All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 26 2007 // 6.4% Overall percentage increase in the number of fraud convictions nationwide from 2004 to 2005, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The Coalition said states are delivering record results in combating...
Mar 26 2007 // Monitoring the process“I will carefully monitor Allstate’s actions throughout this process to ensure that policyholders entitled to reinstatement are fully protected.” — Louisiana Commissioner of...
Mar 26 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms.Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
Mar 26 2007 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon wants to use $100 million in state money as financial incentives for insurers, hoping the lure will make companies more likely to write homeowners policies in coastal...
Mar 26 2007 // It’s been a year and a half since Louisiana’s insurer of last resort last balanced its checkbook, and its computer backup system loses details of records more than two weeks old, the agency’s board has...
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
Mar 26 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms.Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
Mar 23 2007 // Volunteer firefighters can be an important part of any small-town fire department. However, within the past year, several volunteers in Louisiana have been arrested for setting fire to property they were trained to...
Mar 23 2007 // Decades of mistakes – some as basic as not knowing the elevation of New Orleans – led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to believe its levees and floodwalls would protect the city from a storm as strong as...
Mar 21 2007 // The deadline to sign-up for disaster programs available through USDA’s Farm Service Agency is fast approaching, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Bob Odom announced.Louisiana producers who suffered...
Mar 21 2007 // Disgusted with his insurance company after Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Simmie Harvey let his New Orleans homeowner policy lapse and left his house in the hands of a higher power.Somebody up there must like the 88-year-old...
Mar 19 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that he has reached a favorable settlement for the 4,772 Allstate policyholders in four south Louisiana parishes whose homeowners insurance was cancelled as part of...
Mar 19 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms.Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
Mar 16 2007 // The regular monthly meeting of the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at 11 a.m., the Louisiana Department of Insurance announced. The meeting will be held in the Plaza Hearing...
Mar 16 2007 // Louisiana’s Road Home program, criticized by lawmakers for too slowly disbursing grants for homeowners ousted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, is hitting the road to reach more applicants.The program, which provides...
Mar 14 2007 // A former Shreveport, La., police officer and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an allegedly altered police report.Ronald Small and his wife, Tracey, entered the plea Mar. 12 in state district court...
Mar 13 2007 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it has hired William B. Bangs IV as vice president of agency relations. In this position, Bangs will plan, direct and coordinate agency relations with...
Mar 12 2007 // Employees of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire departments retire on disability pensions at a nearly 50 percent higher rate than their counterparts in 19 other California counties, according to a report by a...
Mar 12 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer has agreed to a mass settlement with more than 100 policyholders, a deal believed to be the first of its kind in the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawned thousands of...