Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Lawmakers Question Louisiana Governor’s Insurance Privatization Plan
Apr 28 2011 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s top financial advisor has defended the administration’s proposal to hire a private company to run a state worker and retiree health insurance program, rebutting complaints the...
New Orleans Construction Product Supplier Settles in Chinese Drywall Suit
Apr 27 2011 // A settlement agreement has been reached with a New Orleans, La.-based supplier of tainted Chinese drywall in the multi-district litigation (MDL 2047) over the product. Interior/Exterior Building Supply L.P. and the...
One Year After BP Oil Spill, Optimism on Gulf Coast
Apr 21 2011 // A year after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill swamped the Gulf coast with petroleum and misery, officials Wednesday declared the hard-hit region reborn. It is still too early to know the long-term damage to the...
Louisiana Lawmaker Fined Over Legal Work for State-Backed Insurer
Apr 18 2011 // A Baton Rouge, La., state lawmaker’s law firm has been fined for violating state ethics law, by doing legal work for the state-run property insurer of last resort. Jackson Bell Attorneys LLC – the law firm of...
Seeking to Privatize, Louisiana Ousts Chief of Group Benefits Office
Apr 18 2011 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration on April 15 ousted the CEO of the state-run health insurance office, the Office of Group Benefits, as the governor seeks to privatize parts of the operation. The...
HMO Ordered to Cover Claims in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma
Apr 18 2011 // The Louisiana Supreme Court on April 1 ordered health maintenance organization Health Net Inc. to cover more than $180 million in claims by consumers, health care providers and creditors in Louisiana, Oklahoma and...
Mississippi AG Hood, Feinberg Spat Over BP Oil Spill Claims
Apr 15 2011 // The administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill fund says Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood could undermine the claims process by urging a court to intervene and by making allegations that border on...
One Year Later, Gulf States Still Grappling with BP Oil Disaster
Apr 15 2011 // When a BP oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last April, killing 11 workers, authorities first reported that no crude was leaking into the ocean. They were wrong. The disaster that captivated the world’s...
Gulf Coast Officials Enjoy Spending Spree at BP’s Expense
Apr 12 2011 // In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets, vehicles and gear — much of which had little to do with the...
A.J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Adds 2 in Louisiana
Apr 11 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services announced that it has added to its sales teams in the firm’s Baton Rouge and Lake Charles offices. In Baton Rouge, the company added Robert Johnston as a sales executive....
Court Decision Frees up Louisiana Road Home Money for 120
Apr 11 2011 // State officials say a federal appeals court ruling in a lawsuit involving the Louisiana Road Home hurricane relief program will allow them to move ahead with grants for about 120 homeowners. On April 8, a federal appeals...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp.’s Financial Strength Rating Affirmed
Apr 8 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC), headquartered in Baton Rouge, La. The outlook for this rating is stable....
9 Accused of Staging Auto Wrecks in Louisiana
Apr 7 2011 // Nine people have been arrested in the Lafayette, La.-area and accused of staging auto wrecks to collect insurance proceeds. State police say the allegations include preparing and submitting fake medical bills, claiming...
Report Tallies Economic Costs of Violence to States
Apr 6 2011 // States with the most violence are spending billions of dollars on medical care and prisons and recording lower productivity than more peaceful states, according to a new study on the effects of peace and violence on the...
State Farm Denied Rate Hike in Louisiana; Citizens Gets 6.5% Increase
Apr 4 2011 // Louisiana insurance regulators rejected a rate increase from the state’s largest insurer of homes, but the board of the state’s property insurer of last resort approved a rate hike, albeit smaller than the one...
Louisiana Appeal Court Must Reconsider Malpractice Cap Suit
Mar 31 2011 // A state appeals court must reconsider its ruling that the Legislature acted unconstitutionally when it covered nurses who are certified to diagnose illness and prescribe medicine under Louisiana’s $500,000 cap on...
Louisiana to Receive $6.1M from AIG Settlement
Mar 30 2011 // Louisiana has signed on to a multistate settlement over American International Group’s (AIG) admitted practice of under reporting workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Louisiana is slated to receive...
Louisiana Sees Big Over-the-Year Increase in Nonfarm Jobs
Mar 28 2011 // A gain of 3,000 construction jobs from January to February contributed to the largest over-the-year gain in seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana in more than two years, the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC)...
Louisiana Won’t Create State Health Insurance Exchanges
Mar 25 2011 // Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration in Louisiana is opting out of creating the state insurance exchanges included in the new federal health overhaul, instead deciding the federal government should administer...
State Farm Homeowners’ Rate Hike Rejected in Louisiana
Mar 24 2011 // Louisiana insurance regulators have rejected a rate increase from the state’s largest insurer of homes. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. wanted an average 14.3 percent rate hike for its 301,000 customers who get...
