All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2010 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon, whose district has been severely affected by the BP oil well spill, are “cautiously optimistic” about reports...
Jul 15 2010 // An Alabama insurance regulator has turned aside an offer to become head of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort. The Louisiana Department of Insurance says Charles Angell has decided to stay in Alabama. He had...
Jul 12 2010 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has agreed to ban insurance companies from dropping coverage of homeowners who have found corrosive Chinese drywall in their homes.Jindal’s office announced that the governor has signed...
Jul 8 2010 // A West Monroe, La., agent has been served by Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators with a cease and desist order, a summary suspension order and fine notice for alleged misappropriation and...
Jul 6 2010 // John Wortman, CEO of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens), the state’s property insurance of last resort, has announced plans to retire.“John Wortman has been a tremendous asset to Louisiana...
Jul 5 2010 // While the claims process related to the BP oil spill may be improving, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell still wants to keep tabs on it.A Louisiana district court judge in June approved Caldwell’s request to...
Jul 5 2010 // 77.2% In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices for insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...
Jul 2 2010 // Tropical storm Alex slowed oil spill clean-up and containment work in the Gulf of Mexico and drove more petroleum into fragile Gulf wetlands and beaches Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc’s ruptured deep-sea...
Jul 1 2010 // FARA Insurance Services, a Mandeville, La.-based provider of claims administration and risk management solutions, has added Cherie Arceneaux Pinac to its senior management team.Pinac will serve as vice president for...
Jun 30 2010 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services president Markham McKnight has been re-elected as treasurer of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) board.McKnight brings 28 years of experience to his position. In addition...
Jun 29 2010 // Tropical Storm Alex is expected to reach hurricane strength on Tuesday, with high winds and vast waves set to hamper BP Plc’s latest efforts to contain the largest oil spill in U.S. history.Shares in London-based...
Jun 29 2010 // The Louisiana Recovery Authority’s board ended its multibillion dollar rebuilding work on June 24, nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore.The LRA board of directors – a volunteer board largely...
Jun 28 2010 // In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...
Jun 25 2010 // As time ran out on the Louisiana legislative session, lawmakers were unable to complete a deal on a Senate Bill 731, which would have allowed the attorney general to hire outside attorneys on a contingency fee basis,...
Jun 24 2010 // Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has designated another $5 million – for a total of $10 million – of the $25 million block grant provided by BP to Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office to support...
Jun 23 2010 // A judge on June 21 ordered the state of Louisiana to reconsider its award of a contract to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to administer the HMO health plan for state workers, retirees and their dependents.Humana...
Jun 22 2010 // Doctors shouldn’t be covered under medical malpractice laws when they are providing elective abortions, the Louisiana Legislature has decided. The Senate gave final passage with a 31-2 vote to the bill by Rep. Robert...
Jun 21 2010 // Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed a Petition for Discovery and Investigation against British Petroleum in state court in Plaquemines Parish as a result of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
Jun 18 2010 // U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon (LA-03) says lost wages of oil rig workers who are out of a job due to the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could reach as high as $330 million a month. Melancon...
Jun 17 2010 // There have been 109 reports of health complaints believed to be related to exposure to pollutants from the BP oil spill, according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. That number is up from 71 complaints...