Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Billionaire NFL Owner Suing Over Billboards Near His LA Stadium
Jan 12 2026 // Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the National Football League’s Los Angeles Rams, has taken a stand against billboards that he says threaten the prosperity of his $5.5 billion sports and entertainment complex...
Company Hit With $9 Million Fine for 2023 Oil Spill off Louisiana Coast
Jan 9 2026 // Pipeline safety regulators this week assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana in 2023. But the $9.6 million fine...
Less Than a Dozen Homes Have Been Rebuilt a Year After LA Wildfires
Jan 9 2026 // On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the L.A. area, the scant home construction projects stand out among the still mostly flattened landscapes. Fewer than a dozen homes have been rebuilt in Los...
Progressive Approved for Personal Auto Rate Decreases in Louisiana
Jan 8 2026 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has approved Progressive Security Insurance Company’s request for a 6.6% average rate decrease on its over 270,000 private passenger auto insurance policyholders and...
Their Homes Survived The LA Wildfires; A Year Later They Fear Living in Them
Jan 7 2026 // “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the unborn child. Causes damage to the central nervous system.” Block after block there are...
JPMorgan, Citi Extending Mortgage Relief for LA Wildfire Victims
Jan 6 2026 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom said a group of major banks have agreed to extend mortgage relief for Los Angeles wildfire victims, as the area struggles to rebuild one year after the devastating blazes. Wells Fargo &...
Morningstar: A Year Later, LA Wildfires Were ‘Significant Stress Event’ for Insurance
Jan 6 2026 // In a report one year on from the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025, which started on Jan. 7, Morningstar DBS Research issued a perspective that called the fires “a significant stress event” for...
Woman Who Lost Home in LA Wildfire Sowed Hope Where Her Home Once Stood
Jan 6 2026 // Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood—one sunflower at a time. The registered nurse and mother of three lost her 1898 farm-style house in the Eaton Fire, one of two...
Insurance Payments Now at $22.4B From LA Wildfires One Year Ago
Jan 5 2026 // Insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion on tens of thousands of claims from the Los Angles wildfires that broke out a year ago on Jan. 7. The claims data, which comes from the California Department of Insurance, shows...
Louisiana Man Sentenced for Multi-State Vehicle Theft Scheme
Dec 22 2025 // A Louisiana man was sentenced this month to 115 months in federal prison for his involvement in an alleged multi-state vehicle theft. U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Christopher Don Byerley, age 45, of...
LA Fires and US Severe Convective Storms Drive Insured Losses of $107B in 2025
Dec 16 2025 // Insured losses from natural catastrophes will surpass US$100 billion mark in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year – driven mainly by January’s record Los Angeles wildfires as well as severe convective storms (SCS)...
State Farm Files for Auto Rate Decrease, Homeowners Rate Increase in Louisiana
Dec 12 2025 // More than one million State Fam auto insurance policyholders in Louisiana should see a decrease in premiums in 2026, as Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple approved the carrier’s request for a 5.9% average rate...
Judge Orders Trump to End National Guard Troop Deployment in LA
Dec 11 2025 // The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ordered Wednesday in an emphatic ruling. U.S. District Judge Charles...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner OKs SureChoice, Elevate Homeowners Rate Drops
Dec 11 2025 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple approved SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange and Elevate Reciprocal Exchange’s requests for a 7.5% average rate decrease on the carriers’ more than 73,000...
National Council of Insurance Legislators Adopts Louisiana Anti-Fraud Law as New Model
Dec 9 2025 // A Louisiana anti-fraud law will serve as the new national model for fighting insurance fraud. The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) has adopted Louisiana‘s amended insurance fraud law as its new...
Amynta Group Completes Acquisition of Louisiana’s International Sureties
Dec 4 2025 // Amynta Group has completed its acquisition of commercial surety broker Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively, “International Sureties”). International...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Holds Pop-Up Office in Lake Charles
Dec 2 2025 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) is holding an Insurance Pop-Up Office from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 3., for residents of Lake Charles and the surrounding area. The event...
Louisiana Commissioner Approves Rate Decreases for About 12K Allstate Auto Policies
Nov 20 2025 // Approximately 12,000 Louisiana Allstate customers will soon see a decrease in their auto insurance premiums. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple announced last week he has approved rate decreases for two Allstate...
Registration Deadline for Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Grants Extended
Nov 18 2025 // The registration deadline for the current round of Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) grants has been extended to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, due to the national Cloudflare outage on Tuesday, the Louisiana Department...
Brockovich Group Sues Over LA Fire Alert Failure in 18 Deaths
Nov 18 2025 // A communications contractor for Los Angeles County was blamed in a lawsuit for 18 deaths in a January wildfire over its alleged failure to evacuate residents in the path of the inferno. Genasys Inc. was accused of...
