Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
La. Agent Charged with Pocketing Premiums
Jul 11 2005 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators accompanied by the State Police Insurance Fraud Unit served a 43-year-old Kenner insurance producer with a cease and desist order and summary suspension of her...
La. Gov. Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Hurricane Dennis
Jul 8 2005 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued Proclamation No. 38 KBB 2005, declaring a state of emergency for the state of Louisiana as Hurricane Dennis prepares to enter the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say the...
Montlake Holdings, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers Form Self-Insured Group for Workers’ Comp
Jul 7 2005 // The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers and Montlake Holdings announced they have established a self-insured group for workers’ compensation insurance, the only one of its kind in Texas for business owners in the oil...
More Choices for Homeowners Coverage in La.
Jul 5 2005 // Homeowners in Louisiana have more choices for insurance than they did a year or two ago, the Associated Press and the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. More companies are writing policies, and those that already were in...
Former Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges in La.
Jul 5 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced that Phyllis Malveaux Breaux of Lafayette, a former licensed insurance agent, pled guilty on June 27, 2005, to felony theft over $500 before Judge Jules Edwards in...
La. Man Arrested for Identity Theft
Jul 1 2005 // The Louisiana State Police reported that troopers from its fraud unit have arrested Sam Medica, age 42, of Alexandria, who is charged with LRS 14:67.16 Identity Theft (1 Count). The arrest follows a year-long investigation...
NAMIC Praises La. Lawmakers for Adjustments to Residual Market Rating Formulas
Jun 30 2005 // Louisiana lawmakers should be commended for adjustments they have made in the rating formulas used to calculate rates for the state’s residual markets, according to an official of the National Association of Mutual...
AIA Urges La. Gov. Blanco to Veto Anti-Safety Bill
Jun 30 2005 // The American Insurance Association has called on Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) to veto House Bill 509, which would prohibit insurers from adequately pricing personal auto, motorcycle and liability insurance coverage...
La. Husband, Wife Convicted in Fake Cancer Scheme
Jun 29 2005 // A former Shreveport, La., police officer escaped most of the federal charges lodged against him in a scheme to collect donations for a non-existent brain tumor his wife claimed to have. The Associated Press reported that...
LWCC Declares $15.8 Million Dividend
Jun 27 2005 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation announced that for the second year in a row its Board of Directors has declared a dividend and this year will return $15.8 million to qualifying policyholders. The company...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // Arkansas Crash Records Available Online The Arkansas State Police reported that Arkansas Uni-form Highway Crash Records are now available online through the Arkansas State Police Web site, www.asp.arkansas.gov, and the...
PCI Reports La. House Bill 509 Will Harm Safe Drivers
Jun 17 2005 // In a move that will reportedly unfairly penalize Louisiana’s safe drivers, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) on Friday expressed disappointment over House Bill 509, legislation that will...
News Briefs
Jun 6 2005 // ARKANSAS Pre-License CE Requirements Modified The Arkansas Insurance Department announced that a portion of the Arkansas Insurance Code ad-dressing education hours for applicants for Arkansas insurance agent, broker or...
La. Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Ins. Fraud
Jun 3 2005 // The Louisiana State Police reported that its insurance fraud unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently arrested a Marksville city police officer after a lengthy investigation into an alleged insurance fraud...
Louisiana SHIIP Director Elected to National Post
Jun 2 2005 // The director of the Louisiana Department of Insurance Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) has been elected by his peers to serve as one of eight members of the national State Health Insurance Assistance...
Lake Charles Producer Arrested
May 31 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported its investigators, accompanied by law enforcement, recently shut down a Lake Charles producer, who was charged with alleged misappropriation of funds. It was the fourth time...
La. House Kills Nursing Home Bill
May 27 2005 // The Louisiana House of Representatives killed a bill that would have allowed nursing home patients to sue for damages for certain violations of their rights, such as being a victim of mental and physical abuse. The measure...
La. Producer Accused of Taking More Than $250K in Company Funds
May 25 2005 // A Tangipahoa, La., insurance producer received a cease and desist order from the Louisiana Department of Insurance for allegedly bilking her employer, insurance producer Henry Powell, Jr., of more than $250,000. The DOI...
La. Man Arrested for Alleged Misappropriation of Funds
May 24 2005 // A Grant Parish, La., insurance producer was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced. The Grant Parish...
New Markets
May 23 2005 // Staffing Firms Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Company launched SpecialtyOne, an errors and omissions insurance program for management consultants and staffing firms. Target risks for the program include a...
