All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 16 2021 // The Allstate Corporation estimates catastrophe losses for August 2021 at of $876 million or $692 million, after-tax. The bulk of those losses are the result of Hurricane Ida and the majority occurred in Louisiana, the...
Sep 14 2021 // Insurance companies could face fines or be suspended from doing business for refusing to comply with Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon’s order to cover the temporary living expenses of policyholders who...
Sep 14 2021 // HOUSTON — Heavy rains lashed Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday as hurricane Nicholas weakened into a tropical storm, bringing the threat of widespread floods and power outages as it swept down the U.S. Gulf Coast.It is the...
Sep 13 2021 // With Tropical Storm Nicholas beginning to hammer the state’s coastline, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 13 issued a state disaster declaration for 17 counties, and Gov. John Bel Edwards requested a pre-landfall...
Sep 13 2021 // Seven more defendants have been indicted in New Orleans for their alleged involvement in schemes to stage accidents with commercial trucks.United States Attorney Duane A. Evans said Ashley McGowan, age 35; Lertrice...
Sep 13 2021 // Tropical Storm Nicholas will pass near or just offshore the coasts of northeastern Mexico and south Texas this morning, and move onshore along the coast of south or central Texas late this afternoon or evening, the...
Sep 10 2021 // The death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 on Sept. 8, after health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans, mostly older people who perished from the heat. The announcement was grim news amid...
Sep 9 2021 // Louisiana health officials said Sept. 8 they are revoking the licenses of nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where seven residents died amid deteriorating conditions deemed too squalid to be safe after...
Sep 9 2021 // Louisiana’s top insurance regulator on Sept. 7 directed insurance companies pay policyholders’ Hurricane Ida evacuation expenses as damaged infrastructure and dangerous living conditions in Southeast Louisiana...
Sep 7 2021 // As tens of thousands of Louisianians are experiencing hardship after Hurricane Ida in the face of evacuations, physical damage to their homes and businesses, power outages, a lack of drinking water and localized gas...
Sep 7 2021 // Full restoration of electricity to some of the hardest-hit areas of Louisiana battered to an unprecedented degree by Hurricane Ida could take until the end of the month, the head of Entergy Louisiana warned Sept. 4.At...
Sep 2 2021 // Though estimates of Hurricane Ida’s impact on the insurance industry vary, both AM Best and S&P Global Ratings say losses will be manageable for insurers and that no rating actions are expected as a result of the...
Sep 2 2021 // Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled on Sept. 1 for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity...
Aug 31 2021 // While large, national property/casualty insurers with leading market shares in both the residential and commercial property markets in Louisiana will be exposed to losses resulting from Hurricane Ida, which hit the state...
Aug 30 2021 // A powerful Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana on Aug. 29, but an equally powerful Hurricane Laura wrecked southwest Louisiana a year ago, leaving marks of devastation that remain evident today in blue-tarped roofs, damaged...
Aug 29 2021 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has asked President Joe Biden for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration due to the severe impact from Hurricane Ida, which slammed into Louisiana’s coast on Aug. 29 in Port...
Aug 29 2021 // Ida lost some of its punch over southwestern Mississippi on Aug. 30 after making landfall in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the region, but it could still trigger heavy flooding, the National...
Aug 27 2021 // Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight – an attack the trooper defended as “pain...
Aug 26 2021 // Louisiana’s largest hospital system, Ochsner Health, said that it is requiring all of its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 29.The announcement came a day after the Pfizer vaccine received...
Aug 25 2021 // A southwest Louisiana community college says it has nearly completed more than $40 million in repairs and rebuilding needed because of damage from last year’s Hurricane Laura.The need for skilled workers to repair...