All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 8 2024 // Tim Temple was sworn in as Louisiana Insurance Commissioner at noon Monday. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple Temple won election for the state’s top insurance official in October after his opponent dropped...
Jan 5 2024 // Outgoing Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said that two initiatives to address the state’s property insurance market are meeting expectations.Donelon provided updates to the Louisiana Incentive Program...
Jan 4 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., hired Stuart Bonaventure and Miles Dixon as vice presidents within its Alliant Americas division. Both are based in Lafayette, La. Before joining Alliant,...
Jan 3 2024 // A former attorney for McClenny Moseley & Associates, who was accused of dishonesty while participating in his law firm’s filing of hundreds of hurricane-damage lawsuits, agreed last month to a nine-month...
Jan 3 2024 // Alliant Adds Mansfield to Louisiana TeamAlliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., hired Buzz Mansfield as senior vice president within its Alliant Americas division. Based in Lafayette, La., Mansfield...
Jan 2 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved a 9% reduction in workers’ compensation rates for 2024.The decrease will take effect in May 2024. Louisiana has seen workers’ compensation rates fall...
Dec 29 2023 // Efforts to curb Louisiana’s property insurance crisis made for some of the most-read Insurance Journal South Central stories of 2023. Readers also delved into Texas court rulings, a profile of Fort-Worth based...
Dec 27 2023 // Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) Chief of Staff Denise Gardner was recently presented with the Robert Dineen Award for her outstanding service and contributions to the state system of insurance regulation at the...
Dec 21 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced that several fire districts have received improved fire ratings between July and December 2023, which may lead to reduced fire insurance premiums for property owners in...
Dec 19 2023 // SLIDELL, La. (AP) – A drunken driver who fled after smashing into a Louisiana building left a debris trail that officers followed to find him at a bar, according to police.Police officers in Slidell were dispatched...
Dec 11 2023 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) of Louisiana Dealer Services...
Dec 8 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal appeals court has largely sided with two white Louisiana sheriff`s deputies in a lawsuit filed by a Black woman, rejecting her claims that they used excessive force against her as they...
Dec 6 2023 // As maritime accidents go, the collision between the M/V Strandja and the M/V Kieffer E. Bailey on the Mississippi River was hardly a catastrophe. A jury determined that damages amounted to only $114,000.But the accident...
Dec 5 2023 // Louisiana’s agriculture and forestry sectors experienced approximately $1.69 billion in damages in 2023 due to excessive heat and drought, according to a study from the Louisiana State University Agricultural...
Dec 4 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that accused a south Louisiana parish of using land use policies to guide industries that pollute into communities with majority-Black populations.U.S. District...
Dec 4 2023 // Louisiana State Police have opened a criminal investigation into efforts by McClenny Moseley & Associates and Apex Roofing to solicit customers after receiving a complaint by the state Insurance Department about...
Nov 28 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana`s southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said last week.The affected pipeline...
Nov 28 2023 // The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) said it elected a new slate of officers at its Annual National Meeting.Texas Representative Tom Oliverson will serve as president; New York Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter...
Nov 28 2023 // Maine, Louisiana and Kentucky were the most injury-prone states in 2018, while Hawaii, Maryland and Nevada have the lowest injury rates, according to data analyzed by a group of New York pain physicians.Maine saw 596...
Nov 27 2023 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) opened its fourth round of grants at noon on November 27. There are 750 grants available in the fourth round, and...