Latest Louisiana Headlines
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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...
People
Jun 6 2011 // Tina Wrotenbery joined Hub International Rigg (Hub Rigg) as a senior employee benefits consultant. Wrotenbery will move into Hub’s existing offices in Houston and will report to Charlie Reynolds, president, Employee...
Louisiana Closer to Recouping ‘Road Home’ Money
Jun 6 2011 // State Supreme Court: Contested Policies Must Be Evaluated Separately Louisiana may be able to recoup much of the money it handed out after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 to help storm victims repair their homes,...
Tornado-Hit States Rank High in Uninsured
Jun 6 2011 // Many of the states hammered by what’s already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation’s highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most...
Hurricanes and Floods
Jun 6 2011 // In light of the hurricane season that began June 1 and ongoing Mississippi and Atchafalaya flooding, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is imploring consumers to protect themselves and their property against...
States Hit Hardest by Recent Tornadoes Among Least Insured
Jun 6 2011 // Many of the states hammered by what’s already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation’s highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most...
Judge: No Reduction in Fine, Restitution in Louisiana Man’s Death
Jun 3 2011 // A federal judge has declined to reduce the $1 million fine and $2 million in restitution he ordered paid by a Colorado company that admitted partial responsibility for the death of a Baton Rouge plant worker. Chief U.S....
States Hit Hardest by Recent Tornadoes Among Least Insured
May 27 2011 // Many of the states hammered by what’s already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation’s highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most...
As Water Inches Closer, an Agonizing Wait in Louisiana
May 23 2011 // The final wave of holdouts has mostly packed up and left this Louisiana town as water from the swollen Atchafalaya River has inched toward their homes, with their frustration and hope painted on signs posted...
Louisiana Ag Commissioner: Crop Insurance Plans Guaranteed for Floods
May 18 2011 // Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain D.V.M., said the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has guaranteed that Morganza Spillway farmers whose crops have been damaged by flooding caused by the...
Louisiana Floodwaters Creep Toward Bayou Towns
May 16 2011 // Waters unleashed by the opening of a key Mississippi River floodway crept through the Louisiana bayou Monday in a surge that could leave thousands of homes and farms under as much as 20 feet of water. The U.S. Army Corps...
Floodway Opening a Blessing for Louisiana Refineries
May 16 2011 // The opening of a key spillway to relieve flooding along the Mississippi River could create logistical headaches for big Gulf Coast refiners, but will likely spare the lion’s share of the area’s refining...
Business Losses Due to ‘Action’ by Civil Authorities: When Is There Coverage?
May 16 2011 // Virtually all insurance policies contain provisions and exclusions dealing with events that most insureds consider so remote and unlikely that they rarely give any thought to their possible occurrence, much less what...
Eye on the Local Managing General Agency
May 16 2011 // The American Association of Managing General Agents Opens the Door for Smaller Members Sometimes bigger is not always better. Large wholesale organizations have a place in the market, but smaller and often family-owned...
Court Decision Moves Louisiana Closer to Recouping ‘Road Home’ Money
May 15 2011 // Louisiana may be able to recoup much of the money it handed out following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 to help storm victims repair their homes, following a recent ruling by the state’s high court. Under a...
