Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Residents Say Insurance Canceled Over Louisiana Sinkhole
Feb 7 2013 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance is investigating reports that insurers are not renewing homeowner’s policies of residents evacuated due to the large sinkhole in Assumption Parish. Insurance Commissioner Jim...
BP Balks at Oil Spill Price Tag Sought by States
Feb 6 2013 // BP Plc has tallied up claims made by states and local governments on the U.S. Gulf Coast for economic and property damages from the Macondo oil spill, and come up with a figure of $34 billion, which it deems...
BP, States May Still Be Far Apart Over Oil Spill Deal
Feb 4 2013 // It is a question that has lawyers and many others on the U.S. Gulf coast buzzing: Will BP strike a massive deal to settle the remaining claims over the Gulf of Mexico well blowout? BP could be nearing a settlement of...
Settlement OK’d Over Louisiana Citizens Katrina, Rita Claims
Feb 1 2013 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has finalized a $20 million settlement related to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, wrapping up one of two remaining storm-related settlements that have weighed...
State Farm Homeownes Rate Increase Denied in Louisiana
Jan 28 2013 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has declined to approve a recent homeowners rate request filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. (State Farm). State Farm submitted the request for the +16.6 percent rate...
New Anti-Flooding Ideas Urged for South Louisiana
Jan 28 2013 // It’s not possible for every south Louisiana community to be surrounded by a levee, but one state group says there are options available to reduce the risk of flooding. The Advocate reports a new subcommittee of the...
Louisiana Commissioner Says ‘No’ to State Farm Regional Deductible Plan
Jan 25 2013 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has denied a request by State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. (State Farm) to introduce a regional deductible plan for its Louisiana homeowner’s program. Donelon said the...
Louisiana Insurance Department Helps Consumers Recover $6.4 Million
Jan 25 2013 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance helped policyholders recover an additional $6.4 million in disputes with insurers in 2012. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon told The Advocate that insurers made the additional...
App May Help Track Impact of Louisiana Coastal Losses
Jan 24 2013 // An Internet-based app under development may help a Web app may help document the disappearing culture of south Louisiana communities are they are displaced by coastal erosion. Called “Vanishing Points,” the app...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Promotes Taylor, Breard
Jan 23 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has promoted Debra Taylor to assistant vice president of human resources and Jill Breard to assistant vice president of claims operations. Taylor has worked at LWCC since...
Seismic Activity Rose, Then Dropped After Louisiana Sinkhole ‘Burp’
Jan 23 2013 // Scientists have noticed a recent increase in seismic activity near the 8.5-acre sinkhole at Bayou Corne, and worry that it might grow again, Assumption Parish officials say. The increase was first noticed about two weeks...
$6.4M in Insurance Claims Recovered for Louisiana Consumers in 2012
Jan 17 2013 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that insurance policyholders across the state received an additional $6.4 million in payments during 2012 by requesting assistance from the Louisiana Department of Insurance...
Texas Brine, Louisiana Agree on Plan to Assess Sinkhole
Jan 16 2013 // The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, prompting the company to withdraw a lawsuit...
Parish in Louisiana Files New Charges in Hurricane Gustav Flood Appeal
Jan 14 2013 // Officials in Louisiana’s Livingston Parish claim lies, bungling and withholding of information are grounds for reversal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to deny $46 million in waterway...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Proposes 7.7% Rate Hike
Jan 14 2013 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has proposed raising homeowner’s rates an average of 7.7 percent statewide this year. The Advocate reports the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s...
People – South Central
Jan 14 2013 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced that Kathy van Eeten, senior vice president – regional marketing for insurance broker CRC|Crump, has been elected president of the association for the coming year....
Louisiana: All Racehorses from Illinois Must Be Checked for Virus
Jan 9 2013 // Any horse coming into Louisiana from Illinois must have a health certificate showing that it has not been at Hawthorne Race Course in the past 30 days because nearly 70 horses at Hawthorne have tested positive for a very...
HUB International Acquires Louisiana-Based Brokerage Benefit Concepts
Jan 9 2013 // Insurance broker Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Benefit Concepts Inc. (BCI), a Shreveport, La.-based employee benefits brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. BCI will...
Louisiana Pie Maker Sues Fire Suppression Company, Insurers
Jan 8 2013 // New Orleans pie maker, Simon Hubig Co. Inc., whose Louisiana plant was destroyed in a blaze six months ago, has sued the Kenner company that created and maintained its fire suppression system. The Times-Picayune reported...
Bangs, Stiltner Promoted by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.
Jan 3 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted William B. Bangs IV to senior vice president of Policyholder Services and Agency Relations, and Michael Stiltner to vice president and general...
