Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Feds Sue Louisiana Candle Maker for Retaliation
Jul 12 2017 // Amy’s Country Candles L.L.C., a Harvey, La.-based manufacturer and purveyor of scented candles, violated federal law by firing an employee for complaining about sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Declares $90M Policyholder Dividend for 2016
Jul 11 2017 // Louisiana workers’ compensation insurance provider, LWCC, announced a 2016 dividend of $90.6 million. The amount was distributed to over 20,000 policyholders in April 2017. This is the 14th consecutive year LWCC has...
Louisiana Farmers Could be Helped by $10M Program for Flood Recovery
Jul 10 2017 // Farmers and ranchers in 51 Louisiana parishes could be eligible for grants from a $10 million program aimed to help with recovery from last year’s flooding. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain’s office says...
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Jul 10 2017 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has named Jeff Henningsen as president of its Houston property/casualty insurance operation. Henningsen will take on an expanded leadership role in business development for the...
Zimmerman Named to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Advisory Council
Jun 30 2017 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has appointed Marc L. Zimmermann, Ph.D., of Prairieville, to the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. Zimmermann is a psychologist in private practice and will serve as a...
Federal Aid Now Available to Rain-Swamped Louisiana Farmers
Jun 27 2017 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated Evangeline Parish in Louisiana as a primary natural disaster area as the result of losses and damages caused by heavy and excessive rain that occurred from April 4,...
Tropical Storm Cindy Bears Down on Gulf Coast
Jun 22 2017 // Tropical Storm Cindy churned slowly on Wednesday across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landing on the Texas-Louisiana border, after claiming the life of a vacationing child and threatening to bring flash floods from...
Tropical Storm Cindy Heads Toward Texas/Louisiana Border
Jun 21 2017 // The National Hurricane Center reports that a tropical storm warning is in effect from San Luis Pass Texas to the mouth of the Mississippi River as Tropical Storm Cindy moves closer to the central Gulf Coast. The storm...
Louisiana Employment Picture Improves with Large Job Gains
Jun 20 2017 // Seasonally adjusted data for the month of May shows that total nonfarm employment gained 10,500 jobs over the month in Louisiana for a new figure of 1,983,200, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC). This is...
Fake Arkansas Insurance Broker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Jun 19 2017 // An Arkansas man who pretended to be an insurance broker and collected more than $1 million selling fake policies in three states has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, the Arkansas Insurance Department...
Louisiana Tightens Rules to Prevent ‘Doctor Shopping’ for Opioid Drugs
Jun 19 2017 // Louisiana lawmakers have ordered physicians to consult a statewide prescription monitoring program before prescribing opioid drugs. The Senate approved minor changes the House had made to Sen. Fred Mills’ bill and...
Bills Meant to Curb Opioid Abuse in Louisiana Signed by Governor
Jun 14 2017 // Obtaining prescriptions for highly addictive opioid drugs in Louisiana will soon be more difficult under bills signed into law on June 12 by Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is hoping to turn the state into a leader in battling...
3 Named to Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council
Jun 14 2017 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has reappointed one and appointed two others to the three to the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. The council monitors and reports to the governor and the legislature on the...
Louisiana Adds Hurdles to Prevent ‘Doctor Shopping’ for Opioid Drugs
Jun 5 2017 // Hoping to stop people from “doctor shopping” for highly addictive painkillers, Louisiana lawmakers have ordered physicians to consult a statewide prescription monitoring program before prescribing opioid...
Louisiana Woman Gets a Year in Prison for Insurance Fraud
Jun 5 2017 // A 54-year-old Louisiana woman has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for insurance fraud, and must pay $9,100 restitution. Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said in a news release that Lasandra Laverne...
Louisiana, Arkansas Enact Flooding Emergency Rules
Jun 5 2017 // Both Louisiana and Arkansas recently enacted emergency regulations aimed at protecting insureds in the aftermath of devastating floods in those states. Louisiana’s action extends an emergency rule put in place...
90% of Louisiana Parishes Declared Disaster Areas in Last 18 Months
Jun 5 2017 // In advance of the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the Louisiana Department of Insurance pointed out that over the last 18 months, nearly 90 percent of the state’s parishes have been included in major disaster...
Fake Arkansas Insurance Broker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Jun 1 2017 // An Arkansas man who pretended to be an insurance broker and collected more than $1 million selling fake insurance policies in three states has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, the Arkansas Insurance...
Bill Creating Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary Advances in Louisiana
Jun 1 2017 // A bill establishing a workers’ compensation closed drug formulary in Louisiana passed the House and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. A legislative analysis of House Bill...
Uber, Lyft Statewide Regulation Bill Deemed Dead in Louisiana
Jun 1 2017 // Louisiana won’t join 44 other states in regulating ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft after a proposal to standardize rules and expand access to smaller cities was blocked by New Orleans lawmakers, the...
