Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Tropical Storm Sally Strengthens; Louisiana Braces for Another Hurricane
Sep 13 2020 // 09/13/2020 06:09 PM— Tropical Storm Sally strengthened off the west coast of Florida on Sunday and was poised to become a category 2 hurricane, bringing the threat of dangerous storm surges and high winds to the U.S....
Hurricane Laura Hit Louisiana Oil Storage Site; No Shortages Expected
Sep 11 2020 // Hurricane Laura caused significant damage at a site holding about 30% of the nation’s store of emergency crude oil, but three other sites still have plenty of petroleum, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on...
Post-Hurricane Laura Mosquito Clouds Killing Louisiana Livestock
Sep 11 2020 // Clouds of mosquitoes have been so thick in southwest Louisiana since Hurricane Laura that they’re killing cattle and horses. Farmers in a five-parish area east and northeast of the parishes where the storm made its...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Louisiana Agency, Todd & Associates
Sep 9 2020 // Chicago-based global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Todd & Associates LLC (Todd & Associates), an independent insurance agency located in Lake Charles,...
Drones, Satellite Images Used to Assess Coastal Damage from Hurricane Laura
Sep 9 2020 // Hurricane Laura was hardly done ripping across Louisiana before scientists started combing through satellite imagery and drone footage and preparing to survey coastal areas to see what damage was caused by the monster...
Louisiana Emergency Rule Extends Insurance Premium Payment Time
Sep 8 2020 // Insurance policyholders in Louisiana who have been impacted by Hurricane Laura will have more time to pay their premiums under an emergency rule issued by the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Insurance Commissioner Jim...
Progressive, Farm Bureau Lowering Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Sep 7 2020 // Louisiana’s insurance commissioner has approved new rate decreases for private passenger auto policies for two major auto insurers in the state. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon signed off on Progressive Insurance...
Hub Acquires Assets of The Employee Benefit Corp., Hollis Companies in Louisiana
Sep 4 2020 // Chicago-based global insurance brokerage HUB International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Hollis Companies L.L.C. (Hollis Companies) and The Employee Benefits Corporation (TEBC), located in Metairie,...
Louisiana Officials Say Evicted Woman Set Fire to Apartment Complex
Sep 3 2020 // A Louisiana woman facing eviction from her apartment has been accused of setting the 25-unit complex on fire, leaving a dog dead and 26 residents displaced, authorities said. Jazlynn Major, 25, was arrested on Sept. 1 in...
11K People Seek State Shelter in Louisiana After Hurricane Laura
Sep 3 2020 // Growing numbers of Louisiana residents are turning to the state to find a place to stay after Hurricane Laura ravaged the state’s southwestern region, wrecking homes, ripping away roofs and leaving hundreds of...
Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Adds Skaggs, Boniol, Perkins
Sep 2 2020 // Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has hired Jeff Skaggs as senior vice president of Underwriting and Marketing; Dawn Boniol as manager of Compliance, Quality Control and Claims Support;...
Louisiana Insurance Producer Accused of Forgery, Fraud
Sep 2 2020 // A Monroe, La., insurance producer has been served with a cease and desist order alleging various unauthorized actions including false information on insurance applications, altering or forging names on checks and...
Key Air Monitors Offline After Laura Hits Louisiana Energy Hub
Sep 1 2020 // Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the air after Hurricane Laura, regulators say, but some key state and federal...
Pool Disinfectant Caught Fire at Louisiana Chemical Plant, U.S. CSB Says
Sep 1 2020 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Aug. 31 about 835 tons of a chemical used in swimming pools were stored at the Louisiana plant where a fire had erupted last week in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. The...
Cat Risk Modelers Air Worldwide, KCC Release Laura Insured Loss Estimates
Aug 31 2020 // Estimates for insured property losses associated with Hurricane Laura by catastrophe risk modeling firms Air Worldwide and Karen Clark and Co. (KCC) are similar — both fall into the $8 billion range — but they are not...
Fire at Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Chemical Plant Contained
Aug 30 2020 // A chlorine chemical fire that erupted last Thursday, triggering shelter-in-place orders and closing roadways in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, has been brought under control, the plant’s owner said on Friday. KIK...
CoreLogic Estimates Hurricane Laura Insured Losses at $8B to $12B
Aug 28 2020 // Property information, analytics and data provider, CoreLogic, has estimated residential and commercial insured losses from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and Texas will come in at between $8 billion and $12 billion. That...
Update: Hurricane Laura Kills 6 in Louisiana, but Damage Is Less than Expected
Aug 28 2020 // Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains. Laura’s powerful gusts uprooted trees...
Fire Burns at Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Chemical Plant
Aug 28 2020 // Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Thursday asked residents in three southwestern communities to stay indoors with windows and doors shut as a plume rose from a chemical fire at a Biolab plant in an area hit by...
4 Killed as Hurricane Laura Slams Louisiana, but Less Damage Than Forecast
Aug 27 2020 // Hurricane Laura ripped through Louisiana on Thursday, destroying buildings in towns across the southwestern corner of the state and killing four people who were crushed by falling trees as they sheltered in their homes,...
