Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Claims against insurance agents and brokers: Timing is everything
May 21 2007 // Flood policies at heart of many cases against Gulf Coast producers In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found...
People and Places
May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office. Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...
Claims against insurance agents and brokers: Timing is everything
May 21 2007 // In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many insurance agents and brokers in Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, in Texas have found themselves being sued for allegedly failing to advise their customers...
Declarations
May 21 2007 // Declarations Rates going down “Consumers are clearly benefiting from what has turned into a very competitive insurance market. … When it seems like the price of everything else is going up, to hear insurance...
People
May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office. Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...
La. House Refuses to Relax Statewide Building Code Rules
May 21 2007 // The Louisiana House of Representatives rejected a proposal to loosen statewide building codes enacted after the 2005 storms, concerned that insurers will refuse to write policies for homes built under relaxed...
2 Texans Arrested in La. in Multi-state Identity Theft Scheme
May 18 2007 // A pair of Texas men face a variety of charges after Louisiana authorities say they stole identities and defrauded businesses in three states of more than $1 million. Michael McDowell, 30, and Jason Mark Freeman, 31, both...
La. Bail Bond Agent Accused of Taking Premiums
May 18 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Baton Rouge-area bail bond agent has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of his insurance license for allegedly misappropriating...
La. Court Bars Pollution Exclusion to Deny Coverage in Bodily Injury Case
May 16 2007 // A Louisiana state judge has ruled that an insurance company cannot use the so-called “absolute pollution exclusion” to deny its corporate policyholder coverage for claims alleging that bodily injury was caused...
La. House Panel: Abolish Insurance Rating Commission
May 16 2007 // Louisiana should do away with the state commission of political appointees that can block insurance rate increases, the only one left in the country, a state House of Representatives committee decided recently. The House...
La. Agent Accused of Pocketing Premiums
May 11 2007 // An Alexandria, La., insurance agent has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of his licenses for allegedly misappropriating premium money from policyholders and failing to remit premiums...
La. Commissioner: State Farm to Reopen Katrina and Rita ‘Slab’ Claims
May 11 2007 // Lousiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that State Farm has agreed to reevaluate all of the claims it denied from Louisiana policyholders whose homes or businesses were reduced to their foundations due to...
La. Senate Approves Privatization of Citizens Insurance
May 11 2007 // Louisiana should privatize its state-run “insurer of last resort,” the fastest-growing property insurance company since hurricanes Katrina and Rita sent homeowners and commercial policies upward, the state...
La. House Panel OKs Governor’s Property Insurance Package
May 11 2007 // Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco won a House committee’s approval for her plan to ease Louisiana’s property insurance crisis by offering $100 million in financial incentives to insurance companies. Blanco’s...
Ark-La-Tex Underwriters Hires Weego in Commercial Lines Division
May 9 2007 // Louisiana-based wholesaler/managing general agency Ark-La-Tex Underwriters Inc. announced that Chris Weego has joined the firm as a commercial underwriter/marketer. Weego is experienced and has good knowledge of the...
La. Statewide Building Code on Chopping Block at Capitol
May 8 2007 // A new statewide building code in Louisiana was one of the most tangible responses by lawmakers to hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But it was done quickly, a knee-jerk reaction that many lawmakers say didn’t involve...
Insurance industry in Louisiana’s legislative ‘crosshairs’
May 7 2007 // This session will be tough, next one even worse, lobbyist says Despite its focus on fiscal matters, Louisiana’s 2007 legislative session, which began April 30, is certain to have plenty of impact on the insurance...
Insurance industry in Louisiana’s legislative ‘crosshairs’
May 7 2007 // Despite its focus on fiscal matters, Louisiana’s 2007 legislative session, which began April 30, is certain to have plenty of impact on the insurance industry, according to one industry lobbyist. And it’s not...
La. Measures Would Shrink Citizens Insurance, Change Building Codes
May 3 2007 // While Louisiana struggles to retain insurance markets and affordable coverage, the state’s lawmakers are targeting problems with the state’s insurer of last resort and building codes. A Louisiana State Senate...
FBI: Former La. Police Union Head Lied About Insurance Scam
May 3 2007 // A former police union president in Monroe, La., is accused of lying to federal investigators about a former officer’s alleged insurance scam. Federal agents arrested Paul Brown, 41, a 16-year department veteran who...
