Latest Louisiana Headlines
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State Farm to expand in La.
Sep 3 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon reported that State Farm would resume writing new homeowners insurance policies in Louisiana’s coastal parishes on a limited basis for homeowners customers who...
La. district court: Allstate trial exhibits must remain open
Sep 3 2007 // News Currents Certain trial exhibits that were elemental in a recently settled wind vs. water case in Louisiana must remain part of the public record, a Louisiana district court judge ruled. United States District Judge...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
La. Firefighters Must Haul Water to Fires, Could Affect Insurance Ratings
Aug 30 2007 // Livingston Parish in Louisiana is growing faster than the supply of water needed to fight fires. The parish needs more fire hydrants and higher water pressure to fight fires in new subdivisions, Brian Drury, president of...
La.: Hurricanes did $100B in Damage; State Short $34B to Cover Losses
Aug 28 2007 // Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were a $100 billion blow to Louisiana buildings and infrastructure, and federal aid and insurance payments fall about $34 billion short of making up for the losses, a state agency says. The $100...
Deadline Looms for Filing Suits Against Insurers Over Katrina
Aug 27 2007 // Courts in Louisiana already inundated by a wave of litigation against insurance companies over damage from Hurricane Katrina are bracing for a last-minute barrage of lawsuit filings as a deadline nears. Thousands of...
La. Deputy Commissioner Honored by the Society of CIC
Aug 24 2007 // The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) recently honored Clarissa A. Preston, deputy commissioner of Property and Casualty at the Louisiana Department of Insurance, for dedication and leadership in the...
La. District Court Says Allstate Trial Exhibits Must Remain Open
Aug 22 2007 // Certain trial exhibits that were elemental in a recently settled a wind vs. water case in Louisiana must remain part of the public record, a Louisiana district court judge has ruled. United States District Judge Sarah...
La. Citizens: New Computer System Needed
Aug 21 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer of last resort needs to replace its faulty $13 million computer system because the glitches are not repairable, according to the firm’s chief financial officer. Problems with...
La. Commissioner: Waive Insurance Change for Government, Nonprofits
Aug 20 2007 // In June, the Federal Emergency Management Agency changed the insurance requirements local governments and nonprofits must meet to be eligible for public aid, potentially leaving nonprofts and governments responsible for...
La. Tells Unlicensed Corporation, Former Agents to Cease and Desist
Aug 20 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order to an Oklahoma-based corporation and two former Louisiana insurance agents who allegedly have been soliciting insurance products to senior citizens...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // $40.6 billion paid on 1.7 million insurance claims Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been...
Court affirms flood exclusions in La. property policies
Aug 20 2007 // Two federal appeals court rulings in early August in class-action lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina-related property damage in Louisiana underscored the validity of flood exclusions in property insurance...
News Currents
Aug 20 2007 // Court affirms flood exclusions in La. property policies Two federal appeals court rulings in early August in class-action lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina-related property damage in Louisiana underscored the...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion —...
21% Property Rate Hike Approved in La. May Affect 8,500
Aug 17 2007 // Louisiana regulators approved a property insurance rate change on Aug. 15, a statewide average rate increase of over 21 percent that will affect roughly 8,500 policyholders. The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission...
Jury Selection Begins in La. in Katrina Nursing Home Trial
Aug 16 2007 // Attorneys in St. Francisville, La., prepared Aug. 15 to try to select the final jurors to hear the case of a couple charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 patients at their nursing home following Hurricane...
State Farm to Write More Homeowners Insurance in La.
Aug 15 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that beginning Aug. 15, 2007, State Farm will resume writing new homeowners insurance policies in Louisiana’s coastal parishes on a limited basis for...
La. Judge: No Basis for Suit to Make State Sue Insurance Companies
Aug 13 2007 // A judge in Baton Rouge, La., threw out a request to make state officials sue insurance companies for hurricane repairs on public property, saying the suit neither named any companies to sue nor listed any specific damaged...
La. Commissioner Plans to Abolish ‘Secretive’ Bureaucratic Layers
Aug 13 2007 // Calling them “confusing and secretive layers of bureaucracy,” Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced plans to abolish the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL) and the Louisiana...
