Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Levies More Fines Against Texas Brine over Sinkhole
Dec 19 2012 // The Louisiana Office of Conservation has levied an additional $160,000 fine against Texas Brine Co. LLC. over a massive sinkhole. Commissioner James Welsh said the fine levied Dec. 17 is for continued failure to comply...
Louisiana Men Used Tow Truck to Steal Cars From Homes
Dec 18 2012 // A New Orleans, La., resident has helped police catch two men suspected of using a tow truck to steal cars from homes. Dawn Dedeaux tells WWL-TV that she caught two men trying to steal her van from a house near the Fair...
Louisiana Used Car Dealer Sentenced in Odometer Fraud Scheme
Dec 17 2012 // Beau Michael Guidry of Baton Rouge, La., has been sentenced in connection with an odometer tampering scheme that defrauded victims in and around Louisiana, the Justice Department announced. U.S. District Judge for the...
Football Players Building Homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward
Dec 13 2012 // Former professional football players are teaming with New Orleans area builders to construct at least three new homes in the Lower 9th Ward – and they’re hoping to have it done in time for Super Bowl 2013. The...
Louisiana Medical Professional Liability Insurer Announces 10% Dividend
Dec 13 2012 // Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. (LAMMICO), based in Metairie, announced a sixth consecutive dividend for all LAMMICO policyholders in Louisiana and Arkansas. The announcement affects just over 6,000 policyholders,...
Louisiana Last Resort Insurer Weighing Options to Close Budget Gap
Dec 13 2012 // Louisiana’s state-run property insurer of last resort is considering ways to close its multimillion-dollar budget gap, and either option would lead to increased costs to homeowners covered by traditional insurance...
FEMA to Help Elevate Homes in Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish
Dec 11 2012 // More structures in Terrebonne Parish will get a boost above future storm surges with another wave of federal grants. The Courier reports about $3 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money will be used to elevate...
Deadline Nears to Claim 2008 Louisiana Citizens Assessment Rebate
Dec 10 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and Department of Revenue (LDR) Director of Customer Service Kent LaPlace are reminding property insurance policyholders that time is running out to claim a rebate for the...
LWCC Names Recipients of 2012 Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship
Dec 5 2012 // Mark Abshire of Breaux Bridge, La., and Philip McMahon of Houma, La., have been named recipients of the 2012 Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship, sponsored by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC). Each...
Louisiana’s Tangipahoa Parish Getting First Fire Administrator
Dec 5 2012 // Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana soon will have its first fire administrator. The Daily Star reports Dennis Crocker will take on the title and duties Dec. 17. Crocker currently is chief of the Independence Volunteer Fire...
Oklahoma Commissioner: Weapons Necessary for Safety of Anti-Fraud Unit
Dec 4 2012 // Defending his agency’s expenditures on weapons and police vehicles for use by its anti-fraud unit, Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator said the purchases help ensure the safety of investigators and are not paid...
NAIC Elects 2013 Officers; Louisiana’s Donelon Elected President
Dec 3 2012 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has elected its 2013 officers: President: Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon President-Elect: North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam...
Louisiana’s October Jobless Rate Lowest in More Than 3 Years
Dec 3 2012 // Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent in October, the lowest it has been since April 2009, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Louisiana’s unemployment rate improved...
Kingsway Startup to Sell Homeowners Insurance in Louisiana
Nov 29 2012 // Kingsway Financial Services Inc. announced it has completed the formation Maison Insurance Co. (Maison), a property/casualty insurance company primarily writing wind and hail homeowners coverage in Louisiana. Maison...
Firms Partner to Offer Entertainment Insurance in Louisiana, Gulf South
Nov 29 2012 // New Orleans-based Maginnis Film & Entertainment Insurance Services LLC (MFEIS) and Reiff & Associates LLC announced a strategic partnership to provide insurance to the film and entertainment industries in Louisiana...
Big Bill for Levee Upkeep Comes to New Orleans
Nov 29 2012 // In the busy and under-staffed offices of New Orleans’ flood-control leaders, there’s an uneasy feeling about what lies ahead. By the time the next hurricane season starts in June of 2013, the city will take...
Audit: Louisiana Restaurant Inspections Don’t Ensure Food Safety
Nov 28 2012 // Louisiana’s regulators of food safety fail to ensure restaurants and other retail food establishments are complying with health standards and allow violators of safety requirements to continue operations, according...
Appeals Allow Louisiana Cardiologist Convicted of Fraud to Remain Free
Nov 28 2012 // A former Lafayette cardiologist is asking to remain free pending a request that the U.S. Supreme Court hear an appeal of his 2009 health-care fraud conviction and 10-year prison sentence. The Advocate reports Dr. Mehmood...
Louisiana’s October Jobless Rate Lowest in More Than 3 Years
Nov 27 2012 // Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent in October, the lowest it has been since April 2009, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Louisiana’s unemployment rate improved...
In Louisiana, Private Insurers Come Marching in
Nov 21 2012 // Good news out of the Pelican State. While similar state-run insurance entities in Florida and Texas continue to grow at unsustainable paces, Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has managed to reduce its policy...
