Latest Louisiana Headlines
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South Central Declarations
Feb 20 2012 // They Made It Clear “My constituents have made it clear. They want the uninsured vehicles off of the road.” – Oklahoma State Rep. Steve Martin (R-Nowata, Washington, and Osage Counties). Martin is...
Louisiana Senator Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Agent Health Commissions
Feb 20 2012 // Two U.S. senators have filed a bill to clarify that agent compensation should be excluded from the federal health reform Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirement for the individual and small group markets. Sen. Mary L....
Louisiana City Works to Remove Dilapidated Structures
Feb 16 2012 // The city of Alexandria, La., can’t keep up with the demand for destroying dilapidated structures in the city. During the 20-month span from May 2010 to December 2011, City Attorney Chuck Johnson told the city council...
After Failed Challenge Louisiana Town Adopts New Flood Maps
Feb 16 2012 // The Denham Springs, La., City Council has adopted new federal flood insurance maps. The Advocate reports both the city and Livingston Parish governments had unsuccessfully challenged the new Federal Emergency Management...
No Seat Belts in 7 Out of 8 Louisiana Traffic Fatalities in 2012
Feb 15 2012 // Louisiana State Police report nine traffic-related fatalities so far this year. Out of those seven of eight people who died in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing seat belts. A ninth fatality involved a motorcycle. In a...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Recovers $5.3M in 2011
Feb 14 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving more than $5.3 million in insurance payments from consumer complaints...
Ex-Legislator Hired as No. 2 at Louisiana Insurance Department
Feb 13 2012 // A former state lawmaker has landed a $150,000 a year job as the No. 2 official at the state Department of Insurance. Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon tells The Advocate that former state Rep. Noble Ellington — a...
Louisiana Citizens Offers to Settle Katrina-Rita Suit for $80M
Feb 13 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has offered to settle a dispute over slow handling of hurricane claims from 2005 for up to $80 million, with no more than $25 million of that for attorneys’ fees —...
Louisiana Officer in Federal Insurance Fraud Probe Found Dead
Feb 10 2012 // The St. Tammany Parish coroner ruled that the death of a New Orleans police officer under investigation by the FBI was a suicide. Officer Salvadore Battaglia’s body was found in his house on the night of Feb. 7. Dr....
Louisiana AG Recovers $25.2M from Drug Companies Charged with Fraud
Feb 8 2012 // Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced that his office has recovered $25.2 million from five pharmaceutical companies that he sued alleging unlawful inflation of drug costs paid by Louisiana taxpayers through...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Detlefs Johnson & Partners
Feb 8 2012 // Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired of Detlefs Johnson & Partners located in Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With operations...
Officials: Louisiana Man Accused of Setting 12 Fires
Feb 7 2012 // Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning says a 55-year-old Kaplan man is accused of setting a dozen fires, including one that destroyed the vacant Kaplan Rice Mill. Browning and Kaplan Police Chief...
Louisiana Senator Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Agent Health Commissions
Feb 6 2012 // Two U.S. senators have filed a bill to clarify that agent compensation should be excluded from the federal health reform Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirement for the individual and small group markets. Sen. Mary L....
Declarations
Feb 6 2012 // No More Funds-Holding “I have received numerous constituent complaints regarding a mortgage company holding onto funds for weeks while homeowners face emergency repairs that must be made quickly.” —Oklahoma...
$92.7M Louisiana Citizens Judgment Stands
Feb 6 2012 // The Louisiana Supreme Court won’t reconsider a $92.7 million judgment against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for handling claims too slowly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Citizens will ask...
No Decision Made on Louisiana Citizens Judgment Appeal
Feb 3 2012 // Commissioner Jim Donelon says a decision won’t be made until next week on whether the state’s property insurer of last resort will pursue a U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a $93 million judgment against the...
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Louisiana Citizens Judgment
Feb 2 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to stall payment of a $93 million judgment against Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort, a decision that could get money within six months to policyholders who won the...
Judge Frees $100M in Louisiana Citizens’ Claims Dispute
Feb 1 2012 // The governing board of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort held a special meeting on Jan. 31 to discuss how to deal with a judge’s order that lifted a freeze on more than $100 million at issue in a...
Louisiana State Police Bust Staged Crash Ring
Jan 27 2012 // Louisiana State Police have arrested four people for allegedly staging traffic accidents in Ouachita Parish. Detectives tell The News-Star they looked into six of 20 crashes where individuals filed false bodily injury...
Allstate Wants a Rate Increase in Louisiana
Jan 25 2012 // Allstate Corp. is asking to raise rates for 144,000 Louisiana homeowners who get their insurance coverage from two Allstate companies. According to the state insurance department, Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate wants an...
