Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Acid Release at Louisiana Exxon Plant Sends 2 to Hospital
Jun 13 2018 // A sulfuric acid release sent two contractors at an ExxonMobil chemical plant in Louisiana to the hospital. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Greg Langley says the agency wasn’t immediately sure...
Louisiana Parish Issues 8K Tickets to Uninsured Vehicles
Jun 7 2018 // A Louisiana parish has issued 8,000 tickets for uninsured cars and trucks after installing license plate readers last year. Bossier Parish Sheriff Julian Whittington says the $200 citations were mailed to vehicle owners...
Louisiana Expands Medical Marijuana Program Eligibility
Jun 5 2018 // More Louisiana residents with chronic pain and suffering will be able to seek treatment for their ailments through the state’s medical marijuana program. Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed to the expansion proposal a few...
Louisiana Insurance Man Rescues Elderly Woman from Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 5 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
Edwards Vetoes Bills That Rewrite Louisiana Insurance Laws
Jun 4 2018 // Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed three bills that would have changed Louisiana’s insurance laws, including two sought by the state’s insurance commissioner. The first bill, sponsored by River Ridge Rep. Kirk...
Louisiana Homeowners Insurance Market More Competitive, LDI Says
Jun 4 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance says the state’s homeowners insurance market is much more competitive these days than it was a decade ago. The LDI reported in its 2018 Agency Snapshot that in 2017, the...
Louisiana Posts Worst Economic Performance of All States in 2017
Jun 4 2018 // Louisiana posted the worst economic performance among the 50 states in 2017, becoming one of only three states where the economy shrank. Gross domestic product numbers released in early May by the federal Bureau of...
CoreLogic: Texas, Louisiana Highly Vulnerable to Hurricane Storm Surge Losses
May 31 2018 // Texas and Louisiana are among the top three states for potential storm surge losses at the start of the 2018 hurricane season, which begins on June 1. That’s according to Irvine, California-based CoreLogic, a...
WCRI: Work Comp Costs per Claim High, Growing in Louisiana
May 31 2018 // Workers’ compensation total costs per claim in Louisiana were the highest in a recent study of 18 states conducted by Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), the organization...
Offshore Worker Alleges Bias in Louisiana Lawsuit
May 25 2018 // An African-American offshore oil worker has filed a federal lawsuit saying he was intimidated on the job by a supervisor who drew a picture of him dangling from a high rig structure while surrounded by co-workers in Ku...
LWCC in Louisiana Declares 2017 Policyholder Dividend
May 23 2018 // The board of directors for LWCC, a provider of competitive workers’ compensation insurance to Louisiana employers, has declared a 2017 dividend of $81 million to its policyholders. The amount was distributed to...
Restrictions on Cellphones While Driving Not Being Added in Louisiana
May 21 2018 // Louisiana will not be enacting a ban on hand-held cellphone use while driving. A House-backed proposal stalled in the Senate, and the regular session ended Friday without action on the bill, killing it. Rep. Mike Huval, a...
Governor Vetoes Bills That Would Change Louisiana Insurance Laws
May 16 2018 // Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed three bills that would have changed Louisiana’s insurance laws, including two sought by the state’s insurance commissioner. The Republican-sponsored measures are the first bills...
Insurance Department: Competition Increases in Louisiana Homeowners Market
May 15 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance says the state’s homeowners insurance market is much more competitive these days than it was a decade ago. The LDI reported in its 2018 Agency Snapshot that in 2017, the...
Seeman Holtz P&C Acquires Louisiana’s Affiliated Insurance Managers
May 11 2018 // Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired the book of business of Affiliated Insurance Managers Inc., headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana. With over 30 years of serving the state of...
Louisiana Senators Reject Statewide Rules for Uber, Lyft
May 10 2018 // Louisiana state lawmakers again have spurned efforts to enact statewide regulations governing ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft. Facing pushback from senators, House Speaker Taylor Barras pulled House Bill 749...
4.6M Quake Shakes Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana Coast
May 8 2018 // A light earthquake has shaken the Gulf of Mexico south of the Louisiana coast. The United State Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 struck around noon Sunday. The quake happened about...
Louisiana Farmers, Ranchers Awarded Disaster Recovery Grants
May 7 2018 // More than 900 Louisiana farmers and ranchers will receive disaster grants to help them recover from the March and August 2016 floods. Louisiana’s agriculture department says the average grant is $9,905, and the...
Louisiana Lawmakers Eye Stiffer Penalties for Pipeline Damage
Apr 26 2018 // A fight over a crude oil pipeline in southern Louisiana has spilled into the Legislature. A proposal to stiffen penalties for damaging or trespassing around pipelines is nearing final passage after winning approval from a...
Louisiana Man Admits Setting 9 Fires in Neighborhood, Gets 2 Years
Apr 20 2018 // A 44-year-old Louisiana man has admitted setting nine fires in his neighborhood — the last six on his own street. Authorities say he confessed while being interviewed about the last fire, which was set in a car outside...
