from lawmakers about his work to help...
Jun 8 2011 // Two investigators with the Louisiana Department of Insurance were shot and killed on June 7 while attempting to collect case information from an insurance agent in Ville Platte.Authorities believe that John Melvin Lavergne...
Jun 7 2011 // Residents of unincorporated St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana are getting $1.9 million in premium decreases for federal flood insurance. Officials say that’s the result of an improvement in the parish’s flood...
Jun 6 2011 // Tina Wrotenbery joined Hub International Rigg (Hub Rigg) as a senior employee benefits consultant. Wrotenbery will move into Hub’s existing offices in Houston and will report to Charlie Reynolds, president, Employee...
Jun 6 2011 // Louisiana may be able to recoup much of the money it handed out after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 to help storm victims repair their homes, following a recent ruling by the state’s high court.Under a program...
Jun 6 2011 // Many of the states hammered by what’s already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation’s highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most...
Jun 6 2011 // In light of the hurricane season that began June 1 and ongoing Mississippi and Atchafalaya flooding, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is imploring consumers to protect themselves and their property against...
Jun 6 2011 // Many of the states hammered by what’s already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation’s highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most...
Jun 3 2011 // A federal judge has declined to reduce the $1 million fine and $2 million in restitution he ordered paid by a Colorado company that admitted partial responsibility for the death of a Baton Rouge plant worker.Chief U.S....
May 27 2011 // Many of the states hammered by what’s already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation’s highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most...
May 23 2011 // The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left this Louisiana town as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River has inched toward their homes, with their frustration and hope painted on signs posted...
May 18 2011 // Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain D.V.M., said the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has guaranteed that Morganza Spillway farmers whose crops have been damaged by flooding caused by the...
May 16 2011 // Waters unleashed by the opening of a key Mississippi River floodway crept through the Louisiana bayou Monday in a surge that could leave thousands of homes and farms under as much as 20 feet of water.The U.S. Army Corps of...
May 16 2011 // The opening of a key spillway to relieve flooding along the Mississippi River could create logistical headaches for big Gulf Coast refiners, but will likely spare the lion’s share of the area’s refining...
May 16 2011 // Virtually all insurance policies contain provisions and exclusions dealing with events that most insureds consider so remote and unlikely that they rarely give any thought to their possible occurrence, much less what...
May 16 2011 // Sometimes bigger is not always better. Large wholesale organizations have a place in the market, but smaller and often family-owned managing general agencies (MGA) also have a place, says Wayne Forest, the incoming...
May 15 2011 // Louisiana may be able to recoup much of the money it handed out following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 to help storm victims repair their homes, following a recent ruling by the state’s high court.Under a...
May 13 2011 // Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said that while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has not given specific time for opening the Morganza Spillway on the Mississippi River upstream from New Orleans to reduce the possibility of...
May 13 2011 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that Emma Fontenot has assumed the position of deputy commissioner of the Office of Health for the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI).Fontenot most recently...
May 12 2011 // Virtually all insurance policies contain provisions and exclusions dealing with events that most insureds consider so remote and unlikely that they rarely give any thought to their possible occurrence, much less what...