All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2021 // Louisiana’s property of last resort will raise commercial property insurance coverage limits for the first time in eight years.The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has voted to...
Nov 15 2021 // Rising after a hard knock can be wrenching, but for Claudette Price _ who has just endured her fourth punch _ accepting defeat is not an option.In the three years she has been the leasing manager for the Claire Gardens...
Nov 15 2021 // The Louisiana insurance commissioner is seeking a government takeover of Access Home Insurance Co. and State National Fire Insurance Co., two regional insurance companies that are facing insolvency due to losses from...
Nov 10 2021 // After two years of heavy storm-related losses, FedNat Insurance is pulling out of the Louisiana and Texas markets and doubling down on its home state of Florida.FedNat announced its decision to exit non-Florida markets...
Nov 9 2021 // Insurance companies are on track to pay at least $10.6 billion to cover Louisiana claims for damage caused by Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon.Donelon released the latest...
Nov 8 2021 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the assets of Thibeaux Insurance Group, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana,...
Nov 8 2021 // With his trip to an international climate change conference, Gov. John Bel Edwards acknowledged Louisiana’s obvious front-row seat to the problems of a warming planet while raising his profile on an issue few of the...
Nov 1 2021 // American Screening, LLC, a drug and medical testing supplies distributor in Shreveport, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired a worker because of her hair, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Nov 1 2021 // In a century-old building in a long-faded part of town, the lights go on, the curtains open and a cast of tap dancers swing into action. A year ago, it wasn’t clear if this would happen again.“We looked around...
Nov 1 2021 // Louisiana has established a voluntary mediation program for the purpose of resolving property/casualty insurance claim disputes related to damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck Southeast Louisiana as a category 4...
Oct 29 2021 // Louisiana’s temporary housing program for people displaced by Hurricane Ida is increasing its pace of getting people into travel trailers, but Gov. John Bel Edwards said he’s still pushing for the program to...
Oct 29 2021 // A tornado touched down in western Louisiana Wednesday, Oct. 28, damaging more than a dozen homes in a part of the state still struggling to recover from repeated weather disasters, officials said.The National Weather...
Oct 27 2021 // A severe storm generated thunderstorms and reports of tornados across southeastern Texas into Louisiana late morning Wednesday, Oct. 27.The National Weather Service put out severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for much...
Oct 22 2021 // A Louisiana mayor says 300 to 400 commercial buildings damaged last year by Hurricane Laura are being condemned or marked for demolition.Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter told the City Council on Wednesday that he realizes...
Oct 20 2021 // A Louisiana House leader offered blistering criticism Monday of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ temporary housing program for people with severe home damage from Hurricane Ida, slamming the effort as moving too slowly to...
Oct 20 2021 // A Louisiana physician agreed to pay more than $600,000 to resolve allegation that he accepted kickback payments for referrals of home health patients.The U.S. Justice Department said Dr. Llewelyn Simon, an internal...
Oct 19 2021 // Boston-based One80 Intermediaries (One80), a national wholesale broker, program manager, third-party administrator (TPA), warranty and lender-based insurance provider, and insurance aggregator, has acquired Equity Partners...
Oct 18 2021 // Louisiana has established a voluntary mediation program for the purpose of resolving property/casualty insurance claim disputes related to damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck Southeast Louisiana as a category 4...
Oct 15 2021 // On Louisiana’s south coast, in a key port servicing the U.S. offshore oil industry, a huge shipyard sits idle and in tatters. Where parts of the nine-bay terminal’s roof once hung, only a tangle of twisted...
Oct 11 2021 // Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators say.Other shrimpers saw the smoke and rescued all four...