Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Dedicates Nearly $20M for Hurricane Protection System
Mar 1 2010 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said a partnership agreement between the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the South Lafourche Levee District will dedicate $19.8 million in state surplus funds to make...
Louisiana: Tax, Premium Advantages Available for Retrofitting Structures
Feb 24 2010 // Louisiana residents can apply for a state tax deduction for retrofitting their homes, as well as an insurance premium discount for building or retrofitting your home to comply with the Louisiana State Uniform Construction...
Louisiana: 60% of Tax Rebates from Insurance Assessments not Claimed
Feb 23 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has announced that nearly $59 million, or 60 percent of the available tax rebates available to property insurance consumers in his state went unclaimed last year. Property...
Hanover to Exit Louisiana Homeowners Market, Then Re-Enter
Feb 22 2010 // In a move he says will prevent the addition of policies into Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s book of business, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved an agreement with The...
Louisiana Judge Halts Rule on Licensing for Tire Insurance
Feb 22 2010 // A state district judge has granted Louisiana’s auto dealers’ and tire stores’ request to temporarily stop the state from forcing them to become licensed insurance agents in order to sell tire-and-wheel...
No Plea Deal for Ex-Insurance Executive in Louisiana
Feb 22 2010 // Terry Lisotta, who was indicted in late 2008 on 14 counts of theft by fraud from the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., was unable to work out a plea deal with prosecutors Feb. 18. Lisotta paced anxiously outside...
State Farm Homeowners Rate Increase Denied in Louisiana
Feb 21 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon declined to approve a rate request filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company that would have raised homeowners insurance rates by a statewide average of 19.1 percent. State...
People
Feb 21 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) on Feb. 2 presented its 2010 Independent Leadership Award to Joe Straus III, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. The Independent Leadership Award was presented...
Plea Deal Discussed for Ex-Louisiana Citizens CEO
Feb 16 2010 // A plea deal may be in the works for the former chief executive of Louisiana’s state-run property insurance company. Defense attorneys and state prosecutors said they have been talking about a possible plea bargain...
Increase in Commercial Rates Proposed for Louisiana Citizens
Feb 16 2010 // The board of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will vote in March on a proposed increase for commercial policy holders that will average 4.57 percent. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon told The...
Louisiana Recovered $8.2M for Insurance Consumers in 2009
Feb 12 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Department of Insurance helped Louisiana insurance consumers to recover $8.2 million in insurance payments last year. The recovered funds result from...
Louisiana Commissioner Denies State Farm’s 19% Rate Increase
Feb 11 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has declined to approve a rate request filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company that would have raised homeowners insurance rates by a statewide average of 19.1...
Audit Raises Questions About Accuracy of Louisiana Citizens’ Records
Feb 7 2010 // The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office said an audit of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for 2008 found enough problems that it could not issue an opinion on the accuracy of the insurer’s...
Hanover Wants to Shift Some Louisiana Policyholders
Feb 5 2010 // The Hanover Insurance Group has asked state insurance regulators for permission to shut down two of the three property insurance companies it operates in Louisiana and shift about half of the affected 15,500 policyholders...
Report: Economic Benefits of Levees Outweigh Flooding Costs
Feb 4 2010 // Despite the massive flooding resulting from levee breaches and storm surge during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the economic benefits provided by flood control measures in Southeast Louisiana far outweigh the costs of...
Louisiana Agent Accused of Insurance and Bank Fraud
Feb 3 2010 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance says a Baton Rouge agent has been served with two cease and desist orders, and two fine notices, for alleged insurance fraud, bank fraud, issuing worthless checks, filing false public...
Louisiana Insurance Department Appoints Cherry to Direct Public Affairs
Feb 1 2010 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has named Lori Joubert Cherry to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs where she will manage the department’s public relations activities. Her appointment was...
Louisiana Comp Costs Per Claim 35% Higher than Most States
Jan 29 2010 // The costs per all paid workers’ compensation insurance claims in Louisiana averaged 35 percent higher than the typical study state, according to a Massachusetts-based research group that studies workers’...
New Orleans Hospital Settles Post-Katrina Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jan 28 2010 // Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital in New Orleans and its corporate parent have settled a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a 73-year-old woman who died after Hurricane Katrina left the hospital without...
Audit Questions Security of Louisiana Citizens’ Computer Systems
Jan 27 2010 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort allowed too much access to computer systems, opening the door for potential fraud, and failed to take enough steps to make sure that policy applicants were eligible for...
