Latest Louisiana Headlines
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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...
Louisiana Woman Latest to Plead Guilty in Staged Auto Collision Scheme
Dec 1 2022 // United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Florence Randle, age 70, of Gibson, Louisiana, pled guilty on November 29, 2022 to Count One (1) of her indictment, charging her with Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in...
Update: Florida Consultant on Demotech Alternatives Faced Issues in Other States
Dec 1 2022 // A Mississippi-based consulting firm hired to figure out Florida’s insurance company financial rating conundrum has faced scrutiny in other states after audits found improper disbursement of funds, long delays in...
La. Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
Nov 30 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 Tuesday that it will...
Louisiana Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
Nov 23 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 Tuesday that it will...
Louisiana Town Amends March Ordinance, Settles Suit With Protest Group
Nov 21 2022 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A southeast Louisiana town has eased its requirement that a $10,000 bond be posted by groups wanting to stage protest marches, and it settled a lawsuit with community activists who said the requirement...
SUV Hits 25 LA County Sheriff’s Academy Recruits on Run
Nov 18 2022 // WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) – The driver of an SUV veered into the wrong lane and plowed through dozens of Los Angeles County sheriff’s academy recruits running in formation during a training exercise early Wednesday,...
Hurricane Ida Paid Claims in Louisiana Grows to $13.9B
Nov 8 2022 // Insurers have paid or reserved to pay $13.9 billion on all types of Hurricane Ida-related claims in Louisiana through September 30, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced today. This data is the final measure of...
Judge Threatens to Sanction Firm for Baseless La. Hurricane Suits
Nov 7 2022 // A federal judge in Louisiana is threatening to fine a Houston-based law firm $200 for each duplicate or baseless lawsuit he finds among the 1,642 that the firm has filed against insurers for alleged hurricane damages. US...
Court Revives Louisiana Wetlands Damage Suit Against Big Oil
Nov 7 2022 // A federal appeals court has ordered a nine-year-old lawsuit filed against oil and gas companies over damage to Louisiana’s wetlands to be returned to state court for trial, potentially clearing the way for at least...
Louisiana Train Derailment, Acid Leak Prompts Evacuations
Nov 4 2022 // The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana community, officials said. No injuries were reported in the derailment in the community of Paulina...
Judge Threatens to Sanction Law Firm that Filed Hundreds of La. Hurricane Lawsuits
Oct 27 2022 // A federal judge in Louisiana is threatening to fine a Houston-based law firm $200 for each duplicate or baseless lawsuit he finds among the 1,642 that the firm has filed against insurers for alleged hurricane damages. US...
Louisiana Issues C&D Order to Baton Rouge Producer
Oct 25 2022 // Investigators from the Office of Insurance Fraud at the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) issued resident producer Houston Thomas and Thomas Mutual Insurance Group a Cease-and-Desist Order and Notice of Summary...
