Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana-Based Amerisafe Sees Premium Growth in Q1 2012
May 11 2012 // Amerisafe Inc., a specialty provider of hazardous workers’ compensation insurance headquartered in DeRidder, La., saw a 19 percent growth in premium written during the first quarter ended March 31, 2012, compared...
Louisiana Commissioner: Property Insurance Market Has Recovered
May 10 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon told an Alexandria civil club that the state’s property insurance market is “more competitive than ever.” The Town Talk reports Donelon spoke on May 8 to the...
Louisiana Citizens Personal Lines Rates Changes Effective June 1
May 10 2012 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved changes to the property insurance rate levels for personal lines policies written by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The approved rate changes are applicable...
Louisiana Lands $2.95M for Return to Work Program
May 9 2012 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission will receive $2.95 million in federal funds to provide additional services to Louisiana’s unemployed, the U.S. Department of Labor announced. The money will come from a...
Seeking to Combat Insurance Fraud, Louisiana Joins Federal Network
May 7 2012 // Louisiana has agreed to share information with a federal network designed to cut down on insurance fraud. The Advocate reported that the agreement is between the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement...
Louisiana Senate Rejects Bill Removing Smoker Protection
Apr 30 2012 // Louisiana senators refused on April 26 to repeal a law that bans employers from discriminating against smokers, after opponents said the change could lead to widespread firings. More than 20 years ago, legislators passed a...
Louisiana’s Sen. Vitter Pushes to Extend Flood Insurance Program
Apr 30 2012 // U.S. Sen. David Vitter is pushing for a long-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. The Louisiana Republican wants to stop extending the program with short-term extensions. The insurance program, which...
Police Seize 17 Pit Bulls in Louisiana Town
Apr 26 2012 // Police in Washington, La., have started to enforce the town’s pit bull ordinance that includes a requirement that the dog owners must purchase liability insurance. The Daily World reports 17 pit bulls were turned...
Louisiana Parish Assembles ‘Cat 5’ Flood Team
Apr 26 2012 // Officials in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, have begun the annual work of assembling the parish’s “Cat 5” flood team. The task force is charged with identifying places in the parish that flood excessively...
Louisiana Companies Cited for Alleged Safety Violations
Apr 24 2012 // The Labor Department has cited two subsidiaries of a Pineville, La.-based company for alleged safety and health violations. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced recently that it...
Louisiana Nonfarm Employment Sets All-Time Record
Apr 24 2012 // Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment reached the highest mark in the state’s history in March, the Louisiana Workforce Commission has reported. A survey of employers by the federal Bureau of Labor...
Louisiana Citizens Asks U.S. High Court to Hear Claims Suit Appeal
Apr 20 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has asked the nation’s highest court to hear an appeal of a $104.6 million award to 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of hurricane claims in...
BP Proposes Gulf Oil Spill Claims Settlement, Trial Delay
Apr 19 2012 // BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and asked a U.S. judge for a long delay in any trial over remaining disputes stemming from the disaster. The...
Drought Brings Outbreak of Horse Disease in Louisiana, Arkansas
Apr 18 2012 // Agriculture officials in Arkansas and Louisiana have warned veterinarians to watch for signs of a potentially fatal horse disease if there’s another drought this year. The disease is often called pigeon fever because...
Alligator Visits Louisiana Motel, Bites Guest
Apr 17 2012 // Authorities in Louisiana say a 6-foot alligator showed up at the front door of a Super 8 Motel outside Baton Rouge and bit a guest. West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike Cazes tells The Advocate his office got the call...
Business Moves – South Central
Apr 16 2012 // Louisiana Agency Partners, The Kirksey Agency Louisiana Agency Partners (LAP) announced that The Kirksey Agency in West Monroe, La., has become the 12th member agency of the Louisiana-based network of independent insurance...
St. Landry, Louisiana, School Board Exploring P/C Insurance Options
Apr 13 2012 // The St. Landry Parish School Board has voted to begin receiving quotes for the district’s property, casualty and liability insurance coverage. The Advocate reports board attorney Gerard Caswell recommended on April...
Farmers Insurance Asks for Rate Hike in Louisiana
Apr 12 2012 // Farmers Insurance Exchange has asked Louisiana regulators for an average 39 percent statewide increase for its 25,500 homeowner policyholders. The state insurance department is examining the request, which was filed last...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Besselman & Little Agency
Apr 11 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Besselman & Little Agency of Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, Besselman & Little Agency offers a wide range of employee...
Louisiana Citizens Again Loses State High Court Fight Over Claims
Apr 11 2012 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has struck down another attempt by the state’s property insurer of last resort to avoid paying more than $100 million for late adjustment of hurricane damage claims in 2005. The April 9...
