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Wind Claims from Hurricane Isaac Only Part of the Story
Sep 10 2012 // Insurance claims from Hurricane Isaac, which made landfall in far Southeast Louisiana on Aug. 28, could climb to $1.2 billion, according to one catastrophe modeling firm. AIR Worldwide estimated losses at $1.2 billion, but...
Emergency Insurance Rule for Policyholders in Effect in Louisiana
Sep 6 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued an emergency rule which allows greater protection and flexibility for policyholders impacted by Hurricane Isaac. The emergency rule is similar in scope to the rules...
Louisiana Court: Cab Co. Owner Can Be Held Liable for Boy’s Death
Sep 6 2012 // A state appeal court has reversed itself, ruling that a Bossier City, La., taxi cab company owner can be held personally responsible for the death of a 12-year-old Stonewall boy allegedly killed by a cab driver. The 2nd...
Thousands File Flood Insurance Claims After Isaac
Sep 5 2012 // Thousands of flood insurance claims are being filed in the wake of Hurricane Isaac, a slow-moving storm that hammered several parishes in southern Louisiana with prolonged, drenching rains and tropical-storm force winds,...
Donelon: La. Citizens’ Isaac Claims Less Than $75M
Sep 5 2012 // It appears that Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. may not have to draw on its Pelican Re catastrophe bond, after all. In an interview with The (Baton Rouge) Advocate, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon...
Louisiana Court Upholds $257.7M Jury Verdict Against Pharmaceuticals
Sep 5 2012 // Louisiana’s 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld a $257.7 million jury verdict in a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Buddy Caldwell against Janssen Pharmaceutical and Johnson & Johnson for defrauding the...
Another Disaster Brings Candidates to Gulf Coast
Sep 4 2012 // Mitt Romney wasted no time after accepting the GOP presidential nomination in heading to Louisiana to see the damage from Hurricane Isaac, changing his schedule on the fly to get there the very next day. President Barack...
Days After Isaac, Flooding and Outages Remain
Sep 3 2012 // Much of a finger-shaped parish southeast of New Orleans was still covered with floodwater on Sept. 2 and more than 200,000 people across Louisiana still didn’t have any power, five days after Isaac ravaged the state....
Insurers Processing Estimated $1.2 Billion in Hurricane Isaac Claims
Sep 3 2012 // Insurance claims from Hurricane Isaac have starting coming in, with one estimate saying losses to insurers could total $1.2 billion. AIR Worldwide, which models losses for insurers, said its best estimate of losses was...
Thousands Evacuated as Isaac Floods Outside New Orleans
Aug 31 2012 // Isaac continued to pour unrelenting rain on Aug. 30, flooding areas north and south of New Orleans even as the city’s fortified defenses held and forcing officials to launch speedy evacuation and rescue efforts in...
About Half of Louisiana Without Power as Isaac Moves Further Inland
Aug 31 2012 // About half of Louisiana was without power on Aug. 30 as Tropical Storm Isaac moved inland. The Public Service Commission said 903,000 homes and businesses around the state — about 47 percent of all customers — were...
OSHA Cites Louisiana Gas Plant after Blast Left 1 Hurt
Aug 31 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Plains Gas Solutions LLC in Eunice, La. following a February explosion and fire that left a worker severely burned. Proposed...
Isaac Brings Relief to U.S. Drought Conditions
Aug 31 2012 // The remnants of Hurricane Isaac continue to cause headaches on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the lower Mississippi Valley as Gulf Coast residents get ready to start their cleanup...
Deutsche Bank Exec Files $50M Claim Against LA
Aug 30 2012 // A senior executive at Deutsche Bank has filed a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles, alleging he was beaten by two officers during a bizarre incident after they dropped him off at a motel where they ordered...
Isaac Heads North After Drenching U.S. Gulf, New Orleans
Aug 30 2012 // Tropical storm Isaac is expected to weaken further as it heads north on Thursday, after causing significant damage to the U.S. Gulf Coast but nothing on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in...
Citizens Advised to ‘Hunker Down’ as Isaac Pounds Louisiana
Aug 29 2012 // “Stay hunkered down.” That’s the message local, state and federal officials are telling the people of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana in response to a lingering Hurricane Isaac, now Tropical Storm...
Hurricane Isaac Soaks Gulf Coast, Tests Levees
Aug 29 2012 // Hurricane Isaac drove water over the top of a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans on Wednesday, but the multibillion-dollar barriers built to protect the city itself after the 2005 Katrina disaster were not breached,...
Hurricane Isaac Hits Fortified New Orleans on Katrina’s Anniversary
Aug 29 2012 // Hurricane Isaac lashed southern Louisiana with high winds and heavy rains on Wednesday and was set for a late-morning arrival in New Orleans, seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Isaac is the...
Louisiana Insurance Department Disaster Plan in Place
Aug 28 2012 // With Hurricane Isaac likely headed for the southeast coast of Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reports that it has implemented its Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), which is designed to ensure that the...
Louisiana Gears Up for Isaac
Aug 28 2012 // As Tropical Storm Isaac moved steadily toward Louisiana, residents geared up Monday for what has become an almost familiar Labor Day week event. On Sunday, Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency, and officials in...
