All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 15 2006 // Louisiana homeowners deserve a rebate for the property insurance fees they pay to bail out the state-run insurance company, members of the state’s House of Representatives decided Dec. 13.The measure, by Rep. Taylor...
Dec 14 2006 // Federal recovery czar Donald Powell says he plans to meet with St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. about the company’s recent decision not to renew commercial property insurance policies in southern Louisiana.During a...
Dec 14 2006 // A homeowner has filed a lawsuit claiming that Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is insolvent and should be barred from raising its rates.Calvin Gordon Sr., of New Orleans, said that because Citizens, the...
Dec 13 2006 // Republican lawmakers in Louisiana’s House of Representatives helped stall Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s spending plans, but the governor said she’s not negotiating with the GOP legislators any further in the...
Dec 12 2006 // An Albany, La., insurance agent was recently arrested and issued a cease and desist order on charges of fraud, forgery and misappropriation of funds, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported.Roberta Ann...
Dec 12 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Texas insurance agent has been told to cease and desist engaging in allegedly fraudulent insurance activities in Louisiana where he is not a licensed agent. The...
Dec 11 2006 // A nearly $2 billion package of pay raises, road repairs, insurance rebates, health care and other spending sought by Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco easily sped through a House committee Dec. 9.The House Appropriations...
Dec 11 2006 // U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana easily defeated his fellow Democratic opponent in a runoff election Dec. 10, despite an ongoing federal bribery investigation.In complete but unofficial returns, Jefferson,...
Dec 11 2006 // St. Paul Travelers said Dec. 1 that it will stop renewing many commercial insurance policies in the New Orleans area next year, stoking fears that other insurers are prepared to pull out of the market after Hurricane...
Dec 11 2006 // Despite calls from some legislators to wait, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco called for a special session of the state legislature to meet Dec. 8 through 17. The focus of the session will be on taxes, roads,...
Dec 10 2006 // La.’s Gov. Blanco calls special sessionDespite calls from some legislators to wait, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco called for a special session of the state legislature to meet Dec. 8 through 17. The focus...
Dec 8 2006 // Louisiana lawmakers will debate changes to state insurance laws beginning Dec. 8, but several said there’s little chance of passing major initiatives to address the problems homeowners face in finding and affording...
Dec 7 2006 // Louisiana’s budget has been boosted by $1.6 billion, money lawmakers can spend in a special session scheduled to start Dec. 8. But the Senate president blocked attempts to enrich financial forecasts by another $827...
Dec 7 2006 // Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco met with the state’s largest commercial insurer on Dec. 5, trying to convince executives to reverse an earlier decision to stop renewing policies in the New Orleans area next year.St....
Dec 5 2006 // Despite calls to cancel, Gov. Kathleen Blanco issued her formal plan Dec. 2 to bring lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special legislative session to spend as much as $2 billion in new state dollars on pay raises, tax...
Dec 4 2006 // Louisiana’s special legislative session begins Dec. 8 and insurers are urging lawmakers to exercise caution in when it comes to making decisions regarding solutions to insurance issues or how to spend the...
Dec 4 2006 // St. Paul Travelers said Dec. 1 that it will stop renewing many commercial insurance policies in the New Orleans area next year, stoking fears that other insurers are prepared to pull out of the market after Hurricane...
Nov 29 2006 // In a decision that could cost insurers many more billions of dollars than they have already paid out in Hurricane Katrina claims, a federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that ambiguities in certain homeowners policies...
Nov 28 2006 // Since October 2005, 75,700 new workers have joined Louisiana’s workforce, according to the October 2006 nonfarm employment estimates released recently by the Louisiana Department of Labor.“Louisiana’s...
Nov 22 2006 // Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said the costs of her special session agenda of tax breaks, pay raises and insurance relief could be covered by an expected $800 million jump in state income this year – on top of an...