All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 30 2010 // U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon of Louisiana has urged federal administrators to direct disaster funding to Louisiana’s commercial and recreational fishermen as a result of the explosion and oil spill from the...
Apr 29 2010 // The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday five times as much oil as previously estimated was leaking from a well beneath the site of a deadly drilling rig explosion as the slick threatened wide-scale coastal damage for four U.S....
Apr 29 2010 // A federal judge in Louisiana has ordered a manufacturer of faulty drywall from China to pay more than $164,000 to a Louisiana family as result of damage to their home from the wallboard.The ruling is the second time in...
Apr 29 2010 // Two bills that would ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving have breezed out of the Louisiana House of Representatives Transportation Committee.Both would allow drivers to talk using hands-free devices. One...
Apr 28 2010 // Florida’s 21st Century Holding Co. has dropped its bid to acquire domestic property insurer HomeWise Holdings at the same time it reported that its own Florida property insurance unit it has received approval to...
Apr 28 2010 // The Louisiana Senate has passed a measure that would ban against property insurers dropping or changing coverage for homes or businesses that contain Chinese-made drywall, which has been blamed for home corrosion and...
Apr 27 2010 // Crews have been using a robot submarine to try to stop an oil leak resulting from the explosion at an oil drilling platform off the coast of Louisiana. The oil is leaking nearly a mile below the surface of the Gulf of...
Apr 26 2010 // The former chief executive at Louisiana’s state-run insurance company has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for improperly spending more than $29,000 of the company’s money on lavish meals, trips, sports...
Apr 26 2010 // Dozens of tornadoes left a path of destruction more than 50 miles long throughout the southern U.S.—including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee—over the weekend.Ten people were...
Apr 23 2010 // A prohibition against insurance companies dropping coverage for homes or businesses that contain corrosive, Chinese-made drywall has advanced in the Louisiana Senate.The bill by Sen. Julie Quinn, R-Metairie, would bar...
Apr 23 2010 // The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the $35 million settlement of two class action lawsuits against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., saying the deal was not fair to some policyholders.The appellate...
Apr 22 2010 // Louisiana House Bill 285 by Rep. Pearson, which exempts surplus lines from filing rates and forms, has passed the state’s House of Representatives.According to David Tatman, a representative for the Louisiana Surplus...
Apr 20 2010 // A bill passed by the Louisiana House to limit the liability of float-builders would damage future attempts for float riders or watchers to sue when parade festivities hurt or kill someone, says a man whose brother died in...
Apr 19 2010 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Insurance after the state agency took the unprecedented move of publicizing on its Web site recent rate hike proposals by the...
Apr 19 2010 // A Louisiana court has rebuffed an insurer’s use of the pollution exclusion and two other exclusions in an “all risk” homeowners insurance policy to deny claims resulting from Chinese drywall.Specifically,...
Apr 19 2010 // Homeowners who are dependent on Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort will see rates increasing by an average 7 percent statewide. Rate increases — as well as decreases — will vary widely, especially in...
Apr 19 2010 // An attempt by the New Orleans Saints to lower its workers’ compensation costs for injured players has mushroomed into an issue that would apply to all businesses and employees in Louisiana.The Saints were pushing a...
Apr 15 2010 // A federal judge refused to immediately reinstate Louisiana State University hurricane and coastal researcher Ivor van Heerden, who was stripped of most of his duties last year. Van Heerden claims he is losing his job...
Apr 13 2010 // A.M. Best Company has reaffirmed for 2010 the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. This is the ninth consecutive year that LWCC has received the...
Apr 12 2010 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty sent a letter to the state’s media outlets on April 9 regarding the current property insurance system and what should be done to improve it. In it, he says the exodus of...