All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 31 2008 // Seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana grew by 42,300 workers between December 2006 and December 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,929,100, the Louisiana Department of Labor...
Jan 30 2008 // ASI Lloyds (ASI), of St. Petersburg, Fla., announced plans to enter the personal property insurance market in Louisiana. ASI was recently a recipient of the Insure Louisiana Incentive program sponsored by the state.ASI...
Jan 30 2008 // Allstate has been granted more time by Louisiana officials to gather data about the number of homeowners whose wind and hail coverage was dropped on technicalities.Warren Byrd, the state insurance department’s...
Jan 30 2008 // Louisiana’s legislative auditor said Jan. 28 he suspects illegal price-fixing has occurred at the state’s taxpayer-backed property insurance company, though he told a legislative panel that he has no...
Jan 27 2008 // State Farm warned in early January that it will cancel homeowner policies for about 6,000 of its customers in south Louisiana if they aren’t able to demonstrate that their storm-damaged homes are occupied and are...
Jan 27 2008 // Chad Brown, chief of staff for the Louisiana Department of Insurance, has resigned.Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said on Jan. 10, 2008, that Brown was leaving because of a “difference in philosophy.”...
Jan 27 2008 // Property damage from hurricanes primarily comes from two sources: wind and water. Insurance coverage for property damaged by wind, and by rain water which enters the property as a result of wind damage, is generally...
Jan 27 2008 // At a Jan. 11 press conference, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon and then-Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco handed out $29 million in grants to five insurance companies who plan to write new homeowners and...
Jan 23 2008 // Insurance premium discounts will soon be available to homeowners who install storm mitigation improvement devices or build or retrofit their homes to comply with Louisiana’s Uniform Construction Code, Commissioner of...
Jan 22 2008 // Two former Monroe, La., police officers have been acquitted in federal court on allegations they committed insurance fraud.A 12-person jury returned the verdicts in the case against Brandon Brooks and former police union...
Jan 22 2008 // Since the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission was abolished at the end of 2007, those interested in what’s happening with insurance rates have been reduced to using a bare bones search engine on the state insurance...
Jan 17 2008 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that a Shreveport bail bond agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order, a revocation of his license and fine for the felony crime of filing false public...
Jan 17 2008 // Louisiana’s new agriculture commissioner, Mike Strain, wasted no time in ending his department’s much criticized use of non-construction employees for major building projects.The state’s Office of Risk...
Jan 17 2008 // The Louisiana Supreme Court will hear arguments Feb. 26 to decide whether homeowner insurance policies cover water damage done to thousands of south Louisiana properties when the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina.Joseph...
Jan 15 2008 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon appointed Edward O’Brien to serve as the deputy commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance Office of Property & Casualty, the department announced....
Jan 14 2008 // Chad Brown, chief of staff for the Louisiana Department of Insurance, has resigned.Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said Jan. 10 that Brown was leaving because of a “difference in philosophy.” Donelon did not...
Jan 14 2008 // Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon handed out grants Jan. 11 to property insurance companies that are receiving a total of $29 million from a state government program aimed at getting more insurers...
Jan 13 2008 // As the financial and housing markets continue to work their way through the fallout of the mortgage lending meltdown, the construction sector faces its share of woes. But as is typically the case, specific conditions —...
Jan 11 2008 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order and suspended the license of a Frierson, La., bail bond agent accused of filing false public documents. The department says Brokenberry did not disclose...
Jan 9 2008 // State Farm is warning that it will cancel homeowner policies for about 6,000 of its customers in south Louisiana if they aren’t able to demonstrate that their storm-damaged homes are occupied and are being...