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Louisiana Fortify Homes Program to Launch October 2

Oct 2 2023 // Homeowners insured by Louisiana Citizens will be able to apply for up to $10,000 to repair or replace their roofs in October when the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) opens its first round of grants.The Louisiana...

Litigation Funding Firms Seek to Intervene in Disciplinary Proceedings Against MM&A

Oct 2 2023 // Two litigation funding firms are seeking to intervene in disciplinary proceedings against McClenny Moseley & Associates after a federal judge in Louisiana ruled that the law firm has no right to any attorney fees for...

Louisiana’s Drinking Water Supply Under Threat as Gulf Saltwater Invades Mississippi River

Sep 28 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A mass inflow of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in Louisiana, prompting Gov. John Bel Edwards to ask...

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Texas and Louisiana Healthcare Facilities

Sep 28 2023 // Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates facilities across Texas and Louisiana, and MPD Operators Nazareth Hall, LLC, doing business as Nazareth Living Care Center in El Paso, Texas, violated federal law when...

Looming Government Shutdown Would Halt NFIP Flood Policies, Disrupting Home Sales

Sep 28 2023 // A U.S. government shutdown, perhaps as soon as Saturday night, will force the National Flood Insurance Program to suspend issuing of new policies, potentially causing a major disruption for home buyers.The National Home...

Salt Water From Gulf of Mexico Threatens Louisiana Drinking Water

Sep 26 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities, including New Orleans, prompting the...

Federal Judge Rejects Law Firm’s Claim for Hurricane Damage Lawsuit Fees, Citing Illegal Client Acquisition

Sep 26 2023 // A federal judge rejected a request by McClenny Moseley & Associates to claim an interest in legal fees and expenses from a hurricane damage lawsuit, saying the law firm obtained its clients illegally by using a...

Louisiana Battling Unprecedented Wildfire Season Amidst Record Heat and Drought

Sep 19 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire.In communities often challenged by flooding and hurricanes this time of year, firefighters instead are fending off...

Louisiana Prisoner Suit Claims They’re Forced to Endure Dangerous Conditions at Prison Farm

Sep 18 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no pay, even when...

Louisiana, 9 Other States Ask Federal Judge to Block Increases in National Flood Insurance Program

Sep 18 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Increases in federal flood insurance premiums that are projected to surpass 700% over the coming years are already leading people to back out of home purchases and will likely lead to an exodus of...

Louisiana Department of Insurance Opens Second Round of Incentive Program

Sep 18 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has opened the second round of the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program, which is designed to offer grants to insurers that write new policies in the state.The application period...

Five More New Orleans Residents Charged for Conspiring to Stage Auto Accidents

Sep 18 2023 // Five more people have been charged with intentionally staging automobile accidents with tractor-trailers in New Orleans to defraud trucking and insurance companies in 2017.United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced...

Louisiana Fortify Homes Program to Launch October 2

Sep 14 2023 // Homeowners insured by Louisiana Citizens will be able to apply for up to $10,000 to repair or replace their roofs in October when the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) opens its first round of grants.The Louisiana...

Louisiana Commissioner Directs Agents to Notify Citizens Policyholders of Less Expensive Policy Offers

Sep 12 2023 // A recent directive issued by Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon orders agents to notify their Louisiana Citizen policyholders when they receive an offer to be placed with a significantly less expensive insurer in...

Climate Change Drives Insurance Woes in Louisiana

Sep 11 2023 // A little over a year ago, Peter Gardner, a Louisiana developer, completed rehabbing an apartment building with 144 units and got a surprise so ugly it made him decide to move his business out of town.When the project...

Litigation Funding Firms Seek to Intervene in Disciplinary Proceedings Against McClenny Moseley & Associates

Sep 8 2023 // Two litigation funding firms are seeking to intervene in disciplinary proceedings against McClenny Moseley & Associates after a federal judge in Louisiana ruled that the law firm has no right to any attorney fees for...

Hooters of Louisiana to Settle $650K Race and Retaliation Lawsuit

Sep 7 2023 // Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies (“Hooters”) have agreed to pay former African American employees $650,000 to settle a race and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...

Shuttered EPA Civil Rights Investigation Could’ve Brought `Meaningful Reform` in Cancer Alley, Documents Show

Sep 7 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – As industrial plants have overtaken historic Black communities and burdened neighborhoods with toxic air pollution, environmental advocates and residents of Louisiana’s chemical corridor have...

Louisiana’s Southern University to Establish New Risk Management and Insurance Degree Program

Sep 5 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced it has partnered with the Alliant Insurance Foundation, the Spencer Educational Foundation and Southern University to create a new risk management and insurance degree...

Temple Elected as Louisiana’s Next Insurance Commissioner

Sep 4 2023 // Tim Temple, a Baton Rouge Republican who spent 20 years in the insurance industry, will be Louisiana’s next insurance commissioner after the only other candidate dropped out of the race.The statewide position was...