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La. DOL Launches Toll-Free Number for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees to Report Change of Address
Sep 21 2005 // Hurricane Katrina evacuees from Louisiana who filed for Unemployment Insurance and Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits must immediately contact the Louisiana Department of Labor to file a change of address if their...
PCI Urges FEMA to Create ‘MASH’ Units in La.
Sep 21 2005 // Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish centralized locations in Louisiana to aid the recovery effort and serve as coordinating centers for the...
La. Gov. Signs Executive Order Enacting Emergency Insurance Rules
Sep 21 2005 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed an executive order that allows him the temporary authority to implement certain emergency insurance rules in the wake...
UPDATE: Rita Course Shifts Slightly; Storm Now a CAT 4
Sep 21 2005 // While meteorologists are still not saying for sure where Hurricane Rita will touch down in the next 24 to 36 hours, a slight change in course during the day on Thursday and into the evening may spare both Houston and...
Perry Recalls Texas Forces from Louisiana; Begins Preparations for Rita
Sep 20 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he has recalled the Texas National Guard, Texas Task Force 1 and other emergency personnel and equipment from Louisiana in anticipation of Hurricane Rita entering the Gulf of Mexico. Current...
An Open Letter to the Insurance Industry Seeking Assistance for Independent Agents Devastated from Hurricane Katrina
Sep 20 2005 // Independent insurance agents in Southeast Louisiana and South Mississippi face a daunting task as they play their part in rebuilding their shattered communities. They will need the help of the insurance companies whose...
Surveying the Damage: After Katrina, Can the Industry Withstand Another Disaster?
Sep 19 2005 // Hurricane Katrina could be called an industry nightmare. Some insurers were still reeling from the effects of the Asian tsunamis and last year’s four hurricanes. Yet when Katrina struck in late August, she forced...
S. Floridians Viewed Hurricane Katrina as an Expensive Nuisance
Sep 19 2005 // Insurance adjusters scrambled to South Florida to work on claims before they realized Hurricane Katrina was going to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and become a catastrophic hurricane devastating Mississippi and...
States Take on Hurricane Relief
Sep 19 2005 // The wheels of state governments across the continent are spinning into action to cope with the far-reaching devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Nearly all states are pitching in somehow. At least 40 states are providing...
Weathering the storm
Sep 19 2005 // Hurricane Katrina could be called an industry nightmare. Some insurers were still reeling from the effects of the Asian tsunamis and last year’s four hurricanes. Yet when Katrina struck in late August, she forced...
Lawsuit Filed in La. Against Insurers, Commissioner Over Katrina Damages
Sep 16 2005 // Plaintiff attorneys with the McKernan Law Firm – Jerry McKernan, Joe Bruno, Calvin Fayard and Vernon Thomas – reported that they have filed a suit seeking a speedy, favorable resolution that all property and...
Insurance Council of Texas: Insurers Want to Hear from Katrina Victims
Sep 16 2005 // Evacuees who have come to Texas should contact their insurance companies as soon as possible, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. Adjusters representing insurers have begun the process of entering the areas...
LexisNexis Experts Say Insurance Policy Key in Reported Louisiana Nursing Home Negligence
Sep 15 2005 // An insurance policy purchased by the nursing home owners charged Wednesday with negligent homicide in the deaths of 34 residents as a result of Hurricane Katrina may be a source of recovery for aggrieved parties and is...
Hartwig Moss Agency Sets Up Temporary Offices in Mandeville, La.
Sep 15 2005 // New Orleans-based Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency announced it has established temporary offices in Mandeville, La., in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The company said it has limited phone services but that its landlines are...
Pa. Planners Turn Focus to How to Handle Potential Katrina-like Crisis
Sep 14 2005 // The size and complexity of the Hurricane Katrina disaster are forcing Pennsylvania’s emergency planners to confront new questions about how well the state might handle a civil emergency of similar magnitude. Floods...
La. Nursing Home Owners Surrender
Sep 14 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home surrendered to Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Investigators in Baton Rouge on Sept. 14. St. Rita’s Nursing Home is...
La. Attorney General Seeking Nursing Home Owners
Sep 12 2005 // Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced his office has launched an investigation into the deaths of 32 nursing home residents of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard parish in the aftermath of Hurricane...
PIA of La. Assisting Katrina Victims with Communications, Other Needs
Sep 9 2005 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Louisiana announced it is assisting agents, carriers and policyholders in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. One of the biggest challenges right now is...
State Farm Processing Over 200,000 Katrina Claims
Sep 8 2005 // State Farm, the largest insurer of homes and cars in the Gulf States, is servicing more than 223,000 property claims in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The number is expected...
Louisiana’s Insurance Commissioner Urges Quick Response
Sep 8 2005 // Louisiana’s insurance commissioner urged insurance officials in states affected by Hurricane Katrina to be quick to respond to people’s needs and discussed a proposed plan to help to the storm’s...
