Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer Group Says Some La. Bills Are Bad for Consumers
May 4 2006 // As the Louisiana Legislature considers a wide array of legislative proposals, many of which would be detrimental for consumers, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America said it is telling lawmakers that the...
La. Senate: Rating Commission Should Approve Rate Changes
May 3 2006 // All insurance rate hikes in Louisiana should get approval first from the state’s Insurance Rating Commission before being enacted, the Senate has decided. Senate Bill 693, backed 21-15, would reverse a law pushed by...
La. Commissioner Launches Storm Awareness Tour in Lake Charles
May 1 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon will kick off a statewide storm awareness tour in Lake Charles on May 2. His visit will include a trip to areas hit hard by...
La. Recovery Authority Sheds Income Limits in Housing Plan
Apr 28 2006 // Lawmakers in Louisiana next week are expected to vote on Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s $7.5 billion housing plans, after several provisions were altered to make the post-hurricane rebuilding and buyout program more...
La. Credit Score Bill May Harm Consumers, AIA Says
Apr 27 2006 // The Louisiana House Insurance Committee has passed legislation (H.B. 318) regarding a ban on the use of credit scoring information from 2005, which will negatively affect consumers and the overall insurance market in...
La. Producer Accused of Pocketing Insurance Premiums
Apr 27 2006 // A Lake Charles, La., insurance producer was ordered to cease and desist operating in the business of insurance and received a summary suspension of his licenses for allegedly misappropriating insurance premium...
AIA: La. Senate Committee Passes Destructive Insurance Bills
Apr 26 2006 // The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee passed two bills that would be very destructive to the state if they became law, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “One bill (SB 707) is a very expansive...
La. Insurance Commish Courting More Insurance Companies
Apr 24 2006 // State Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says he is working to get at least a “half-dozen” more companies to write homeowners policies in Louisiana in an effort to ensure affordable premiums for coastal...
Louisiana Approves Rate Hikes for Allstate, Other Insurers
Apr 20 2006 // Louisiana’s second-largest insurer has received permission to boost homeowners’ rates an average of 20.6 percent for nearly half its customers, while the remainder will see rates rise an average of 9...
Revised La. Lawsuit Cites ‘Incompetence’ of Federal Government, U.S. Corps of Engineers
Apr 20 2006 // Plaintiffs seeking more than $1 billion in damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are calling the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet a “Hurricane Highway” that allowed a 20-foot storm surge to inundate much...
Business Moves
Apr 17 2006 // Republic, American Vehicle Dallas-based Republic Companies Group Inc. announced an agreement in principal with American Vehicle Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 21st Century Holding Company, an insurance...
Closer Look: Louisiana Homeowners
Apr 17 2006 // However, insurer trade group says it can be found by those who shop After the wreckage caused by last year’s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many home insurers in southern Louisiana are refusing to write new policies,...
LA. HOMEOWNERS MARKET
Apr 17 2006 // TSLA’S PATTERSON 25 years but who’s counting? CHALLENGING WIND DATA Critics say modelers need oversight
FEMA Provides Flood Recovery, Rebuilding Guidance for La.
Apr 13 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it has released flood recovery guidance documents for Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard parishes as well as portions of Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes in...
Louisiana Health Care Symposium Set for April 18
Apr 11 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Health Care Commission will co-sponsor a health care symposium: “A New Vision for Health Care” on April 18, 2006. The department said the symposium will cover the changing...
Neyrey Named Southwest Region Director at Summit
Apr 7 2006 // Summit, which provides workers’ compensation insurance services, announced it has hired Chris Neyrey to fill the company’s new position of Southwest Region director of Sales and Agency Relations. Neyrey will...
La. House Committee Would Allow More Time to Sue Insurers
Apr 6 2006 // Consumers should have up to two years to file lawsuits against their insurance companies after a disaster declared by the governor, instead of the maximum one year now in effect, a Louisiana House of Representatives...
La. Bill Aims to Protect Post-Hurricane Volunteers From Lawsuits
Apr 6 2006 // Doctors who volunteer post-hurricane medical help in Louisiana need extra protection against malpractice lawsuits, a Louisiana House of Representatives committee decided April 4. Rep. Sidney Mae Durand said doctors from...
Licensed La. Bail Bond Business Owner, Employee Arrested
Apr 6 2006 // A licensed Monroe, La., bail bond producer has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly allowing an unlicensed employee to write and sign bail bonds on behalf of the producer’s business, the...
PIA of La. Goes to Washington
Apr 5 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana (PIA) reported that several of the association’s members are set to meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2006. Jared “Butsy” Martin,...
