Latest Louisiana Headlines
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UPDATE: Katrina Sets Sights on New Orleans; Sustained Winds at 160 mph
Aug 28 2005 // Officials, residents and tourists went into the evening hours Sunday in New Orleans and surrounding areas watching the skies. As rain began to fall and winds picked up, The Big Easy could be in line for a direct and...
UPDATE: Emergency Aid Authorized for Hurricane Katrina Emergency Response in Louisiana
Aug 28 2005 // Michael Brown, under secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, announced that Federal resources are being allocated to support emergency protective response efforts response efforts in the...
WCRI TO PRESENT STUDY RESULTS
Aug 22 2005 // On Sept. 22, 2005, in Baton Rouge, La., the Workers Compensation Research Institute will present the preliminary findings for Louisiana from the 6th Edition of the annual WCRI CompScope multi-state benchmarks study that...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage: A Comparative Analysis
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The Master Service...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // Arkansas Conference to Aid Business Leaders The Arkansas Workers Compensa-tion Commission will hold the 18th Annual Workers’ Compen- sation Educational Conference Oct. 12-14 in Little Rock. The AWCC said businesses...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The MSAs usually...
Editor’s Note: Without Pardon in Louisiana
Aug 22 2005 // The Associated Press reported that the Louisiana Board of Pardons recently decided it won’t consider requests for state pardons of federal convictions even though in the past many of the state’s governors have...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage: A Comparative Analysis
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The Master Service...
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Times-Picayune in Excess Insurance Case
Aug 19 2005 // Reversing a summary judgment by a district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently decided that The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation, based in New Orleans, is entitled to recover the entire...
NAMIC Encourages Hawaii Legislative Working Group to Adopt Rate Modernization
Aug 16 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has told a Hawaii legislative committee that passage of rate modernization laws would benefit state commerce and insurance consumers. In written comments filed last...
La. AG to Kick Off ‘ScamJam’
Aug 12 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., will be the keynote speaker and will help kickoff the first annual ScamJam on Aug. 17, 2005, in Acadiana. The AG’s office said the one-day event is aimed at educating...
IIABL Celebrates the ‘New Louisiana’; Installs Officers at Annual Convention
Aug 8 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana celebrated the “New Louisiana” in Destin Fla., June 26 — 29, 2005, at the association’s 103rd annual convention and trade...
IIABL Celebrates the ‘New Louisiana’; Installs Officers at Annual Convention
Aug 8 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana celebrated the “New Louisiana” in Destin Fla., June 26 – 29, 2005, at the association’s 103rd annual convention and trade...
WCRI to Present Study Results for La.
Aug 4 2005 // On Sept. 22, 2005, in Baton Rouge, La., the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will present the preliminary findings for Louisiana from the 6th Edition of the annual WCRI CompScope multi-state benchmarks study...
Family Admits to Faking Wrecks in La.
Aug 4 2005 // Four family members in Louisiana have admitted to staging traffic crashes in order to collect insurance money, according to the Associated Press. Shirley Long, Laquarda Long Hall, Ebony Long Green and Daryl Green were...
Former La. Commissioner Dead at 96
Aug 3 2005 // Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Dudley Anthony Guglielmo Sr., whose government career dated back to the days of Huey Long, has died at the age of 96. The Associated Press and The Advocate reported that Guglielmo...
Former La. Agent Charged in Forgery, Theft Scam
Jul 29 2005 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a former insurance producer from Mansura, La., was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. Gordon Mark...
La. Agent Charged with Falsifying Health Ins. Applications
Jul 21 2005 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators shut down a Chalmette insurance producer on charges of falsification of health insurance applications, according to Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley. Henry...
IIABL Installs New Officers at 103rd Annual Convention
Jul 19 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana installed a new slate of officers for the coming year on June 29, 2005, at the association’s 103rd annual convention in Destin, Fla. H. Lee Schilling, Jr., of...
LWCC RETURNS $15.8M IN DIVIDENDS
Jul 18 2005 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation for second year in a row declared a dividend and will return $15.8 million to qualifying policyholders this year. The company believes it to be the largest single...
