All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2008 // 26,595A total of 26,595 policies have been selected to be removed from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) by ASI Lloyds, Imperial Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Occidental Fire & Casualty...
Jul 7 2008 // Of the insurance-related bills sent to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for his signature following the close of the 2008 legislative session, one would require drivers to carry higher minimum liability limits on their...
Jul 3 2008 // A rush-hour accident snarled traffic earlier this week on Louisiana Highway 21 in Covington, La., for about an hour as rescue workers extricated a woman from a car that flipped after slamming into the back of an...
Jul 2 2008 // A Louisiana state senator should be tried alongside the woman he allegedly helped launder money to hide her illegal operation of an insurance business, prosecutors argue in court papers filed June 30,State Sen. Derrick...
Jul 2 2008 // At least 130 people gave up positions in various levels of Louisiana state government, just before new financial disclosure rules kicked in July 1.The Secretary of State’s Office in Baton Rouge released the list on...
Jul 1 2008 // A former Lafayette, La., insurance producer has been arrested, and issued a cease and desist order, a license revocation and a fine notice for alleged misappropriation of funds and felony theft, the Louisiana Department of...
Jun 27 2008 // Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. believes his first regular session with the Louisiana Legislature was an overwhelming success for farm and forestry interests. Strain says lawmakers passed 23 of...
Jun 26 2008 // A ruling by a federal judge in New Orleans has cleared the way for thousands of Louisiana Road Home applicants to settle claims against their insurance companies, a lawyer for hundreds of homeowners said.An order issued...
Jun 25 2008 // A bill backed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal that aims to reform the state’s workforce development system won final legislative approval, the Louisiana Department of Labor announced.The bill, HB 1104, requires the...
Jun 25 2008 // Louisiana’s “insurer of last resort” is seeking double-digit increases in homeowners rates across several southeast parishes.The state-backed Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would raise rates...
Jun 24 2008 // Insurance companies providing coverage in Louisiana should be allowed to adjust their “named storm” deductibles on homeowner policies depending on properties’ distance from the Gulf of Mexico, according...
Jun 23 2008 // The Port of New Orleans has set up a “satellite” office and taken steps in case another storm strikes the southern Louisiana coast during the 2008 hurricane season, an official said Friday.“We’ve...
Jun 19 2008 // The Louisiana Senate has agreed to a bill that would raise auto insurance rates in 2010 for more than one million Louisiana motorists by increasing the minimum liability coverage required for drivers.Louisiana law requires...
Jun 17 2008 // Los Angeles, Ca. LA’s Best Insurance Services acquired Mid-C Insurance Services on May 30th, 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Mid-C Insurance was established 50 years ago and specializes in Personal...
Jun 16 2008 // Within the broader construction industry sector, heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237) is an often overlooked segment. Yet the segment generates more than $7.6 billion in all lines premium annually and is...
Jun 13 2008 // Private insurers are taking more than 26,000 homeowners policies from Louisiana’s state-backed insurance company in return for millions in taxpayer money, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said.Donelon credited...
Jun 12 2008 // Louisiana residents who have applied to the state’s Road Home program have until June 16 to return forms indicating whether they’re interested in receiving grants to elevate homes they’re rebuilding after...
Jun 12 2008 // Insurance companies should be allowed to adjust their so-called “named storm” deductibles on homeowner policies, depending on properties’ distance from the hurricane-prone Gulf of Mexico, according to a...
Jun 10 2008 // A delegation from St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana is to visit the Grand Forks area this week to share disaster lessons.St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro is to lead the delegation of about a dozen people in...
Jun 6 2008 // A federal appeals court agreed to hear a lawsuit that Louisiana’s former attorney general filed against some of the nation’s largest insurance companies after Hurricane Katrina.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...