Latest Louisiana Headlines
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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...
State Farm Wants 8% Homeowners Rate Increase in Louisiana
Jun 22 2011 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., Louisiana’s largest insurer of homes, is asking state insurance regulators for permission to boost premiums by an average 8.5 percent. In a filing released by the state insurance...
Louisiana’s Stonetrust Adds Dileo, Bowen to Management Team
Jun 22 2011 // Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., a Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, has added Michael G. Dileo and Ron Bowen to its management team: Dileo has been named vice president of Underwriting for...
Many Changes Expected in New Louisiana Flood Map
Jun 21 2011 // A new flood map for Louisiana’s Lafayette Parish is expected to offer a mixed bag, shrinking flood zones in some areas while making large tracts of vacant land more difficult to develop. The final version of the...
Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Louisiana to Honor Slain Insurance Investigators
Jun 20 2011 // American and Louisiana flags flew at half-staff outside Louisiana government buildings on June 9 and 10 in a show of respect for two state insurance fraud investigators who were shot to death on June 7. Gov. Bobby Jindal...
Louisiana Bill Would Help Families of Murdered Investigators
Jun 17 2011 // A week after two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were shot and killed while looking into a case, state lawmakers are working to give the investigators’ families some compensation. The Louisiana Senate...
Explosions Rock Louisiana Chemical Plant; No Injuries
Jun 16 2011 // A fire at a plant in Louisiana’s Iberia Parish where chemicals are blended and stored for oilfield operations forced area residents to evacuate or hunker down while a grayish-brown column of smoke rose hundreds of...
Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Louisiana to Honor Slain Insurance Investigators
Jun 13 2011 // American and Louisiana flags flew at half-staff outside Louisiana government buildings on June 9 and 10 in a show of respect for two state insurance fraud investigators who were shot to death on June 7. Gov. Bobby Jindal...
Louisiana Gov. Keeps Group Benefits Privatization Report Secret
Jun 13 2011 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration handed over to senators a report involving efforts to privatize a state worker health insurance program, but has asked them to keep the document secret. Jindal’s...
Louisiana Senators Subpoena Report on Benefits Office
Jun 10 2011 // State senators in Louisiana have subpoenaed Gov. Jindal’s administration, seeking a report about the governor’s efforts to hire a private company to run a state worker health insurance program. The Senate and...
Louisiana Insurance Fraud Investigators May Carry Guns in Future
Jun 10 2011 // A day after two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were gunned down while looking into a case, the state insurance commissioner said that his department may have their agents carry weapons. Kim Sledge and...
Louisiana Regulators Reviewing Procedures Following Investigators’ Deaths
Jun 9 2011 // Louisiana’s chief insurance regulator said his agency is reviewing its policies and procedures for investigating fraud after two insurance department employees were shot and killed while conducting an...
Louisiana Group Benefits Chief Resigns
Jun 8 2011 // The chief executive officer of the health insurance office for state employees and retirees, hired by the Jindal administration in April, is resigning after receiving strong criticism from lawmakers about his work to help...
Louisiana Insurance Investigators Allegedly Killed by Agent
Jun 8 2011 // Two investigators with the Louisiana Department of Insurance were shot and killed on June 7 while attempting to collect case information from an insurance agent in Ville Platte. Authorities believe that John Melvin...
Improvements Lead to Flood Insurance Rate Break in Louisiana Parish
Jun 7 2011 // Residents of unincorporated St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana are getting $1.9 million in premium decreases for federal flood insurance. Officials say that’s the result of an improvement in the parish’s flood...
