All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 14 2018 // Louisiana expects to spend $649 million on homeowner rebuilding aid after the 2016 floods, only about half the federal money Congress set aside for the effort.The Advocate reports 44 percent fewer households than...
Aug 13 2018 // Louisiana’s Highway Safety Commission is touting new laws that toughen DWI provisions and create new penalties to stem dangerous driving during floods.The laws, passed during this year’s regular legislative...
Aug 6 2018 // In late June, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled against an insurer and its insureds seeking summary judgement dismissing complaints against them in a case involving auto insurance claims.At issue was whether or not the...
Aug 6 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas.Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...
Aug 3 2018 // Many Louisianans with health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s individual exchange are set to see premiums drop. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reports premiums are expected to drop by an average of 6.9...
Aug 2 2018 // A national panel of judges has refused to merge more than 40 wetland damage lawsuits filed by six Louisiana parishes against oil and gas companies. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the U.S. Judicial Panel on...
Aug 1 2018 // Some Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods who received help from the state’s recovery program will be receiving checks for full reimbursement of their repairs.Louisiana officials announced Monday...
Aug 1 2018 // A law that goes into effect today in Louisiana allows insurance producers to employ convicted felons if the producer obtains permission or consent in writing from the state insurance commissioner.The Louisiana Department...
Jul 30 2018 // Darrick Lee, a licensed attorney in both Louisiana and Texas, has been appointed fraud manager in the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) at the Louisiana Workforce Commission.Lee has 13 years of...
Jul 25 2018 // In late June, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled against an insurer and its insureds seeking summary judgement dismissing complaints against them in a case involving auto insurance claims.At issue was whether or not the...
Jul 24 2018 // Louisiana State Police detectives with the Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit have arrested five people for violations of Louisiana insurance fraud laws in relation to an alleged staged crash in Evangeline Parish.The LSP...
Jul 19 2018 // Rob Eppers, chief operating officer for Risk Services of Louisiana, was recently sworn in as an elected board member of the Independent Insurance Agency & Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL). As a board member, Eppers will be...
Jul 16 2018 // Southwest Louisiana officials are looking at bike-sharing.Bike-sharing programs use computers and GPS to track bicycles, rented through a smartphone app by the hour or half-hour. Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish are...
Jul 16 2018 // Stating it has come to his attention that not all insurers are abiding by state law regarding certain insurance policy “producer of record” changes, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon issued a...
Jul 11 2018 // A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay $3.8 million to the U.S. government to settle a lawsuit over a 2016 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.The May 11, 2016, spill of nearly 2,000 barrels (317,975 liters)...
Jul 5 2018 // Stating it has come to his attention that not all insurers are abiding by state law regarding certain insurance policy “producer of record” changes, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued a...
Jul 2 2018 // Louisiana patients could soon get more details about what happens at the pharmacy counter and whether they’ve gotten the most affordable medication for an ailment.In the regular legislative session, lawmakers passed...
Jun 27 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has hired Brian Hotard as vice president within the firm’s Energy and Marine Group. He is based in Alliant’s Metairie, Louisiana, office.Hotard joins Alliant with extensive...
Jun 21 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued an advisory letter to property/casualty insurers operating in the state that seeks to clarify the interpretation and application of state law regarding policy deductibles in...
Jun 21 2018 // Louisiana Workforce Commission said as of May the state has experienced a year-over-year increase of 44,453 in the number of individuals employed in Louisiana.Louisiana’s civilian labor force is now 2,138,975, which...