Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana Insurance Agency Kent, Kent & Tingle
Feb 21 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kent, Kent & Tingle, a retail insurance broker based in Shreveport, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, Kent, Kent & Tingle (KK&T)...
Southern California’s IIABA-LA Gets New Officers, Directors
Feb 20 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association of Los Angeles recently installed new officers and directors for 2014. The new IIABA-LA lineup for officers: Ryan Wunderlich, Hub International Insurance –...
Louisiana Boating Fatalities at Record Low in 2013
Feb 20 2014 // State wildlife officials report a record low of 13 boating fatalities for Louisiana in 2013. The previous low for boating fatalities was 19 in 1992 with a high of 79 in 1974 – the first year boating incident...
Louisiana Governor Asks Congress to Stop Flood Insurance Hikes
Feb 20 2014 // After months largely silent on the issue,Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging congressional leaders to stop higher flood insurance premiums from hitting homeowners and businesses. Jindal sent a letter to the Republican...
York Acquires Texas, Louisiana-Based American Claims Services
Feb 19 2014 // York Risk Services Group, a provider of claims administration and risk management services, has acquired American Claims Services Inc. (ACSI) based in Houston, Texas, and Destrehan, La. John Bannon and Bill Johnson of ACSI...
Louisiana Congressman Says Leadership Post Lost after Flood Insurance Vote
Feb 13 2014 // U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said he’s been booted from a Republican leadership position because he broke with GOP leaders in his efforts to stop higher flood insurance premiums from hitting...
Study Looks at Options to Depopulate Texas Coastal Wind Insurer
Feb 13 2014 // Loss exposure for Texas’ wind and hail insurer of last resort along the coast increased by around 319 percent between 2005 and 2012 – from $23.26 billion to $74.17 billion, and its policy count grew by...
Louisiana Manufacturer Cited for Health Violations; $91K Penalty Proposed
Feb 13 2014 // A flavoring manufacturer in Oakdale, La., has been cited by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a fire last year severely burned a worker. OSHA cited Carol Callahan, doing...
Chief of Uninsured Louisiana Police Department Retires Amid Federal Probe
Feb 12 2014 // The police chief of a Louisiana town that has been struggling to find liability insurance for its police department abruptly retired on Feb. 7 after federal charges were filed in a bill of information accusing him of lying...
Lawyers to Appeal Verdict in Flooding Lawsuit Against Louisiana Parish
Feb 11 2014 // Attorneys who brought a class-action lawsuit against Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish say they will appeal a 9-3 jury verdict that found the parish was negligent in its emergency response planning but that the negligence...
Louisiana Hospital Adds Screens as Protection Against Hurricane Winds
Feb 10 2014 // West Jefferson Medical Center in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish is working on what hospital officials describe as a hurricane-hardening project to secure its windows. New Orleans CityBusiness reports the work is part...
Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish Found Negligent in Hurricane Katrina Flood Case
Feb 10 2014 // A jury has found Jefferson Parish government negligent in the way it drafted and enacted a plan that evacuated drainage pump operators on the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana but ruled the parish was...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Appealing Order to Return Application Fees
Feb 10 2014 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is appealing an order to return $16 million to homeowner customers who, for years were charged a $65 application fee without their knowledge. Louisiana Citizens is the property...
Still No Insurance for Police in Sorrento, Louisiana
Feb 6 2014 // The Sorrento Town Council in Louisiana tabled two insurance quote offers that would insure the police department. The police department was dissolved after it lost coverage in November. The chief and assistant are still...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Appealing Order to Return Application Fees
Jan 28 2014 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is appealing an order to return $16 million to homeowner customers who, for years, were charged a $65 application fee without their knowledge. Louisiana Citizens is the property...
Louisiana Clinic Worker Arrested for Prescription Drug Fraud
Jan 28 2014 // Baton Rouge, La., police have arrested one man accused of being part of a prescription drug ring in which more than 200 fraudulent prescriptions for the powerful pain-killing drugs oxycodone and hydrocodone from a Baton...
OSHA Findings Contested in Williams Olefins Explosion in Louisiana
Jan 27 2014 // Officials say Williams Olefins is contesting six workplace safety violations and $99,000 in civil penalties federal regulators proposed for a fatal explosion June 13 at the company’s Ascension Parish, La., plant. The...
Homeowners Rate Hike Proposed at Louisiana Citizens
Jan 27 2014 // East Baton Rouge Parish homeowners who buy coverage from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would see rates increase an average of 9.9 percent while wind-only policies would jump by 17.1 percent under a proposed...
People – South Central
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Cos. added John Brooks as a senior field representative for Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Brooks has been part of the insurance industry...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jan 27 2014 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, which covers about one in every three cars in Louisiana, is raising insurance rates for drivers. The company announced that the increases will average 3.4 percent, starting Feb. 17....
