All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 24 2008 // The 2008 hurricane season came very close to presenting, on a large scale, the potential quandary caused by successive losses. On Sept.1, 2008, Hurricane Gustav came ashore and caused substantial damage from the Louisiana...
Nov 20 2008 // A state audit says the Louisiana Department of Insurance may have broken the law in 2006 by cutting rates for the state’s insurer of last resort to levels competitive with private insurance companies.Legislative...
Nov 20 2008 // A Baton Rouge, La., insurance agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order, a notice of license revocation and a fine for insurance fraud, theft and forgery.The Louisiana Department of Insurance alleges Winston...
Nov 18 2008 // Gov. Bobby Jindal says a recent survey shows residents are leaving Louisiana and it would be a mistake for state officials to blame Hurricane Katrina or any other storm for the migration.The American Community Survey shows...
Nov 17 2008 // The board of Louisiana’s last-resort insurance company approved paying up to $35 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that the firm took too long to pay off policyholders’ claims after the 2005...
Nov 16 2008 // The 2008 hurricane season came very close to presenting, on a large scale, the potential quandary caused by successive losses. On Sept.1, 2008, Hurricane Gustav came ashore and caused substantial damage from the Louisiana...
Nov 16 2008 // No Texting While Driving“When you see accidents that have happened or you hear about near-misses, it is just a step we can take to ensure the safety of our citizens.” —Austin, Texas, City Councilman Mike...
Nov 16 2008 // Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock.Trim...
Nov 12 2008 // The former chief executive at Louisiana’s last-resort insurance company “extravagantly” overspent the firm’s money, with over $100,000 in questionable expenses including first-class airfare,...
Nov 10 2008 // The Louisiana Recovery Authority says even people who have insurance should register with FEMA if they were affected by hurricanes Gustav or Ike – and they need to do it soon.The deadline is Dec. 3 for people...
Nov 7 2008 // The Louisiana Department of Economic Development (LED) is moving forward with the creation of a Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Group that will focus solely on addressing the challenges and opportunities of...
Nov 6 2008 // Two Ferriday, La., area insurance agents recently were arrested and issued cease and desist orders, summary suspensions and fine notices for violating various provisions of Louisiana’s insurance code.The Louisiana...
Nov 6 2008 // Police have arrested a second suspect in a fire that left a Louisiana high school with an estimated $2 million in damage.A Louisiana State Police spokesman says 30-year-old Steven Warren, of Mount Hermon, was apprehended...
Nov 4 2008 // A teenager already in custody has been booked with arson in connection with a January fire at the Village Square apartments in Chalmette, La. The sheriff’s office says the teenager, who is now 17 but was 16 at the...
Nov 4 2008 // An overnight fire at the St. Helena Central High School left the building a total loss, Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning said on Nov. 3.“I’d say there are between $4 and $5 million in damages,”...
Nov 2 2008 // Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock.Trim...
Nov 2 2008 // Despite the challenges faced by the state of Louisiana since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita wrought their havoc in 2005, there are bright spots in the state’s property casualty insurance industry, says Louisiana...
Nov 2 2008 // The Delaware Chancery Court has given preliminary approval to a $115 million settlement in a shareholder derivative action brought by the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana against four former AIG executives...
Oct 30 2008 // New Orleans Saints offensive guard Jamar Nesbit filed suit against the maker of a weight-loss supplement on Oct. 26, alleging it was improperly spiked with a diuretic that is banned by the NFL.The lawsuit against the...
Oct 29 2008 // Louisiana experienced a loss of 17,500 jobs in the seasonally adjusted number of nonfarm jobs from August to September 2008, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced recently.However, the September nonfarm job total of...