Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Agent Fined $100K for Alleged Misappropriation of Premiums
Mar 23 2011 // A Deville, La., insurance agent has been accused of attempting to defraud insurers by submitting false business and receiving more than $127,000 in unearned commissions. Robert Lee Daniel III, 29, was served on March 18 by...
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Rates to Rise July 1
Mar 21 2011 // The governing board of Louisiana’s insurer of last resort has approved an average 6.5 percent annual rate increase for its 119,000 homeowners’ policies. Higher rates for those homeowners covered by Louisiana...
Decision on Workers’ Comp for Illegal Workers Left to States
Mar 21 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent refusal to hear a workers’ compensation insurance case that concerned an illegal immigrant who had sought coverage after a workplace accident means states are left to decide the...
SBA: Small Businesses Provide Nearly 55% of Private-Sector Jobs in Louisiana
Mar 15 2011 // The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that in 2008 nearly 400 thousand small businesses were operating in Louisiana, representing 97.4 percent of the state’s employers. A report released in February by the...
Louisiana to Distribute $30M Oil Spill Tourism Grant
Mar 11 2011 // Louisiana will divide a $30 million BP grant for tourism marketing among all of the state’s parishes and will use a small slice to help fund an out-of-state spring tourism ad campaign sought by Lt. Gov. Jay...
Brown & Brown Acquires Louisiana’s Robert Ellis & Associates
Mar 11 2011 // Brown & Brown of Louisiana Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the insurance agency assets of Robert Ellis & Associates Inc. of Mandeville, La., the companies...
Newly Built Flood-Protection Levee in Louisiana Has Cracks
Mar 9 2011 // Cracks have formed in a Cocodrie, La., levee, one of the newest to be constructed as part of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane-protection system. Levee officials say the cracks aren’t serious enough to cause a...
States Must Decide if Workers’ Comp Benefits Extend to Illegal Workers
Mar 7 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear a workers’ compensation insurance case that concerned an illegal immigrant in Louisiana who had sought coverage after a workplace accident. The Court’s refusal...
Home Repairs Start on Defective Chinese Drywall in Louisiana
Mar 4 2011 // Repairs are beginning in Louisiana on the first home that contains defective drywall made by a major manufacturer. The home to be repaired by Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin is in Covington. The repairs are slated to begin...
New Louisiana Online Auto, Homeowners Rate Guides Available
Mar 3 2011 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that the 2010 online auto and homeowners rate comparison guides are now available for viewing on the Department of Insurance Web site at www.ldi.la.gov. The...
BP Shows Reluctance to Fix Gulf Oil Spill Damage: Official
Mar 3 2011 // The vice chairman of a task force set up by President Barack Obama to restore the Gulf Coast criticized BP PLC this week for what he described as the oil company’s increasing reluctance to repair the damage inflicted...
Allied American Underwriters Adds King in Louisiana
Mar 2 2011 // Allied American Underwriters (AAU), a national program manager and subsidiary of USG Holding/USG Insurance Services, has added Pamela King as an underwriting assistant in Louisiana. King developed her career throughout 19...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner: Rebates, Incentives Available to Homeowners
Mar 1 2011 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon wants property insurance policyholders in his state to claim a possible rebate for the assessment from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., and homeowners to take...
Louisiana AG: Repairs on Homes with Chinese Drywall Set to Begin
Feb 22 2011 // About 109 Louisiana homeowners impacted by defective drywall will soon see relief as plans are finalized to start the first home repairs, under a court approved pilot remediation program, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell...
Louisiana Insurance Department Recovers More than $9.6M in 2010
Feb 14 2011 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving more than $9.6 million in insurance payments from consumer complaints...
Louisiana Presses BP for Oyster Money
Feb 11 2011 // Louisiana’s congressional delegation is asking BP to help Louisiana’s oyster industry immediately. In November, Louisiana asked BP PLC to give it $15 million so the state could start repairing oyster beds...
Brown & Brown Names 4 Regional Vice Presidents
Feb 7 2011 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has named regional vice presidents in Washington, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Eric E. Anderson, Anthony M. Grippa, Thomas Keith Huval and Richard A. Knudson,...
Chinese Drywall: Cracks in Coverage Claims?
Feb 7 2011 // Although not in the national news as much lately, Chinese drywall continues to disrupt the lives and finances of thousands of homeowners and other users of the product. In the courts, homeowners are fighting to obtain...
License Fees Tied to Credit Cards Rejected in Louisiana
Feb 7 2011 // Lawmakers rejected plans for the Louisiana Department of Insurance to allow credit card payments for licenses, because they objected to the sliding scale of fees tacked onto card payments. The department had proposed the...
Geographer Recreates ‘The Great Louisiana Hurricane of 1812’
Feb 3 2011 // Nearly 200 years before Hurricane Katrina, a major storm hit the coast of Louisiana just west of New Orleans. Because the War of 1812 was simultaneously raging, the hurricane’s strength, direction and other...
