All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2008 // Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 9 and the latest path projected by the National Hurricane Center has the storm making landfall in Texas, possibly near Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, Louisiana is still mopping...
Sep 9 2008 // As Hurricane Ike barrels over Cuba and heads toward the Gulf of Mexico, it has the potential to become the storm that insurance companies in Texas have feared most, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. As of Sept....
Sep 9 2008 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance in late August issued a cease and desist order, summary suspension and fine notice to a Many, La., area insurance agent for alleged misappropriation of premiums. Nancy Campbell Murphy...
Sep 9 2008 // During its recent Annual Membership Meeting, the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana (PIA of LA) elected Dale H. Spaht as president for 2008-2009. Spaht is the co-owner of Fife-Spaht Insurance Agency in Gonzales,...
Sep 9 2008 // Louisiana’s insurance commissioner estimates insured losses from Hurricane Gustav will be $1.7 billion. Jim Donelon says he projects that figure from the losses reported thus far by the state-backed Louisiana...
Sep 8 2008 // No breaches. Limited brash talk. No “no word” from the Army Corps of Engineers. Few foul ups. Clear risk analysis. And the flood fight got done during Hurricane Gustav.Under a microscope since the catastrophic...
Sep 4 2008 // Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry.While Gustav’s force paled in...
Sep 4 2008 // Millions fled the Gulf Coast in fear of Hurricane Gustav, billed as the apocalyptic “mother of all storms.” It didn’t deliver. Now, with three other storms lining up in the Atlantic, some fear people...
Sep 4 2008 // The Ohio National Guard is sending 1,500 troops to Louisiana to help with the cleanup following Hurricane Gustav. The Ohio group joins Missouri in providing guardsman the hurricane ravaged area. Guard spokesman James Sims...
Sep 3 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, storm development in the tropical Atlantic was even more active on Tuesday than it was on Monday. AIR noted that “shortly after Gustav came ashore in...
Sep 3 2008 // A team of 350 catastrophe adjusters and support personnel with USAA are headed to areas of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Gustav.The company’s catastrophe headquarters are planned for Baton Rouge and two satellite...
Sep 3 2008 // New Orleans can get back to its comeback.Traumatized after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in...
Sep 3 2008 // After more than 24 hours on road, a 25-vehicle convoy from the Missouri National Guard arrived on Monday, September 1 in northern Louisiana only hours after Hurricane Gustav hit land farther south, skirting much of New...
Sep 2 2008 // The good news is that Hurricane Gustav has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression as it moves slowly across northwest Louisiana.The bad news is that Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine are gaining speed, according...
Sep 2 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, storm development in the tropical Atlantic was even more active on Tuesday than it was on Monday.Shortly after Gustav came ashore in Louisiana on Monday, Hanna...
Sep 2 2008 // Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore southwest of New Orleans on Monday morning, is expected to trigger significant insurance claims but far less than record-setting Katrina did three years ago.“This is a significant,...
Sep 2 2008 // A still-largely deserted New Orleans Tuesday prepared to take stock of damage from Hurricane Gustav after rebuilt levees appeared to hold off a repeat of the flooding caused by Katrina three years earlier.Gustav roared...
Sep 2 2008 // Major chemical makers in the U.S. said Tuesday that initial inspections indicate only slight damage to those facilities that were affected by Hurricane Gustav, but companies are still uncertain about when production is...
Sep 2 2008 // One risk modeling firm estimates that insured losses to onshore properties in the U.S. are between $2 billion and $4.5 billion, with an expected loss of $3 billion due to Hurricane Gustav. According to AIR Worldwide...
Sep 1 2008 // U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval has asked Louisiana’s commissioner of administration to review the validity of private attorneys’ contracts to represent the state attorney general in a case over the...