Latest Louisiana Headlines
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La. Commissioner Warns of Preparing for Hurricanes
May 26 2004 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley said checking all of one’s property insurance policies now could help save them from financial ruin during the hurricane season that begins June 1 and stays through...
LWCC Pays $10 Million Dividend
May 20 2004 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced the distribution of its first-ever dividend, returning $10 million to over 21,000 qualifying Louisiana policyholders. This was a goal of the Board of...
LA. WORKER INJURY REPORT ISSUED:
May 17 2004 // Case and demographic data are now available for Louisiana work-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2002 and required days away from work. These findings are from an annual survey of occupational injuries and...
LDI Again Tells Former Bondsman to Cease and Desist
May 14 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order to former bail bondsman Louis M. Marcotte, III, Bail Bonds Unlimited Inc. (BBU), and all Marcotte-related entities, for the second time in an...
Louisiana Governor Signs Open Container Bill
May 13 2004 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco signed into law Senate Bill 341, a measure that prohibits passengers from having open containers of alcohol in vehicles. It takes effect August 15. While Louisiana drivers have been...
AIA Expresses Support for Louisiana File and Use Bill
May 13 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) applauded the passage in the Louisiana House of Representatives of a proposal that would improve the rate approval process for commercial insurance carriers. The House passed the...
Modernization Again an Issue in Louisiana Legislature
May 12 2004 // Revamping the way insurance is regulated in Louisiana is back on the legislative radar screen this session, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), with one bill that would enhance...
LDI Wins Louisiana Press Women Awards
May 7 2004 // The “Ask Robert Wooley, Your Commissioner of Insurance” consumer column has once again won a first-place award in the annual Louisiana Press Women’s communications competition. According to the Louisiana...
Louisiana Department of Labor Releases Data on Work-Related Injuries
May 4 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Labor reported that case and demographic data are now available for Louisiana work-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2002 and required days away from work. These findings are from...
LA. OWES $1.2M TO FAILED INSURER:
May 3 2004 // A judge in Baton Rouge, La., told the state it must pay more than $1.2 million to the owner of a failed insurance company, years after two former consultants hired by the state pleaded guilty to illegally handling the...
Insurers Again Looking for Less Regulation in Louisiana
Apr 29 2004 // Four months after a new law gave insurance companies more freedom to raise their rates, insurance lobbyists were back before a House panel asking for even looser regulatory restraints. According to the Associated Press,...
Allstate Case May End Use of Special Judges in La.
Apr 28 2004 // The use of administrative law judges to settle some legal disputes involving state agencies could be threatened by a lawsuit now before the Louisiana Supreme Court. According to Associated Press reports, the suit started...
Pecoraro Pleads Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy
Apr 26 2004 // A man who ran a pub in England while on the lam from Louisiana’s 1990s insurance scandals pleaded guilty to a federal charge and faces up to five years in prison, the Associated Press reported. Nofio Pecoraro Jr.,...
New Orleans Bail Bond Agent Shut Down
Apr 26 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a New Orleans-area bail bond agent was shut down on charges of operating without a valid license, alleged violations of the law involving personal surety bonds, and...
Judge: Louisiana Owes $1.2M to Failed Insurer
Apr 23 2004 // A judge in Baton Rouge, La. awarded the owner of a failed insurance company more than $1.2 million from the state, years after two former consultants pleaded guilty to illegally handling the company’s assets. The...
LA. WOMAN FACES COMP CHARGES:
Apr 19 2004 // A Vernon Parish, Louisiana woman has been arrested on charges of workers’ compensation fraud. Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. said 27-year-old Georgianna Smith of Anacoco, manipulated the system to...
State Officials to Welcome GEICO at Opening of New La. Claims Office
Apr 12 2004 // State and local Louisiana officials will be on hand to welcome GEICO when it opens its new claims service office on Tuesday, April 13, 10 a.m. Ceremonies take place at the GEICO office site: 3616 S. I-10 Service Road,...
Up for Sale: Success in Today’s Homeowners Market
Apr 5 2004 // States show signs of stability, but problem areas remain Despite continuing availability issues and sky-high loss ratios, the U.S. homeowners market is stabilizing as a whole. Of course, most industry observers who make...
Carter to Chair Louisiana House Ins. Committee
Apr 1 2004 // Louisiana State Rep. Karen Carter, D-New Orleans, has been appointed chair of the House Insurance Committee. Carter’s appointment comes a little over a week after the former chairman, Rep. Troy Hebert, D-Jeanerette,...
Louisiana Woman Arrested in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 30 2004 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. announced the arrest of a Vernon Parish woman who reportedly manipulated her workers’ compensation program to fraudulently obtain nearly $60,000 in compensation benefits,...
