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Louisiana Commissioner: Citizens Can Handle Gustav and Ike
Sep 17 2008 // Commissioner Jim Donelon said the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has received 26,000 Gustav claims so far and the company estimates the storm will cost it $150 million – an amount Donelon said Citizens...
Most of Louisiana’s Coast Flooded by Ike
Sep 16 2008 // Northerly winds began blowing into southern Louisiana on Monday, a change that officials hoped would help clear lingering floodwaters pushed in by Hurricane Ike. Tim Destri, a National Weather Service meteorologist said...
Nearly 2,000 Brought to Safety in Texas
Sep 15 2008 // Rescuers searching the waterlogged streets and splintered houses left behind by Hurricane Ike in Galveston they had saved nearly 2,000 people – many of whom then boarded buses to shelters without knowing where they...
State Offices Close in Advance of Ike in 2 SW Louisiana Parishes
Sep 12 2008 // Still recovering from Labor Day’s Hurricane Gustav, south Louisiana braced Sept. 11for a brush with Ike, a powerful hurricane on a projected course for the Texas Gulf Coast. Calcasieu Parish officials in...
Louisiana Won’t Be Spared by Ike
Sep 12 2008 // Although Galveston, Texas, is expected to experience the brunt of the storm, Hurricane Ike is a very, very large storm, extending nearly 900 miles across according to some estimates. Louisiana figured it might have been...
Ferocious Hurricane Ike in Gulf of Mexico, Headed for Texas
Sep 11 2008 // Hurricane Ike gathered strength as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters Thursday on a track that would skirt the heart of the U.S. offshore oil patch before slamming into the Texas coast late Friday or...
La. Regulators Suspend Cancellations, Nonrenewals with Emergency Rule
Sep 11 2008 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance on Sept. 10 issued Emergency Rule 24, which addresses premium renewals, cancellations, claim filings and other insurance-related matters affecting Louisiana citizens impacted by...
Louisiana Still Mopping up From Gustav as Ike Enters Gulf
Sep 10 2008 // Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 9 and the latest path projected by the National Hurricane Center has the storm making landfall in Texas, possibly near Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, Louisiana is still mopping...
Texas Bracing for Possible Strike by Hurricane Ike
Sep 9 2008 // As Hurricane Ike barrels over Cuba and heads toward the Gulf of Mexico, it has the potential to become the storm that insurance companies in Texas have feared most, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. As of Sept....
Louisiana Agent Accused of Misappropriating Premiums
Sep 9 2008 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance in late August issued a cease and desist order, summary suspension and fine notice to a Many, La., area insurance agent for alleged misappropriation of premiums. Nancy Campbell Murphy...
Spaht to Lead PIA of Louisiana
Sep 9 2008 // During its recent Annual Membership Meeting, the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana (PIA of LA) elected Dale H. Spaht as president for 2008-2009. Spaht is the co-owner of Fife-Spaht Insurance Agency in Gonzales,...
La. Commissioner: Insured Gustav Losses Estimated at $1.7B
Sep 9 2008 // Louisiana’s insurance commissioner estimates insured losses from Hurricane Gustav will be $1.7 billion. Jim Donelon says he projects that figure from the losses reported thus far by the state-backed Louisiana...
Army Corp of Engineers Wins Flood Fight During Hurricane Gustav
Sep 8 2008 // No breaches. Limited brash talk. No “no word” from the Army Corps of Engineers. Few foul ups. Clear risk analysis. And the flood fight got done during Hurricane Gustav. Under a microscope since the catastrophic...
Insurers Estimate Gustav Claims as HIgh as $10 Billion
Sep 4 2008 // Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry. While Gustav’s force paled in...
After Gustav, Will People Be Less Likely to Heed Warnings Next Time?
Sep 4 2008 // Millions fled the Gulf Coast in fear of Hurricane Gustav, billed as the apocalyptic “mother of all storms.” It didn’t deliver. Now, with three other storms lining up in the Atlantic, some fear people...
Ohio Guard Sending 1,500 Troops to Gulf Coast
Sep 4 2008 // The Ohio National Guard is sending 1,500 troops to Louisiana to help with the cleanup following Hurricane Gustav. The Ohio group joins Missouri in providing guardsman the hurricane ravaged area. Guard spokesman James Sims...
AIR Analyzes Atlantic Hurricane Activity
Sep 3 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, storm development in the tropical Atlantic was even more active on Tuesday than it was on Monday. AIR noted that “shortly after Gustav came ashore in...
USAA Responding to Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana
Sep 3 2008 // A team of 350 catastrophe adjusters and support personnel with USAA are headed to areas of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Gustav. The company’s catastrophe headquarters are planned for Baton Rouge and two satellite...
Gustav only Sideswipes New Orleans
Sep 3 2008 // New Orleans can get back to its comeback. Traumatized after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in...
Missouri National Guard Travels to Louisiana After Hurricane Gustav
Sep 3 2008 // After more than 24 hours on road, a 25-vehicle convoy from the Missouri National Guard arrived on Monday, September 1 in northern Louisiana only hours after Hurricane Gustav hit land farther south, skirting much of New...
