Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Ex-Cop, Volunteer Firefighter Pleads Guilty in Arson Case
Aug 15 2008 // A former Amite, La., police officer, who also served as a volunteer firefighter in Roseland, has pleaded guilty to 13 counts of simple arson. District Judge Elizabeth Wolfe sentenced 23-year-old Lee Allen Widas to five...
Louisiana Med Mal Insurer Funds 4 Med School Scholarships in 2008
Aug 15 2008 // Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO), which provides medical liability insurance for health care practitioners in Louisiana, announced it has funded scholarships for four students at medical schools in that...
Whittington Completes Sale of Americas Insurance to ISG Acquisition
Aug 11 2008 // The Singapore-based Whittington Group announced that it has completed the sale of Americas Insurance Company, its non-core US insurer in run-off, to ISG Acquisition II LLC, the specialist acquisition arm of Independent...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Carrier Boosts Q2 Earnings
Aug 8 2008 // Louisiana-based Amerisafe Inc., which provides workers’ compensation insurance for small to mid-sized companies in hazardous industries, recorded a 13 percent increase in second-quarter profit despite a slight...
Louisiana Citizens Rate Increase Delayed
Aug 6 2008 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. policyholders won’t see planned rate increases for at least two months because the agency can’t get a quorum on its board to approve the measure. Premiums had been...
Damage From Tropical Storm Edouard Minimal
Aug 6 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston Aug. 5 with strong winds and heavy rain, but did little more than soak the travelers who came to relax on the tourist town’s beaches. The National...
Tropical Storm Edouard Heads for Texas/Louisiana Coast
Aug 4 2008 // A swiftly developing Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to make landfall very near the upper Texas coast or the coast of southwestern Louisiana by Tuesday, Aug. 5, the National Hurricane Center reported. As of Monday...
Storm Edouard Shuts Gulf Coast Oil Port, Disrupts Shipping
Aug 4 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard forced shut a huge U.S. offshore oil port, a refinery, some oil production and disrupted shipping as the storm raced toward the Texas-Louisiana coast Monday. Energy companies evacuated staff from...
It Figures
Aug 4 2008 // $300,000 Capitol County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, disciplined by Texas regulators for its handling of claims after Hurricane Rita, could face up to $300,000 in fines after the release of an audit by the Texas...
Former Louisiana AG’s Katrina Lawsuit Stays in Federal Court
Aug 4 2008 // Former Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti’s lawsuit contending major insurance companies manipulated prices on hurricane damage claims will remain in federal court, a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Community Financial Insurance Adds Credo as Senior VP
Jul 31 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...
Louisiana Man Found Guilty on 8 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Jul 30 2008 // Arthur Copes of Baton Rouge has been found guilty on eight counts of insurance fraud, according to the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. Judge Anthony Marabella rendered the verdict following testimony from former...
Louisiana Latest State to Reject REAL ID
Jul 29 2008 // Louisiana is the latest state to reject a federal identification card program intended as an anti-terror measure that is under criticism because of high costs and possible privacy risks. At least 10 states have passed laws...
Louisiana Governor Seeks Disaster Status for May Storm Damage
Jul 23 2008 // After a rejection in June, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has again asked for the president to declare Caddo, Bossier and six other parishes federal disaster areas because of storms in May. Wind and rain caused more than $4...
Former Louisiana AG’s Katrina Lawsuit Stays in Federal Court
Jul 21 2008 // A former Louisiana attorney general’s lawsuit that contends major insurance companies manipulated prices on hurricane damage claims will remain in federal court, an appeals court ruled. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of...
La. Gov. Lets Auto Liability Law Become Effective Without Signature
Jul 17 2008 // Even though Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal didn’t sign the bill, a new law will raise auto insurance rates for more than one million Louisiana motorists in 2010 by increasing the minimum liability coverage required for...
Potential Levee Costs Put Flood Protection on Hold in Louisiana
Jul 14 2008 // Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has put off deciding how to spend $300 million for flood-protection projects in case the money is needed for the New Orleans-area’s levee bills. The Army...
Louisiana High Court Holds With Decision in Katrina Levee Case
Jul 10 2008 // The Louisiana Supreme Court refused July 8 to reconsider its recent ruling that an insurance company isn’t liable for water damage from the failure of levees in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. The court ruled in...
It Figures
Jul 7 2008 // 26,595 A total of 26,595 policies have been selected to be removed from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) by ASI Lloyds, Imperial Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Occidental Fire & Casualty...
Insurance Bills Sent to Louisiana Governor
Jul 7 2008 // Of the insurance-related bills sent to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for his signature following the close of the 2008 legislative session, one would require drivers to carry higher minimum liability limits on their...
