Latest Louisiana Headlines
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USG Insurance Services Adds Guidry in Covington, Louisiana
Dec 12 2018 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has hired Dylan Guidry as producer/broker in its Covington, Louisiana, branch. Guidry brings over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Most recently...
Program Offering to Buy Out Louisiana Homeowners in Floodways
Dec 5 2018 // Louisiana program helping people affected by the 2016 floods is offering buyouts to those living in especially hazardous areas, state officials said. Restore Louisiana officials said that homeowners in floodways can...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Go Down in Louisiana
Dec 5 2018 // Rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana next year, the state insurance department announced. Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved a rate filing from the National Council on...
NSM Acquires Louisiana’s KBK Insurance Group
Dec 3 2018 // NSM Insurance Group has acquired the assets of Harahan, Louisiana-based program manager, KBK Insurance Group. With over 25 years of experience, KBK specializes in the towing and transportation industries. NSM Insurance...
Louisiana to Get Another $164 Million in BP Oil Spill Restoration Grants
Nov 21 2018 // Louisiana is getting $161.4 million in restoration grants from the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore two barrier islands and a headland in the Terrebonne Basin. The work will restore Timbalier and Trinity...
Louisiana Posts 13 Straight Months of Job Gains
Nov 21 2018 // Seasonally adjusted data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment in Louisiana increased by 19,400 jobs to 1,989,700 since October 2017. According to the Louisiana...
3 Louisiana Parishes Designated USDA Natural Disaster Areas
Nov 19 2018 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated three Louisiana parishes as contiguous disaster areas as the result of excessive rain and flooding that occurred April 1 to June 30, 2018, according to Agriculture...
Storm May Have Spawned Tornadoes in Deep South
Nov 8 2018 // Possible tornados touched down in Louisiana and Mississippi as a line of storms moved across the Deep South. Tree limbs and power lines were down from Louisiana to Alabama early Tuesday, prompting some schools to delay the...
Fire Destroys Louisiana Gym, Thousands of Dollars in Donations Held There
Nov 5 2018 // A fire destroyed a south Louisiana gym and thousands of dollars in donations being held there ahead of a charity fundraiser. WVUE-TV reported that a fire Wednesday night destroyed the Garyville Recreation Center gym in St....
14% of Louisiana Bridges Are Deficient, Report Says
Oct 29 2018 // A national transportation research group says 14 percent of Louisiana’s state and local bridges are structurally deficient, the seventh-highest rate in the nation. A report by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit...
Barge Operator in Louisiana Bridge Crash Likely Wasn’t Fined in 32 Others
Oct 25 2018 // Records show that before a barge-mounted crane slammed into a Louisiana bridge this month, operators for Marquette Transportation had more than 30 collisions and the company likely wasn’t fined. The Advocate reports...
Premium Price for ACA Policies to Decline in Louisiana
Oct 22 2018 // People searching for health insurance policies in Louisiana will likely fare better than those in many other states as the Nov. 1 annual open enrollment period approaches for the individual marketplace. The Advocate...
Louisiana Company Recalling 15 Tons of Packaged Restaurant Fare
Oct 19 2018 // A Louisiana company is recalling 15 tons of packaged ready-to-eat chicken and pork products produced since January 2017 for five restaurants or chains in Louisiana and Texas. A La Carte Foods of Belle Rose made the six...
Louisiana Citizens’ Commercial Insurance Policy Rates to Drop Next Year
Oct 18 2018 // A rate decrease request for commercial property policies filed by Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has been approved by the state’s insurance commissioner. Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has...
Louisiana Contractor Awarded $62M in Fertilizer Plant Lawsuit
Oct 17 2018 // A federal jury has awarded a Louisiana mechanical contractor hired to help build a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa $62.4 million after concluding the fertilizer plant’s general contractor defaulted on a...
Barge-Mounted Crane Hits Louisiana Bridge; Closing it for Months
Oct 17 2018 // A barge-mounted crane has slammed into a Louisiana bridge, shuttering a travel artery for what Louisiana officials say will be at least a few months. Operators for Marquette Transportation hit the Sunshine Bridge at...
New Medical Marijuana Clinic Opening in Louisiana
Oct 9 2018 // A new medical marijuana health clinic is opening in northwest Louisiana. News outlets reported the Total Health Clinic was opening in Bossier City this week. Dr. Chad Rossitter, an internal medicine doctor in Acadiana,...
Louisiana Governor Declares Emergency Involving State’s Water System
Oct 8 2018 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a water emergency involving an east-central Louisiana water system after finding out that the system’s contracted operator is no longer running the system because it...
Congress OKs Disaster Fix to Aid Louisiana Flood Victims
Oct 5 2018 // Legislation headed to President Donald Trump’s desk could help thousands of Louisiana flood victims. The U.S. Senate gave final passage this week to a package of federal disaster policy changes, included in a bill...
Rainbow USA Sued in Louisiana for Pregnancy Discrimination
Oct 3 2018 // Rainbow USA Inc., a specialty apparel chain, violated federal law when it terminated a manager upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed in...
