All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 16 2018 // The former executive director of the State Police Commission is suing, claiming she was retaliated against for challenging Louisiana State Police brass and calling attention to a string of illegal campaign contributions...
Jan 12 2018 // The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has reversed the previous findings of its own panel and a lower court, ruling that state, not maritime, law applies in a case involving a worker injury at an oil and gas...
Jan 10 2018 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC) Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) OSHA/Safety Consultation Section has named R&R Home Care Inc. of Mandeville, La., and Haven Nursing Center...
Jan 9 2018 // Louisiana has paid at least $1.3 million to settle more than two dozen sexual harassment claims since mid-2009, including allegations made against college professors, judges, health care workers and one former state...
Jan 8 2018 // Wintaai Holdings Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chou Associates Management Inc., has completed its acquisition of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. (Stonetrust), headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Wintaai...
Jan 8 2018 // Honda Motor Co.’s North American unit and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed that a ruptured airbag inflator of Takata Corp. used in a Honda Civic caused the death of the driver in July...
Jan 8 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) estimates that the state’s property insurer of last resort has gone from the third largest property insurance company to the 35th in 10 years.Louisiana Insurance...
Dec 20 2017 // One of the owners of a company that abandoned thousands of tons of potentially explosive artillery propellant in Louisiana has admitted lying in order to be awarded federal contracts to “demilitarize” the...
Dec 20 2017 // Honda Motor Co.’s North American unit and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed on that a ruptured airbag inflator of Takata Corp. used in a Honda Civic caused the death of the driver on July...
Dec 19 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that the leadership of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will change in 2018. Two long-serving employees, Chief Operating Officer Vijay Ramachandran and Chief...
Dec 18 2017 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is reminding Louisiana property insurance policyholders that the opportunity to file for the partially refundable 2013 Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Co. assessment...
Dec 18 2017 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Thomas Fitzpatrick as chair of the ICT board of directors. His term begins Jan. 1, 2018.Fitzpatrick has served on the ICT board since 2008 and most recently served as vice chair...
Dec 15 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) estimates that the state’s property insurer of last resort has gone from the third largest property insurance company to the 35th in 10 years.The eleventh round of...
Dec 14 2017 // The end of the year deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders affected by the flooding in August 2016 of South Louisiana is fast approaching. After six extensions, the deadline for the filing of...
Dec 7 2017 // Covington, Louisiana-based Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), and subsidiaries Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), hired Christian Kelly as senior director of its Claims Division. Kelly...
Dec 5 2017 // Barbara F. Young has been reappointed to the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.’s (LWCC) board of directors. Based in Shreveport, Young is a self-employed consultant and serves as an at-large member. LWCC is...
Dec 4 2017 // Data from the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy show there are fewer opioids being prescribed since Medicaid expansion began in July 2016, the Louisiana governor’s office...
Dec 4 2017 // Garrett Sprowls, general counsel and managing broker of Austin-based Professional Lines Underwriting Specialists Inc. (PLUS Inc.), has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. (TSLA).Other newly...
Nov 21 2017 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has appointed Susan Denise Gardner and Eric S. Berger to serve on the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Commission.Gardner, of Clinton, is a certified financial examiner and market...
Nov 20 2017 // Investor funded litigation is not new, but its use is expanding, according to experts in the field.Panelists at the 2017 Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., addressed the growing trend of investor funded litigation,...