Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Parish not Responsible for Property Lost in Hurricane Fire
Jul 26 2013 // Jefferson Parish in Louisiana cannot be made to pay for belongings lost in a rented house that burned down at the height of Hurricane Gustav while the sheriff tried to put out the fire with a garden hose, a judge has...
Louisiana Agency Sues Big Oil Firms for Hurting Wetlands
Jul 25 2013 // A Louisiana agency sued 97 oil companies – including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc – in state court on Wednesday for allegedly damaging hundreds of miles of sensitive wetlands...
44 Rescued From Gulf Rig After Natural Gas Blowout off Louisiana Coast
Jul 25 2013 // Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from a well of the Louisiana coast on July 23 after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard a drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the midmorning...
Louisiana Home Elevation Consultant Sentenced to 10 Years
Jul 25 2013 // A consultant already serving federal and state prison sentences for bribing state officials in the home elevation grant program, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft, for taking money from people but not doing the...
Flood Insurance an Issue in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate Race
Jul 24 2013 // U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and her Senate race challenger, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, are jockeying for credit and prominence on a high-profile problem for many Louisiana residents: the skyrocketing cost of flood insurance...
6 Plead Guilty in Louisiana Auto Accident Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jul 23 2013 // Six defendants in a case involving an automobile accident insurance fraud scheme in Louisiana have pleaded guilty, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced. The pleas were heard by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks,...
Auditors: Risk Management Privatization Saved Louisiana $10M
Jul 22 2013 // Louisiana has saved more than $10 million in the first two years of a privatization contract for claims processing and loss prevention services for the Office of Risk Management, auditors told lawmakers. Members of the...
Louisiana Citizens Seeking Increased Credit for Storm Season
Jul 22 2013 // As the peak of hurricane season approaches, the governing board for Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort agreed to boost its bank line of credit, to give the company enough money to cover costs in case of a...
Louisiana Clarifies Insured Loss Estimate from Hurricane Katrina
Jul 18 2013 // A recent report by financial website Kiplinger rated Louisiana as the most disaster prone state in the nation. News reports on this story have cited loss estimates of $3 billion for Hurricane Katrina and $2 billion for...
Official Claims Louisiana Sinkhole Depth Exceeds Estimates
Jul 16 2013 // An official says the deepest part of the 22-acre sinkhole near Bayou Corne, La., is at least 500 feet deep, and not between 110 to 220 feet deep that has been estimated by Texas Brine. John Boudreaux, director of the...
BP Gulf Oil Victims Challenge Economic Damages Claim Settlements
Jul 16 2013 // BP Plc’s $8.2 billion settlement of most private economic-damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unfair and should be rejected, victims opposed to the deal told a federal appeals court. The agreement...
Cameron, Louisiana Adds Firefighters; Expects Lower Insurance Premiums
Jul 15 2013 // Cameron Parish Fire District 10 in Louisiana has hired six firefighters and officials say that will improve response to fire calls in Johnson Bayou and Holly Beach and lower fire insurance premiums. District secretary...
Insurance Committee Chairman Named CEO of Louisiana Health Cooperative
Jul 12 2013 // Louisiana Health Cooperative Inc. has a new chief executive. The company this week named state Rep. Greg Cromer, a Republican representing the Slidell area, to the post. Cromer says LAHC is a nonprofit that offers...
Louisiana Woman Faces Murder Charge in Arson-for-Insurance Scheme
Jul 12 2013 // A woman accused of igniting a deadly bakery fire in Gretna, La., last month is facing murder charges after authorities said she torched her business in a scheme to collect insurance proceeds. Authorities say Lesly...
Louisiana Officials Want to Speed up Disposal of Blighted Property
Jul 11 2013 // With thousands of properties caught in a three-year legal holding pattern, Baton Rouge, La., and other officials across the state want the New Orleans treatment on dealing with blight. New Orleans already secured a state...
Well Leaks Natural Gas in Gulf Off Louisiana Coast
Jul 11 2013 // Natural gas began leaking on July 8 from an old, non-producing well at an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico about 75 miles off the Louisiana coast after a crew working to plug the well lost control of it, the...
Coastal Lawmakers Seek Delays in Flood Insurance Changes, Rate Hikes
Jul 8 2013 // Just a year after Congress imposed significant changes in the government’s oft-criticized flood insurance program, howls of protest from homeowners facing higher premiums have coastal lawmakers pressing for delays...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. Promotes Horton, Tucker
Jul 8 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) announced two new promotions: Jody Horton is now the special risk business unit manager, and David Tucker is the agency relations manager. Horton most recently served as...
Louisiana Plant Hit with New DEQ Compliance Orders After Explosion, Fire
Jul 8 2013 // The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has issued two new compliance orders against Williams Olefins over air and potential water releases stemming from a June 13 fire and explosion at its Ascension Parish...
Sites of 2 Deadly Louisiana Plant Explosions Still Closed
Jul 3 2013 // Plants that were the sites of two chemical explosions a day apart in south Louisiana remain closed, and it could be months before federal investigators determine the causes of the blasts that killed three workers and sent...
