Latest Louisiana Headlines
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McCray Appointed Executive VP at Amerisafe in Louisiana
May 14 2019 // DeRidder, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, Amerisafe Inc., has named Andrew McCray as its new executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. McCray comes to Amerisafe with more than 30 years...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pushing Restrictions on Food Labels
May 14 2019 // Louisiana’s lawmakers are on a labeling binge this year, pushing ahead with food classification restrictions on milk, rice, meat, sugar, shrimp and crawfish as they try to assist the state’s agricultural...
Lighthouse Property Insurance Acquires Louisiana’s Excalibur National Insurance
May 6 2019 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has acquired Excalibur National Insurance Co., based in Louisiana. Lighthouse CEO and President Patrick White said in a press release that the acquisition “reaffirms...
Louisiana Senators Say Agreement Reached on Federal Flood Aid for Homeowners
May 3 2019 // The Trump administration has agreed to rewrite regulations to help thousands of Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods access federal aid, the state’s U.S. senators said Thursday. Republican Sens. Bill...
Communities Along Mississippi River Prepare for Record Crest
May 2 2019 // Communities in several states along the Mississippi River are watching the skies this week as rainfall will likely determine whether the river reaches record crests and how much it will raise floodwaters. The National...
Death of Louisiana Nurse Attacked by Patient Prompts Call for Increased Safety
Apr 30 2019 // The death of a Louisiana nurse who was attacked by a mental health patient has prompted the medical community to demand better hospital safety practices. News outlets report Baton Rouge General Medical Center nurse Lynne...
9: The Number of Tornadoes that Hit East Texas, Louisiana Last Week
Apr 29 2019 // The National Weather Service says at least nine tornadoes were formed during a two-day period of severe weather in eastern Texas and Louisiana. Meteorologist Davyon Hill says seven tornadoes were part of the same parent...
NWS: 75 Tornadoes Confirmed in Mississippi So Far in 2019
Apr 29 2019 // With three more tornadoes confirmed Friday from an April 18 outbreak, the National Weather Service now says 43 tornadoes hit Mississippi that day, and 75 for the year. The one-day amount alone equals Mississippi’s...
Buildings Damaged, 2 Killed as Tornado Tears Through Northern Louisiana
Apr 26 2019 // A tornado killed two people as it swept through the northern Louisiana city of Ruston early Thursday, officials said. The tornado caused severe damage to buildings, vehicles and power lines and forced a local university to...
Louisiana House Passes Bill Targeting High Auto Insurance Rates
Apr 26 2019 // A bill aimed at lowering Louisiana’s sky-high auto insurance rates has passed the state House of Representatives. On April 23, House lawmakers passed HB 372, named the “Omnibus Premium Reduction Act of 2019,...
Louisiana Company to Pay $25K to Settle Federal Disability Lawsuit
Apr 22 2019 // Federal regulators say a Louisiana company that operates a fleet of off-shore work boats in the Gulf of Mexico discriminated against and fired employee due to perceived disability. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
LA Archdiocese to Pay $8M Payment in Sex Abuse Case
Apr 18 2019 // The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $8 million to a teenager who was sexually abused by the athletic director at her Catholic high school who had continued to work despite prior allegations of misconduct, it...
Digital or Plastic? Or Both? States Experiment with Driver’s Licenses
Apr 17 2019 // Millions of people may be able to show their smartphones rather than a plastic card to prove they’re legit to drive, vote or buy a beer in coming years. Louisiana in July became the first state to make digital...
Suspect in Multiple Louisiana Church Fires Faces Hate Crime Charges
Apr 16 2019 // The white man suspected in the burning of three African American churches in Louisiana will remain in jail, denied bond Monday by a judge, as state prosecutors added new charges declaring the arsons a hate...
Louisiana Diocese Releases List of Priests Accused of Sex Abuse
Apr 15 2019 // The U.S. Catholic diocese where the first widely reported case of clergy sex abuse became public in the 1980s released a list Friday of 33 priests and four deacons credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor or vulnerable...
AM Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Stonetrust
Apr 12 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co....
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Declares $51M Policyholder Dividend
Apr 10 2019 // Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation mutual insurer, LWCC, will distribute a $51 million dividend for 2018 to more than 20,000 policyholders in mid-April. This amount represents one-fourth of the...
Insurers Pitch Quick-Paying Parametric Disaster Insurance to Public Sector
Apr 9 2019 // Some of the world’s largest insurers are eagerly pitching cities, states and even school districts on policies designed to pay out quickly with few questions in the event of extreme weather. The catch: Even a...
Judge: 4 African Americans Rejected from Louisiana Parish Jury Can Seek Damages
Apr 5 2019 // Four African Americans can move ahead with a lawsuit seeking damages from a Louisiana district attorney’s office over the racial composition of juries, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Dee Drell in...
Louisiana Charter School Bus Services Firm Accused in Insurance Fraud Scam
Apr 4 2019 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has served the owners and an employee of Scholars First LLC, a provider of bus transportation services to several New Orleans-area charter schools, with cease and desist (C&D)...
