Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Security Firm to Pay $110K in Louisiana Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement
Mar 12 2021 // A Pennsylvania-based security company will pay $110,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of an employee in Louisiana, federal officials say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Louisiana Woman Accused of Selling Fake Auto Policies on Facebook Marketplace
Mar 11 2021 // State police have arrested a Louisiana woman accused of selling fraudulent auto insurance policies. The majority of the victims saw the woman’s advertisement for automobile coverage on Facebook Market Place,...
Louisiana’s Dwight Andrus Insurance Adds Hebert as VP, Personal Lines
Mar 11 2021 // Lafayette, Louisiana-based Dwight W. Andrus Insurance Inc. has hired Henri Hebert as vice president of Personal Lines — a newly created role. Hebert will be tasked with creating and implementing the future business...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Continue to Drop in Louisiana
Mar 11 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates will continue to decrease in Louisiana with a new rate reduction beginning in May, the insurance department reported. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved a...
Farmers Insurance Returning to Louisiana
Mar 10 2021 // Louisiana insurance regulators have approved rate and form filings for Farmers Insurance in advance of California-based insurer’s re-entry into the Louisiana market. The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Louisiana’s The Juban Insurance Group
Mar 9 2021 // Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of The Juban Insurance Group in Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Juban Insurance Group is...
Louisiana AG Backs $100M Deal in Freeport McMoRan Coastal Damage Suit
Mar 5 2021 // Attorney General Jeff Landry has said he’s backing a $100 million settlement between a dozen coastal parishes and mining corporation Freeport McMoRan to end a lawsuit over damage to Louisiana’s coastal...
FEMA: 87% of Federal Flood Claims from Hurricane Laura Closed in Louisiana
Mar 5 2021 // The majority of National Flood Insurance Program claims in Louisiana stemming from Hurricane Laura, which hit the state in August 2020, have been closed. FEMA says the NFIP has closed 87% of the 1,227 claims submitted and...
Higginbotham Enters Louisiana in Partnership with Insurance Broker, Knotts
Mar 5 2021 // Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance and financial services firm, Higginbotham, has partnered with Mike Knotts, an insurance agency owner and broker in Bossier City, Louisiana, to establish its first...
Alliant Acquires Louisiana’s Group Insurance Inc.
Mar 4 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Group Insurance Incorporated (GII), a full-service employee benefits provider and general agency based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The acquisition of GII adds a diverse portfolio of...
Louisiana Oil Well Explosion Leaves 1 Person Dead
Mar 3 2021 // One person was killed when an oil well exploded in southwest Louisiana over the weekend, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the scene of the explosion near Longville on Sunday evening, according to a...
For 3rd Time, Louisiana Reminds Insurers, Agents of Obligations After Catastrophes
Mar 3 2021 // Following complaints from property insurance policyholders, Louisiana’s top insurance regulator has issued a third bulletin reminding insurers of their obligations to policyholders as they work with consumers...
Over $115M in Federal Flood Claims Paid in Louisiana After 2020 Hurricanes
Feb 22 2021 // As of Feb. 1, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) had paid out more than $115 million in flood claims in Louisiana in response to the 2020 hurricane season. That figure is up from the $110 million in NFIP payments...
$4.5M Settlement Offered in Police Shooting of Alton Sterling in Louisiana
Feb 17 2021 // After a $5 million proposed settlement fell through, officials in a Louisiana parish are now offering $4.5 million to settle the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Alton Sterling, a Black man who was killed in 2016 by...
Louisiana’s Democratic Governor Balks at Biden’s Oil, Gas Policy
Feb 12 2021 // Gov. John Bel Edwards disagrees with President Joe Biden’s targeting of fossil fuel industries and wants the White House to reconsider its decision to pause new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico, the...
$32M Project on Louisiana Coast Aimed at Storm Mitigation
Feb 9 2021 // Construction has begun on a $32 million project to bring back hundreds of acres of marsh to a part of southwest Louisiana where storms, sinking and other factors have turned thousands of acres to open water, the...
Caldwell, Mowbray Named to Leadership Posts at Louisiana Insurance Dept.
Feb 9 2021 // James “David” Caldwell, Jr. has been appointed executive counsel and Rebecca Mowbray has been named deputy commissioner of Public Affairs at the Louisiana Department of Insurance Caldwell served as deputy...
Neptune Flood, Acadian Managers to Offer Flood Insurance in Louisiana
Feb 8 2021 // Neptune Flood, an AI-driven flood insurance company, has partnered with Acadian Managers (Acadian) to offer flood insurance coverage through Acadian’s network of independent agents to homeowners throughout...
2020 Hurricane Insurance Claims Up to $7.7B in Louisiana
Feb 8 2021 // Through the end of 2020 property/casualty insurers paid out or reserved $7.7 billion On claims of all types resulting from Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta in Louisiana, the state insurance department reported. The...
$22M-Plus Recovered for Louisiana Insurance Consumers in 2020
Feb 3 2021 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Office of Consumer Services recovered more than $22 million for consumers from insurance companies through complaint resolution in 2020, the department reported. All payouts are in...
