Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Boating Deaths in Louisiana Way Up From Last Year
Jul 28 2011 // After fatal boat wrecks a month apart, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is launching a boater-safety campaign, distributing brochures to marinas and installing signs warning boaters to drive safely. One of the...
Recipients Named for Louisiana’s 2011 Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship
Jul 27 2011 // Two students interested in insurance-related studies have been selected for industry-backed scholarships in Louisiana. Ian Williams of Jennings, La., and Lynden Lyles of Monroe, La., have been named as recipients of the...
Post-Loss Assignments of Claims Under Insurance Policies in Louisiana
Jul 27 2011 // In the settlement of lawsuits involving insured claims, it is not uncommon that one condition of the settlement is that the defendant assign his or her claims under all applicable insurance policies to the party that filed...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Medical Guidelines Now in Effect
Jul 22 2011 // Medical treatment guidelines have gone into effect for the treatment of workers’ compensation injuries in Louisiana. The guidelines are being instituted by the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Office of...
Audit: Louisiana Home Elevation Program Improperly Monitored
Jul 20 2011 // A $750 million Louisiana hurricane recovery program that doles out money for home elevations is being criticized for ineffective management and monitoring by the state agencies that oversee it. The Louisiana Legislative...
$62M Louisiana Road Home Settlement: $0 for Lead Plaintiffs
Jul 19 2011 // Two lead plaintiffs won’t get any money from a recent $62 million settlement to a case alleging discrimination in the Road Home program to help people rebuild after the hurricanes of 2005. The Times-Picayune reports...
Hub International to Acquire Strategic Employee Benefit Services of Louisiana
Jul 18 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited (Hub) announced plans to purchase Strategic Employee Benefit Services of Louisiana LLC (SEBS of Louisiana), a Metairie, La.-based benefit consulting and service firm. The acquisition...
Morgan Keegan to Advise Louisiana on Health Insurance Privatization Effort
Jul 18 2011 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has selected a company to offer financial advice on the governor’s proposal to privatize a state employee health insurance program, and pushed back any chance the...
‘Bentley Bandit’ Luxury Car Thief, Wanted in 7 States, Caught
Jul 18 2011 // Authorities say a fugitive dubbed the “Bentley Bandit” because of accusations he stole luxury cars is being held without bond in a southwest Louisiana jail after wrecking a 2007 Bentley reported stolen from a...
Post-Loss Assignments of Claims Under Insurance Policies
Jul 18 2011 // In the settlement of lawsuits involving insured claims, it is not uncommon that one condition of the settlement is that the defendant assign his or her claims under all applicable insurance policies to the party that filed...
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Jul 18 2011 // Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting...
Louisiana Joins Surplus Lines Coalition
Jul 13 2011 // Louisiana is now participating in an agreement designed to help states efficiently comply with the requirements of the federal surplus lines regulations that become effective later this month. Insurance Commissioner James...
Louisiana Seeks More Than $500M in BP-Funded Projects
Jul 13 2011 // Louisiana will seek approval for more than a half billion dollars in projects to restore coastal areas and fisheries affected by last year’s huge BP oil spill, Gov. Bobby Jindal said. The money would come from $1...
Greig Joins Third Coast Underwriters as Sr. Claims Examiner in Gulf Region
Jul 12 2011 // Third Coast Underwriters, a specialty markets operation that offers workers’ compensation insurance for underserved markets that have complex risks, has appointed Gordon Greig as senior claims examiner for the Gulf...
Louisiana Governor to Choose Adviser on Health Insurance Privatization
Jul 11 2011 // Three firms are vying to advise the Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration on efforts to privatize a state worker health insurance program. Michael DiResto, a spokesman for the governor’s Division of...
Ratings: Intrepid, John Deere, So. Carolina, Arkansas & Louisiana Farm Bureaus
Jun 30 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Michigan-based Intrepid Insurance Company, both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
U.S. Court Rejects $270M Tobacco Lawsuit Appeal
Jun 27 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the major tobacco companies of a $270 million award for a Louisiana smoking cessation program. Altria Group Inc’s Philip Morris USA Inc, a Reynolds American Inc unit, a...
Insurer Investigators Donate $10K to Memorial Fund for Slain Louisiana Investigators
Jun 27 2011 // The nation’s largest association of insurer fraud investigators has contributed $10,000 to a memorial fund honoring two Louisiana investigators who were killed in the line of duty June 7. The board of directors of...
Private Sector Fuels May Job Growth in Louisiana
Jun 24 2011 // The private sector continued to lead non-seasonally adjusted nonfarm job growth in May for the state and in most of Louisiana’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), the Louisiana Workforce Commission has...
Insurers Offer $65.5M Settlement in Louisiana Housing Project Lead Claims Case
Jun 22 2011 // Insurance companies are offering $65.5 million to settle claims that lead in New Orleans’ housing projects hurt children who lived or visited there. Payments would go to people who spent time in the public housing...
