Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Jan 10 2011 // Great News “This announcement, particularly in light of the difficult economic challenges facing the entire country, is great news for Citizens and for the insurance market in Louisiana.” —Louisiana Insurance...
Federal Judge Dismisses Suits Against Insurers Over Chinese Drywall Coverage
Jan 10 2011 // A federal judge in Louisiana in mid-December let 10 insurance companies being sued by Louisiana homeowners over property damage resulting from the installation of defective drywall from China off the hook for coverage from...
People
Jan 10 2011 // Todd Teitell, executive vice president and branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Texas in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Other elected TSLA officers for the coming year...
2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Louisiana Policyholders Fail to Claim $133M in Rebates
Jan 10 2011 // Property insurance policyholders in Louisiana have missed the chance to claim almost $133 million in rebates that had been available before the end of 2010. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the money — part of...
Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Adds 3 to Management Team
Dec 30 2010 // Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., a Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, has added the following individuals to its management team: Dave Lorino has been named vice president of Claims for Stonetrust....
Insurers’ Recent Success a Milestone in a Year of Chinese Drywall Litigation
Dec 23 2010 // A federal judge in Louisiana recently let 10 insurance companies being sued by Louisiana homeowners over property damage resulting from the installation of defective drywall from China off the hook for coverage from those...
Louisiana Citizens Receives Rating Upgrade
Dec 22 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) Assessment Revenue Bonds to Baa1 from Baa2. The...
Humana Names Bagby as Louisiana Commercial Market President
Dec 21 2010 // Humana Inc. named Rhonda Bagby president of its Louisiana commercial operations. As Humana’s senior commercial executive for Louisiana, based in New Orleans, Bagby is responsible for the state’s overall...
Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish Demolishing Storm Damaged Homes
Dec 17 2010 // Terrebonne Parish is planning to demolish about 450 hurricane-damaged homes, mostly in low-lying bayou communities. Parish officials said the structures will be torn down this spring because they are in such dilapidated...
Summary and Status of Gulf Oil Disaster Litigation
Dec 16 2010 // The U.S. Department of Justice has joined the hundreds of lawsuits that have been filed as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest in U.S. history. The following is a summary of the legal cases stemming from...
AAU Expands Personal Lines Division in Louisiana
Dec 15 2010 // Allied American Underwriters (AAU), a national program manager and subsidiary of USG Holding/USG Insurance Services, introduced Richard Jenkins as director of Personal Lines. AAU Personal Lines will be based in Mandeville,...
Louisiana Inmate Charged with Insurance Fraud, Felony Theft
Dec 10 2010 // A man already convicted for a previous criminal offense in Louisiana has additionally been charged with insurance fraud and felony theft. Louisiana State Police detectives with the Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit say...
Report: Louisiana Is Less Healthy than Previously Thought
Dec 9 2010 // A report from the United Health Foundation finds Louisiana’s national health rankings dropped to 49th in the last year. The ranking puts Louisiana second to only Mississippi in having the worst health outcomes of any...
Bell Named Louisiana’s Deputy Commissioner of Minority Affairs
Dec 8 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that Patrick W. Bell was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Minority Affairs at the Louisiana Department of Insurance effective Nov.1, 2010. Bell replaces former Deputy...
Katrina-Related Case Loses Class Action Status in Louisiana
Dec 7 2010 // The Louisiana Supreme Court recently decertified as a class a lawsuit stemming from Hurricane Katrina that a lower court had previously found met the requirements for class action status. The plaintiffs in the suit are...
People
Dec 5 2010 // Frost Insurance in Austin, Texas promoted Sheri Smyth to vice president of personal lines. Smyth, a 23-year insurance industry veteran, manages the personal lines department’s growth and retention efforts, and...
Louisiana Citizens Sheds Homeowners Policies
Dec 5 2010 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) has held a fourth depopulation offering in which 13,500 policies have been assumed by the private insurance market, according to state Insurance Commissioner Jim...
State Property Insurance Plans Face Increased Exposure
Dec 5 2010 // Florida and Louisiana have reduced the number of policyholders covered by their state-run property insurers of last resort since 2008 but non-coastal property owners remain vulnerable to paying for these same...
Louisiana: 63% of Citizens Rebate Still Unclaimed for 2005, 2006
Dec 2 2010 // Nearly $355 million in rebates from Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has not been claimed and state’s top insurance regulator wants people to know about it. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is...
