Latest Louisiana Headlines

Ike Pummels Louisiana-based Restaurants

Sep 30 2008 // Three years after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans’ restaurant industry to its knees, Hurricane Ike has delivered a crippling blow to three New Orleans area restaurant families. Middendorf’s, the legendary...

Gustav and Ike Blasted Louisiana’s Crops, Forestry and Fisheries

Sep 29 2008 // Louisiana agriculture, forestry and fisheries suffered an estimated $950 million in losses and damages in this month’s hurricanes, according to the Louisiana State University AgCenter. And the figure, officials say,...

Damages Limit at Issue in LA Train Crash

Sep 25 2008 // In the wake of the deadly train collision in Los Angeles, California’s U.S. senators are questioning a federal law that sets a $200 million limit on damage payouts to victims of a train crash. With 25 dead and more...

Declarations

Sep 22 2008 // Do Not Come Back “Galveston has been hit hard. We have no power. We have no gas. We have no communications. We’re not sure when any of that will be up and running. … We want our citizens to stay where...

Damage Costs Mount From Gustav

Sep 22 2008 // As Hurricane Ike loomed in the Gulf of Mexico, insurers and officials in Gulf Coast states were still tallying damage costs from Hurricane Gustav, which swept into Louisiana on Sept. 1. Switzerland-based global reinsurer,...

How Agents Prepared and Fared as Gustav Hit Gulf States

Sep 22 2008 // On the morning of Sept. 1, Gustav’s eye made landfall on the Louisiana coast just shy of Category 3 status. Experts estimate Gustav caused about $8 billion to $10 billion in insured damage. On Aug. 29 as Hurricane...

Sep 22 2008 // Austin, Texas-based insurance education provider, The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, selected Kathleen G. Speer as director of national business for the not-for-profit organization. Prior to...

Texas, Louisiana Enact Emergency Rules for Hurricane Relief

Sep 22 2008 // Insurance regulators in both Texas and Louisiana have enacted emergency rules aimed at providing relief for insurance consumers in the wake of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued...

Gustav Damages to Louisiana Crops, Fisheries Hits $419M

Sep 22 2008 // Hurricane Gustav caused an estimated $372 million in damage to Louisiana crops, agriculture officials said. The storm overflowed crawfish and catfish ponds, causing an estimated $46 million in damages to fisheries. Gustav...

Hurricane Gustav Disaster Declaration Extended for Louisiana

Sep 19 2008 // Twenty-five Louisiana parishes are now able to get federal aid to rebuild their buildings and facilities damaged by Hurricane Gustav. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its Gustav disaster declaration in...

Ark., La. Commissioners Reassure Policyholders After AIG Bailout

Sep 18 2008 // Both Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman and Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon have issued statements seeking to reassure policyholders in the wake of the federal takeover of insurance...

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....