All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 25 2007 // The Louisiana House of Representatives Insurance Committee approved a plan meant to lower homeowners rates charged by Louisiana’s state-backed insurer, despite warnings that it will backfire and exacerbate the...
May 22 2007 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it wants to build a $50 million earthen dam to plug a New Orleans-area ship channel blamed for much of the flooding from Hurricane Katrina.The announcement at a meeting in Chalmette, a...
May 21 2007 // State Farm to reopen 350 hurricane claims in LouisianaHolly Beach, La., October 3, 2005 – Nothing is left of the community of Holly Beach, once home to 300 residents and a favorite destination for thousands of...
May 21 2007 // The Louisiana House of Representatives on approved Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s proposals to improve Louisiana’s dismal property insurance market, including using $100 million as financial incentives for insurance...
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,9632 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,6414 SAIF Corp. OR 449,7945 Universal Property & Casualty...
May 21 2007 // Rates going down “Consumers are clearly benefiting from what has turned into a very competitive insurance market. … When it seems like the price of everything else is going up, to hear insurance rates are going...
May 21 2007 // Flood policies at heart of many cases against Gulf Coast producersIn the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found...
May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office.Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...
May 21 2007 // In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found themselves being sued for allegedly failing to advise their customers...
May 21 2007 // DeclarationsRates going down “Consumers are clearly benefiting from what has turned into a very competitive insurance market. … When it seems like the price of everything else is going up, to hear insurance...
May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office.Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...
May 21 2007 // The Louisiana House of Representatives rejected a proposal to loosen statewide building codes enacted after the 2005 storms, concerned that insurers will refuse to write policies for homes built under relaxed...
May 18 2007 // A pair of Texas men face a variety of charges after Louisiana authorities say they stole identities and defrauded businesses in three states of more than $1 million.Michael McDowell, 30, and Jason Mark Freeman, 31, both of...
May 18 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Baton Rouge-area bail bond agent has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of his insurance license for allegedly misappropriating...
May 16 2007 // A Louisiana state judge has ruled that an insurance company cannot use the so-called “absolute pollution exclusion” to deny its corporate policyholder coverage for claims alleging that bodily injury was caused...
May 16 2007 // Louisiana should do away with the state commission of political appointees that can block insurance rate increases, the only one left in the country, a state House of Representatives committee decided recently.The House...
May 11 2007 // An Alexandria, La., insurance agent has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of his licenses for allegedly misappropriating premium money from policyholders and failing to remit premiums...
May 11 2007 // Lousiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that State Farm has agreed to reevaluate all of the claims it denied from Louisiana policyholders whose homes or businesses were reduced to their foundations due to...
May 11 2007 // Louisiana should privatize its state-run “insurer of last resort,” the fastest-growing property insurance company since hurricanes Katrina and Rita sent homeowners and commercial policies upward, the state...
May 11 2007 // Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco won a House committee’s approval for her plan to ease Louisiana’s property insurance crisis by offering $100 million in financial incentives to insurance companies.Blanco’s...