All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 25 2020 // A Lake Charles, Louisiana, insurance producer has been issued a cease and desist order and had her license suspended amid an investigation into misappropriation of insurance premiums and the issuing of false insurance...
Sep 22 2020 // Slow-moving Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the Texas coast on Sept. 21 at around 10 pm near the Matagorda Peninsula, packing heavy rains and sustained winds of around 45 mph.Beta is the ninth named storm to hit the...
Sep 21 2020 // With the addition of nine new indictments, 28 people now have been charged in a federal probe into the staging of automobile accidents in Louisiana, according to U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.The nine defendants were...
Sep 21 2020 // Beta, a slow-moving tropical storm, will bring flooding rains to Texas and Louisiana as well as raking offshore energy fields with high winds, but may not reach hurricane strength.Beta’s winds will likely hold at 50...
Sep 18 2020 // Two St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, insurance producers have been hit with Cease and Desist Orders and fines for allegedly misappropriating premium funds, Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) reported.The department said...
Sep 17 2020 // Storm-tossed U.S. offshore energy producers and exporters began clearing debris on Thursday from Hurricane Sally and booting up idle Gulf of Mexico operations after hunkering down for five days.The storm toppled trees,...
Sep 17 2020 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired West Monroe, Louisiana-based The Kirksey Agency Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Kirksey Agency was founded in 1980 with crop insurance as its...
Sep 15 2020 // A healthcare system in Shreveport, Louisiana, has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for failing to protect employees from coronavirus exposure.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...
Sep 15 2020 // A Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, insurance producer has been issued a cease and desist order, a license revocation, summary suspension and a fine for allegedly misappropriating premium funds, according to the Louisiana...
Sep 14 2020 // Louisiana and Mississippi residents were under evacuation orders on Monday as Hurricane Sally churned across the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening to a hurricane ahead of expected landfall on Tuesday, the U.S. National...
Sep 14 2020 // Update 4:00 pm EST: Louisiana and Mississippi residents were under evacuation orders on Monday as Hurricane Sally churned across the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening to a hurricane ahead of expected landfall on Tuesday, the...
Sep 14 2020 // Nearly 200 families forced hundreds of miles from their homes when Hurricane Laura struck southwest Louisiana are now facing threats of eviction, an attorney said.Bill Quigley, an attorney at Loyola University’s...
Sep 14 2020 // The owner of a Louisiana cane sugar refinery said production has resumed after a fire late last month that hit two silos but caused no injuries.American Sugar Refining Inc. said in a Sept. 10 news release that Domino...
Sep 14 2020 // Louisiana and Mississippi residents were under evacuation orders on Monday as former Tropical Storm Sally strengthened to a hurricane status and churned across the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center...
Sep 13 2020 // 09/13/2020 06:09 PM— Tropical Storm Sally strengthened off the west coast of Florida on Sunday and was poised to become a category 2 hurricane, bringing the threat of dangerous storm surges and high winds to the U.S....
Sep 11 2020 // Hurricane Laura caused significant damage at a site holding about 30% of the nation’s store of emergency crude oil, but three other sites still have plenty of petroleum, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on...
Sep 11 2020 // Clouds of mosquitoes have been so thick in southwest Louisiana since Hurricane Laura that they’re killing cattle and horses.Farmers in a five-parish area east and northeast of the parishes where the storm made its...
Sep 9 2020 // Chicago-based global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Todd & Associates LLC (Todd & Associates), an independent insurance agency located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.Terms...
Sep 9 2020 // Hurricane Laura was hardly done ripping across Louisiana before scientists started combing through satellite imagery and drone footage and preparing to survey coastal areas to see what damage was caused by the monster...
Sep 8 2020 // Insurance policyholders in Louisiana who have been impacted by Hurricane Laura will have more time to pay their premiums under an emergency rule issued by the Louisiana Department of Insurance.Insurance Commissioner Jim...