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Louisiana Governor Urging Voluntary Evacuation Along Coast
Aug 27 2012 // With the National Hurricane Center showing Tropical Storm Isaac tracking northwest toward southeast Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency and is encouraging residents of coastal parishes to...
Update: Isaac Menaces Gulf States; Forces Evacuations, Closings; Serious Flooding Feared
Aug 27 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac closed in on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast on Monday, triggering some mandatory evacuation orders and disrupting U.S. offshore oil production as it threatened to make landfall between Florida and...
Former Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Sentenced for Scam
Aug 24 2012 // Two law enforcement officers form the New Orleans area have been sentenced for their roles in a plot to make a fraudulent insurance claim. U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced 43-year-old former New Orleans Police...
Louisiana Private Sector Jobs Grow 39,500 Over the Year
Aug 21 2012 // Louisiana’s private sector employment grew 2.6 percent from July 2011 to July 2012, adding 39,500 jobs. July was the 23rd straight month with over-the-year private sector job growth in Louisiana. Louisiana’s...
Louisiana Insurance Firm’s Complaint About Bid Rejected
Aug 17 2012 // The state Office of Group Benefits has rejected United Healthcare’s protest concerning the hiring of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to manage state employee health insurance plans. United Healthcare’s...
11 N La. Parishes Named Drought Disaster Areas
Aug 17 2012 // Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 11 north Louisiana parishes as disaster areas because of drought. He says he was notified Wednesday that four –...
Louisiana Citizens Seeking to Settle Hurricane Lawsuits
Aug 13 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort is trying to negotiate settlements on two remaining class action lawsuits tied to the company’s handling of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The board for...
Louisiana School Board May Cut Costs with Less Insurance Coverage
Aug 9 2012 // Cutting property coverage in half could help the Tangipahoa Parish School Board in Louisiana save nearly $60,000 in overall insurance premiums this year. That’s the recommendation from the board’s Finance...
La. Jury: Acadian Owes $117M For Ambulance Wreck
Aug 7 2012 // Acadian Ambulance Service owes $117 million to a woman left paralyzed and brain-damaged when the ambulance she was in crashed into a sugar-cane truck on the way to a hospital in December 2010, an Iberville Parish, La. jury...
DWI Legislation Among New Laws Passed in Louisiana
Aug 6 2012 // Louisiana lawmakers passed a number of laws in the 2012 legislative session that address drunk driving. Following are some of the new laws that target DWIs: SB 306 (ACT 547): Addressed the computation of time for the...
People – South Central
Aug 6 2012 // Andy Webb of Watkins Insurance Group in Austin was named the André P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT). This award is given annually to a young agent who has achieved...
Idea of Creating DWI Tracking System in Louisiana Revived
Aug 6 2012 // The idea of creating a statewide DWI tracking system in Louisiana is gaining steam again. The Advocate reports that the 2004 death of a project called the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System dashed hopes for a...
La. Civil Service Panel Approves Insurance Contractor
Aug 3 2012 // The state’s Civil Service Commission narrowly agreed Wednesday to the Jindal administration’s hiring of a private company to manage a Louisiana state employee health insurance plan, a cost-cutting move that...
Defendant in Louisiana Bribery Case Enters not Guilty Plea
Aug 2 2012 // The Kenner, La., businessman accused of bribing former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard has pleaded not guilty in federal court in New Orleans. Bill Mack entered the plea to conspiring to bribe Broussard during...
Federal Court in Louisiana Reverses $300K Sex Harassment Award
Aug 1 2012 // A federal appeals court has thrown out a $300,000 court award for an iron worker in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Boh Brothers Construction Co. The worker won the award in 2009 after the U.S. Equal Employment...
New Louisiana Insurance Laws Address Citizens, Proof of Insurance, DWIs
Jul 31 2012 // In addition to suspending the 10 percent surcharge rule on property insurance provided by Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort in certain coastal parishes, recently passed state legislation includes provisions...
Private Claims Firm Saves Louisiana’s Risk Management Agency $1.4M
Jul 30 2012 // A private company based in Mandeville contracted to run much of the claims processing and management handled by Louisiana’s Office of Risk Management has been producing results ahead of schedule, legislative auditors...
Fines, Penalties, Back Wages Add Up for Louisiana Seafood Company
Jul 30 2012 // A Louisiana seafood company is facing nearly $250,000 in fines, penalties and back wages for exposing workers to hazards and underpaying employees. The U.S. Department of Labor issued findings from investigations of...
2 Houma, Louisiana, Hotels to Shelter Workers After Disasters
Jul 26 2012 // The Terrebonne Parish Council has approved contracts with two Houma, La., hotels to shelter essential parish employees after disasters — and a catering contract to feed parish workers. Officials tell The Courier those...
Louisiana Citizens Pays $104M Award Over Slow Storm Claims
Jul 24 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has paid a $104 million judgment in a case involving more than 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck in...
