All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2009 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported it has issued cease and desist orders to two West Monroe, La.-area agents for allegedly allowing unlicensed employees to conduct the business of insurance. Eight unlicensed...
Oct 8 2009 // The economic outlook should brighten in 2010-2011 for the Mississippi and Alabama coasts, but that’s not the case for the New Orleans area, an economist said this week at a regional economic forum.Lack of business...
Oct 8 2009 // Eagan Insurance Agency, based in Metairie, La., has added six insurance professionals to its staff.Joining the family business are Andrew Eagan and David Strassel, both members of the fifth generation of the Eagan family...
Oct 7 2009 // Dupre Carrier Godchaux Agency Inc., located in Louisiana’s Acadiana region, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and...
Oct 5 2009 // $135.4 MillionTexas plans to spend an estimated $135.4 million to mitigate beach erosion along the Texas Gulf Coast from South Padre Island to McFaddin Beach. According to Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who...
Oct 5 2009 // TWFGThe Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency based in The Woodlands, Texas, has opened three new branch locations. Steve Lovecchio opened a new branch in New Orleans, La. Lovecchio...
Oct 2 2009 // America First Insurance Regional Vice President Keith Thompson has been appointed to a three-year term serving on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA). Five insurance company...
Oct 1 2009 // Louisiana continued its crack down on current and former insurance producers committing alleged fraudulent activities, charging a former Lake Charles agent with misappropriation, forgery and conducting the business of...
Sep 28 2009 // Dr. Larry Ferachi, a Baton Rouge board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who has served as team physician for the LSU football and basketball teams since 1995, has been named medical director for the Louisiana Workforce...
Sep 25 2009 // Allstate Insurance will no longer pay emergency living expenses for about 16,000 of its coastal homeowners in Louisiana who have wind and hail coverage through another carrier.The change affects about 10 percent of...
Sep 25 2009 // A Scott, La., area insurance agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order, summary suspension of his license and fine notice for alleged misappropriation of premiums and unfair trade practices.Carmen Miller,...
Sep 24 2009 // Two Denham Springs, La., insurance agents have been accused of committing insurance fraud, and were served with cease and desist orders, summary suspension notices and fine notices by the Louisiana Department of...
Sep 21 2009 // Unless you live in Florida or Louisiana, or regularly read the Insurance Journal, you may only now be hearing about the latest mass tort craze: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall (often simply referred to as “Chinese...
Sep 21 2009 // Fire investigators have arrested a Louisiana man on charges of arson with intent to defraud, conspiracy to commit arson with intent to defraud and filing a false police report.Lafayette Fire Department officials say the...
Sep 21 2009 // J. David Daniel was inaugurated as the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the recent Big “I” Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. He will...
Sep 18 2009 // Northeast Louisiana officials are worried that federal authorities may “de-certify” the Ouachita River levee system. That could mean that virtually all Monroe property owners would be required to buy federal...
Sep 17 2009 // People who lived through Hurricane Ivan can’t forget the haunting images left by one of the strongest storms ever recorded: condo towers collapsed in roiling surf, splintered homes or flat slabs, fragments of...
Sep 15 2009 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) announced a third arrest this month as part of the the agency’s statewide crackdown on employers who are alleged to have committed workers’ compensation fraud.Agents...
Sep 15 2009 // Affirmative Insurance Holding Inc. has announced it is consolidating its corporate operations center from Chicago to Baton Rouge, La.Louisiana Gov. Bobby Bobby Jindal, Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc.’s Chief...
Sep 14 2009 // Policyholders of Louisiana’s state-backed property insurance company will see an average statewide rate increase of about 10 percent next year, under a proposal preliminarily approved by the firm’s board on...