All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 27 2007 // Kyle Stevens was elected the new president and chief executive officer of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, a wholesale broker and managing general agency with offices in California and Texas.Stevens has served...
Oct 27 2007 // LUXURY AND SAFETY Not always the same thing FINDING COMMON GROUND Surplus lines execs debate issues
Oct 27 2007 // La.’s $100M incentive program commencesLouisiana began taking applications Oct. 2 for a $100 million incentive program designed to get insurers to write more property coverage in the state. The goal of the program is...
Oct 27 2007 // This fall is an off-year election season with only a handful of federal races and most state houses gearing up for contests in 2008. However there are some races — a hotly-debated referendum in Washington and key...
Oct 25 2007 // An Angie, La., insurance agent was issued a cease and desist order, summary suspension and served with a $14,000 civil fine notice recently for alleged misappropriation, document forgery and filing false public documents,...
Oct 25 2007 // The re-election of James Donelon as Louisiana insurance commissioner and the election of Republican Congressman Bobby Jindal as governor show that the state’s citizens have decided to continue down a positive path...
Oct 24 2007 // Newly elected Gov. Bobby Jindal will face a slew of hurricane recovery problems that plagued his predecessor, but Jindal isn’t charting a complete shake-up of Louisiana’s recovery efforts.Instead, Jindal, a...
Oct 19 2007 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a so-called “whistleblowers”‘ lawsuit that accuses insurance companies of overbilling the federal government for Hurricane Katrina’s flood damage to Louisiana...
Oct 17 2007 // The former head of Louisiana’s state-backed “insurer of last resort” will refuse to testify before a legislative committee investigating alleged misspending and mismanagement at the firm, his lawyer said...
Oct 17 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded eligibility for a program to pay travel costs for Gulf Coast hurricane victims moving back home.The one-time grant, still capped at $4,000, is now open to applicants who...
Oct 15 2007 // Facing allegations it’s been mismanaged for years, Louisiana’s taxpayer-backed insurance company will sever its relationship with the agency that has overseen the firm since its inception, the company’s...
Oct 11 2007 // Robert P. Page of Houma, La., has been installed as president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National), the trade association reported. Page’s one-year term of office as head of the...
Oct 10 2007 // The four major candidates for Louisiana governor have a range of different ideas for eliminating a persistent obstacle to south Louisiana’s hurricane recovery: high homeowners insurance rates.Walter Boasso and Bobby...
Oct 8 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance investigated complaints earlier this year against Brooke from former franchisees in that state and cleared the company of all wrongdoing except for a few minor licensing snafus. The...
Oct 8 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance investigated complaints against Brooke from former franchisees in that state and cleared the company of all wrongdoing except for a few minor licensing snafus. The allegations included...
Oct 8 2007 // Insurance companies have until Oct. 31 to review the discounts they offer for property insurance policies in Louisiana that don’t cover wind or have high hurricane deductibles, according to a bulletin issued by the...
Oct 8 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance investigated complaints against Brooke from former franchisees in that state and cleared the company of all wrongdoing except for a few minor licensing snafus. The allegations included...
Oct 8 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance investigated complaints against Brooke Corp. from former franchisees in that state and cleared the company of all wrongdoing except for a few minor licensing snafus. The allegations...
Oct 8 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance investigated complaints against Brooke Corp. from former franchisees in that state and cleared the company of all wrongdoing except for a few minor licensing snafus. The allegations...
Oct 8 2007 // Agent/Broker LiabilityLin v. Metro Allied Ins. Agency Tex. App. 1st Dist., Aug. 31, 2007Insurer liable under DTPA for its agent’s failure to procure insurance. An insured accepted a commercial general liability...