Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Lawmakers to Address Asbestos Reform Bills
Apr 9 2003 // A number of asbestos litigation reform bills were filed in both the Louisiana House and Senate for the session that began March 31, according to the Alliance of American Insurers, which has been active in developing and...
Pineville, Louisiana Agent Suspended
Apr 2 2003 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served a cease and desist and summary suspension order to Vimmi Inabnet Clarius of Pineville, prohibiting her from conducting any kind of insurance business in...
Brown Exhausts Appeals; Resigns as Louisiana Commissioner
Apr 1 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown, who’s been suspended since his conviction on charges of lying to an FBI agent, resigned from his office after the U.S. Supreme Court refused for a second time to review his...
NAII Pushes for Regulatory Modernization in Louisiana
Mar 31 2003 // Legislative changes to address the insurance availability problem in Louisiana and to promote greater competition in the industry will be the crux of the National Association of Independent Insurers’ (NAII’s)...
Louisiana Shuts Down Former Bogalusa/Covington Area Agent
Mar 28 2003 // Investigators for the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit served cease and desist orders to Linda Foxworth McMillan and A Aabco Insurance Agency of 234 Richmond Street, Bogalusa, prohibiting both from conducting...
La.’s Deputy Commissioner Takes on Rating Board, Struggling Firm
Mar 24 2003 // According to Jim Donelon, Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI), the answer to the homeowners’ insurance crisis in Louisiana is to move to a file and use rating system, and to...
NAIC Names Wooley Chairman of Nat’l Consumer Protection Committees
Mar 7 2003 // Louisiana’s Acting Commissioner of Insurance, Robert Wooley, is the new chairman of two consumer protection committees by the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). NAIC President...
LOUISIANA AGENT FACES CHARGES
Feb 24 2003 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an ongoing statewide crackdown on insurance fraud being conducted by the La. Department of...
Louisiana Department Gets New Digs
Feb 20 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance moved into new offices on Feb. 14, relocating to the new Poydras Building at 1702 North Third Street, Baton Rouge, 70802. The building is adjacent to the First Circuit Court of Appeal...
Iroquois Group Now Open to Louisiana Agents
Feb 18 2003 // Gerald Scriber and Nick Poulos, regional managers for Iroquois Group, of Winnsboro, La., announced the opening of Iroquois of Louisiana Inc. to member agents. Mike Reiter, Iroquois long-time managing partner, is...
AIA Applauds La. Clarification Regarding Absolute Pollution Exclusions
Feb 6 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance’s recent clarification how insurers may use absolute pollution exclusions on commercial lines policies, is expected to ease industry concerns over the application of previously...
Louisiana Agent Booked on Multiple Charges
Feb 4 2003 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an ongoing statewide crackdown on insurance fraud being conducted by the La. Department of...
Louisiana Agent Booked for Theft, Misappropriation
Jan 24 2003 // A Slidell, La. insurance agent was charged on numerous counts of theft and misappropriation, the latest in a series of insurance fraud arrests around the state, according to acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert...
State Farm to Issue Modified Mold Mailer in Louisiana
Jan 22 2003 // Acting Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that State Farm will issue new information to Louisiana policyholders clarifying the company’s prior notice on mold and fungus claims. Over the past...
To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line
Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...
To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line
Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year, is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...
LA. MOLD NOTICE ‘MISLEADING’
Dec 16 2002 // A notification from State Farm to its Louisiana homeowner customers citing an exclusion of mold coverage is misleading, according to acting Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley. The notice allegedly told State Farm...
La. Agent Hiding in Closet Arrested for Misappropriation of Premiums
Dec 12 2002 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut down an Alexandria insurance agency amid charges of misappropriation of premiums. The department said it is the second Alexandria agency to be closed in just over a...
Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Encore Insurance & Bonding
Dec 11 2002 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Encore Insurance & Bonding Inc. of New Orleans, La., a full-service insurance agency which specializes in offering risk management and commercial...
La. Commissioner Calls State Farm Mold Notice Misleading
Dec 6 2002 // A notification from State Farm to its Louisiana homeowner customers citing an exclusion of mold coverage is misleading, according to acting Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley. Wooley said the company has notified its...
