All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 25 2020 // Louisiana’s governor has asked the White House to declare a major disaster in his state to free up more direct federal aid to cope with the surging coronavirus outbreak, warning that the New Orleans area could run...
Mar 24 2020 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued Emergency Rule 37, which aims to expand access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 health emergency.The Louisiana Department of Insurance summarized the...
Mar 23 2020 // The Financial Stability Rating (FSR) of A, Exceptional, assigned to Louisiana’s Centauri National Insurance Co. by Demotech Inc. may be subject to change as Centauri National’s parent company, Centauri...
Mar 23 2020 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. plans to acquire its sister carrier, Prepared Insurance Company (Prepared), from Prepared Holdings Group.Lighthouse is a Louisiana-domiciled property and casualty insurance carrier...
Mar 20 2020 // Louisiana has suspended its 2020 regular legislative session until March 31.State senators, representatives, stakeholders and citizens with an interest in legislative proposals have been instructed by House and Senate...
Mar 19 2020 // A restaurant in the heart of the New Orleans tourism district filed a lawsuit on Monday asking a state judge for a declaratory judgment that its business-interruption policy will cover its damages if it is ordered to close...
Mar 18 2020 // A Louisiana chemical plant that agreed to lower its emissions of a potentially harmful toxin now wants to raise them based on research indicating the compound is safe at much higher levels than what federal environmental...
Mar 17 2020 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has requested that the Small Business Administration (SBA) provide Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Orleans and Jefferson parishes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.While this request...
Mar 17 2020 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) said it is striking all commission dockets in Oklahoma City and Tulsa set during the week of March 16, and has closed the administrative offices in both Oklahoma...
Mar 16 2020 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. plans to acquire its sister carrier, Prepared Insurance Company (Prepared), from Prepared Holdings Group.Lighthouse is a Louisiana-domiciled property and casualty insurance carrier...
Mar 13 2020 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, doctor has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after being convicted of participating in a workers’ compensation fraud scheme in which he submitted more than $500,000 in false...
Mar 11 2020 // There’s no doubt that auto insurance will be a dominant theme during this year’s legislative session in Louisiana. So far most of the buzz has been aimed at tort reform as a method of bringing down the cost of...
Mar 10 2020 // Business groups see an opportunity with the new, more conservative Republican-led Louisiana Legislature to gain traction on a top goal, to rein in civil lawsuits and damage awards against them.GOP lawmakers have made the...
Mar 6 2020 // A southwest Louisiana contractor that provides nondestructive testing in Louisiana, Texas and Florida has paid $495,900 in back wages to 411 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor said.Versa Integrity Group Inc. of Sulphur...
Mar 4 2020 // Gov. John Bel Edwards said on March 2 that he would renew his fight to raise Louisiana’s minimum wage in the upcoming legislative session, but he offered little insight into whether he would agree to Republican...
Feb 26 2020 // Deridder, La.–based workers’ compensation insurer, AMERISAFE Inc., has elected Sean Traynor to its board of directors, effective March 1. Traynor is a general partner in the Healthcare Group of Welsh, Carson,...
Feb 25 2020 // Neptune Flood, an all-digital, online flood insurance company, has officially opened for business in Louisiana.Louisiana is Neptune’s 39th state and is the second largest market for flood insurance in the United...
Feb 24 2020 // Louisiana can soon start spending $1.2 billion in federal cash to fortify communities against future flood risks, after the governor’s office announced Friday that federal officials have approved the state’s...
Feb 21 2020 // Amerisafe Inc. on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $34 million.The Deridder, Louisiana-based company said it had profit of $1.76 per share. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, were $1.70 per share. The...
Feb 18 2020 // A Louisiana appeals court ruled that a former high school student who was hospitalized after being ordered to perform 200 pushups as punishment was rightfully awarded more than $180,000 in damages.Former McKinley High...