Latest Louisiana Headlines
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North La. Families Evacuated After Train Derails
Jan 30 2023 // KEATCHIE, La. (AP) – About 130 people in north Louisiana are under a mandatory evacuation Saturday after a train derailed and at least two of the cars involved began leaking hazardous products, state police said. The...
Louisiana’s Donelon Elected Chair of NAIC Southeast Zone
Jan 26 2023 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon was selected to chair the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Southeast Zone during the organization’s Fall National Meeting. Prior to his election as...
Attorney for La. Insurer Says Firm Working with Contractors to Find New Hurricane Claimants
Jan 25 2023 // An insurance defense attorney accuses the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm of teaming up with restoration contractors to illegally acquire clients, which sometimes resulted in duplicate lawsuits being filed...
Louisiana Governor Orders Special Session to Address Insurance Incentive Fund
Jan 23 2023 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called for a special session Sunday to address appropriate funds to the Insure Louisiana Incentive Fund, a fund created by lawmakers last year to attract more insurance companies to the...
Entergy Louisiana Customers to Cover $1.5B for Hurricane Ida Repairs
Jan 23 2023 // METAIRIE, La. (AP) – About a million customers of an electric utility in Louisiana will cover more than $1.4 billion in repair costs related to Hurricane Ida. Entergy Louisiana said residential customers will see about...
Louisiana Lawmakers Considering Special Session to Address Insurance Crisis
Jan 19 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – As Louisiana continues to be plagued by insurance woes, with insurers leaving or going out of business in the hurricane-stricken state, some lawmakers say a special legislative session to address...
Louisiana Guaranty Fund Extends Deadline to File Suit Against FedNat, Maison
Jan 17 2023 // The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) has granted a voluntary extension to March 31, 2023, of the deadline by which former FedNat Insurance Company and Maison Insurance Company policyholders are required to...
Louisiana Police Arrest Tx. Public Adjuster Accused of Pocketing Clients’ Checks
Jan 17 2023 // Louisiana State Police arrested a Texas public adjuster for allegedly pocketing $592,000 from settlement checks that were intended for seven former clients by forging the homeowners’ signatures. Andrew Joseph...
La. Nursing Home Owner Faces New Lawsuit in Ida Storm Evacuation
Jan 17 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ A nursing home owner who faces criminal and civil complaints over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021 is now being sued by federal authorities who say he...
At Least 20 Louisiana Horse Deaths Related to Contaminated Feed
Jan 12 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – At least 20 horses in Louisiana have died after ingesting bacteria found in some alfalfa hay cubes from a manufacturer in Colorado, state agriculture officials said. The Louisiana Department of...
5th Circuit Rejects La. Restaurant’s COVID-19 Business-Interruption Claim
Jan 11 2023 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday against a New Orleans restaurant’s claim for business interruption losses after the restaurant could not prove direct and sole cause by an accidental contamination of...
New Louisiana Laws Require Hurricane Mediation Program, Catastrophe Response Plan
Jan 10 2023 // Louisiana lawmakers passed several bills last legislative session in response to insurers’ handling of recent natural disasters, five of which went into effect Jan. 1, 2023. The legislation resulted from a shaken...
Louisiana Judge Rules Against Moratorium on Carbon Capture Project
Jan 6 2023 // LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) – A south Louisiana parish cannot enforce a moratorium blocking a global gas supply company from conducting seismic tests or building test wells in Lake Maurepas, a federal judge has ruled. Air...
Helicopter With 4 On Board Crashes in Gulf off Louisiana
Jan 3 2023 // The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours searching the waters off Louisiana for four people on board a helicopter that crashed while departing an oil platform. The helicopter’s pilot and three oil workers went into the Gulf...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease 12.2% in 2023
Dec 22 2022 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved the annual loss cost filing of the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for a -12.2% reduction in workers’ compensation rates. The decrease,...
Louisiana Officers Charged in Black Motorist’s Deadly Arrest
Dec 19 2022 // FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) – Five Louisiana law enforcement officers were charged Thursday with state crimes ranging from negligent homicide to malfeasance in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a death authorities...
South Central Storms Linked to 2 Deaths in Louisiana
Dec 15 2022 // DALLAS (AP) – A destructive storm ripping across the U.S. spawned tornadoes that killed a young boy and his mother in Louisiana and threatened the South with more severe weather Wednesday. Meanwhile, the huge storm...
Louisiana Citizens Opens Search for Catastrophe Service Vendors
Dec 15 2022 // New Catastrophe Services contracts are expected to secure Catastrophe Claims Administration Services as part of the company’s ongoing Catastrophe preparedness and response to large claim volume events. Baton Rouge,...
UPC Latest Insurer to Leave Louisiana
Dec 8 2022 // Florida-based homeowners insurer United Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPC) has announced it is leaving several states in 2023, including Louisiana where it has approximately 36,000 policyholders. UPC will...
Louisiana Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
Dec 5 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by insurance. The Louisiana high court announced that it will take up...
