Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Governor to Meet With Lloyd’s of London
Sep 29 2022 // As Louisiana continues to be plagued by a spiraling insurance crisis, with insurers leaving the state and canceling homeowner policies as thousands of claims remain unpaid following a series of hurricanes, Gov. John Bel...
Unlicensed Louisiana Agent Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // In June 2021, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit New Orleans Field Office (LSP-IFAT-NFO) began an investigation into a Marrero business providing fraudulent insurance policies. Troopers...
Louisiana Furniture Retailer Sued for Race Discrimination
Sep 28 2022 // Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC, doing business as Affordable Home Furnishings, a furniture retailer and lessor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, violated federal law when it subjected an African American manager-in-training to a...
Civil Rights Law Targets Louisiana ‘Cancer Alley’ Discrimination
Sep 27 2022 // Sprawling industrial complexes line the drive east along the Mississippi River to the majority-Black town of Reserve, Louisiana. In the last seven miles the road passes a massive, rust-colored aluminum-oxide refinery, then...
Louisiana Marine Services Company Sued for Disability Discrimination
Sep 27 2022 // Eagle Marine Services Electrical & Refrigeration, LLC, a marine services company based in Berwick, Louisiana, violated federal law when it refused to hire or accommodate a worker because he used medication prescribed...
Louisiana Town Settles Dispute Over Fraudulent FEMA Claims
Sep 26 2022 // A Louisiana town is preparing to settle a 20-year dispute with the Federal Emergency Management Agency by making a repayment of $163,102. The Town Talk of Alexandria reports that the Town of Ball Council voted unanimously...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance to Hold Hurricane Prep Event
Sep 22 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) and Habitat for Humanity will hold a hurricane preparation session at Mandeville Community Center on September 26, 5:30 p.m. The session, Insurance Information on Preparing for...
SURE, SageSure Launch Reliable Commercial Protection in Louisiana
Sep 20 2022 // SURE, the member-owned insurance company for reliable coastal property protection, today announced its expansion into commercial insurance in Louisiana. Small and mid-sized Louisiana business owners can now bundle general...
Louisiana Flood Victims Receive $95 Million Settlement 39 Years Later
Sep 19 2022 // Louisiana families and businesses in Tangipahoa Parish are a step closer to getting paid for flood damages in 1983 caused by the construction of Interstate 12. A $95 million payment was approved Friday by the Joint...
Louisiana Town Settles Suit Over Released Video of Illegal Search
Sep 19 2022 // A Virginia law professor is set to receive an $86,000 payment for settlement of his civil lawsuit filed against the City of Baton Rouge. The settlement follows a federal court order in which U.S. District Judge John W....
Alera Group Acquires Louisiana’s jweinland Group Benefits
Sep 13 2022 // Alera Group announced the acquisition of jweinland Group Benefits, a full-service employee benefits firm specializing in the highest quality group benefits and self-funded insurance plans. “Our large and mid-market...
Louisiana Town Settles Suit Over Released Video of Illegal Search
Aug 29 2022 // A Virginia law professor is set to receive an $86,000 payment for settlement of his civil lawsuit filed against the City of Baton Rouge. The settlement follows a federal court order in which U.S. District Judge John W....
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance Fines Public Adjuster Accused of Pocketing Insurer Payouts
Aug 25 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has ordered a Texas father-and-son public adjusting team to pay a $50,000 fine for pocketing money that was intended for insurance claimants. The department on Aug. 18 revoked the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Louisiana-Based Watkins
Aug 25 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Alexandria, Louisiana-based Watkins Insurance & Benefits, LLC, dba Watkins Group — Insurance & Benefits Specialists. Terms of the transaction were...
Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty to FEMA Fraud
Aug 22 2022 // Schshinetia Anderson, age 44, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on August 11, 2022 to FEMA fraud announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced before the Honorable Mary Ann...
Louisiana Suit Alleging Off-Camera Jail Beatings Revived
Aug 22 2022 // A federal appeals court cleared the way last Friday for a lawsuit to proceed against guards and officials at a privately run north Louisiana jail where an inmate died with a fractured skull in 2015. The lawsuit by family...
Public Adjuster Cited in Texas, Louisiana Took Cash Advances on Commissions
Aug 18 2022 // A public adjusting firm that was cited by regulators in both Texas and Louisiana for allegedly pocketing insurer payouts has also received cash advances from financing companies over the past several months, documents...
Weston, UPC Louisiana Policyholders Given 60 Additional Days to Place Policies with Citizens
Aug 17 2022 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced Tuesday that Louisiana Citizens will provide an additional 60 days after cancellation for insurance agents to place Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Company policies...
Weston’s Texas, Louisiana Policies to be Canceled September 7
Aug 16 2022 // Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Co. policies in Texas and Louisiana will be canceled on September 7 after the Florida-based insurer was ordered to end operations in early August after going insolvent. The Texas...
Public Adjusting Firm Accused of Pocketing Insurer Payouts in Texas, Louisiana
Aug 15 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance says a public adjusting firm that was sanctioned last month by Louisiana regulators has pocketed more than $300,000 in insurer payouts intended for Texas property owners. TDI is asking the...
