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Former Louisiana Deputy Insurance Commissioner Convicted of Racketeering
Jul 17 2012 // United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that a former Louisiana deputy insurance commissioner has been convicted on racketeering charges. Richard L. Chambers, Sr., age 67, of LaPlace, La., pled guilty to...
New Law on BP Oil Spill Promises States More in Restoration Monies
Jul 16 2012 // U.S. Gulf Coast states have a higher stake in the amount of money the U.S. government can wring out of BP Plc for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill due to a new law that would divert billions of dollars in potential BP...
Louisiana Citizens Sets Annual Katrina-Rita Bond Assessment
Jul 16 2012 // Homeowners insured by traditional insurance companies will pay $54 on average next year on their insurance policies to cover bond payments being made by state-backed Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which had...
Hoppe Joins Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. as Chief Internal Auditor
Jul 11 2012 // Gerald “Jay” Hoppe has joined Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) as chief internal auditor. Hoppe is a Certified Internal Auditor with more than 30 years of experience in the insurance and...
Some South Central Agencies See Potential in Dynamic Health, Benefits Market
Jul 11 2012 // The South Central region of the country, particularly Texas, has been a hotbed of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions of smaller health and benefit agencies. The reason, according to agencies in the region,...
Ledet to Head Louisiana Insurance Dept. Public Affairs
Jul 6 2012 // Ileana Ledet (leh DAY) has been named Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs for Louisiana’s Department of Insurance. Commissioner Jim Donelon announced the appointment in a news release this week, saying Ledet will...
Louisiana Citizens Board Agrees to Retroactive 10% Rate Cut
Jul 2 2012 // The board governing Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has agreed to drop rates by 10 percent across a dozen south Louisiana parishes retroactive to June 7, when the reduction was signed into law. The $16...
Former Insurance Adviser for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Faces Ethics Charges
Jul 2 2012 // A consultant who worked as a health insurance adviser for Jefferson Parish is facing ethics charges in connection with his wife’s work. The Times-Picayune reports that Scott Fontenot’s consulting firm, Fontenot...
Some P/C Agencies See Potential in Dynamic Health, Benefits Market
Jul 2 2012 // Alignment of Resources Essential for Success The South Central region of the country, particularly Texas, has been a hotbed of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions of smaller health and benefit agencies. The...
Louisiana Officials’ Reaction to Health Ruling Mostly Negative
Jun 29 2012 // Louisiana officials weighed on the June 28 Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama’s health care law. A look at some of the comments: Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican: “Today’s decision is a...
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Review Louisiana Citizens’ Case
Jun 28 2012 // The nation’s highest court won’t review rulings that require Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort to pay an estimated $110 million to individuals whose claims were not timely addressed after...
Improved Ratings in Louisiana Fire Districts Expeted to Lower Insurance Rates
Jun 27 2012 // Homeowners in Gross Tete and Rosedale, La., can expect to see a dramatic drop in their fire insurance rates. Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon tells The Advocate the rate decreases, effective July 9, have been made...
New Louisiana Coast Restoration Work to Start in 2 Areas
Jun 25 2012 // A $428 million plan to restore two parts of Louisiana’s rapidly eroding coastline is moving ahead. The commander of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, officially signed the plan during a news...
Tropical Storm Debby Heads for Florida Coast, Spares Louisiana
Jun 24 2012 // Tropical Storm Debby meandered slowly to the Florida coast on Sunday, bringing strong winds and waves that forced the closure of about a quarter of offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico and spawning...
Suit Accuses Louisiana Companies of Exploiting Workers
Jun 21 2012 // A group of Filipino guest workers who allege in a lawsuit that their Louisiana-based employers subjected them to inhumane working and living conditions claim company officials have threatened some of them with deportation...
Some Louisiana Citizens Customers
Jun 18 2012 // A last-minute provision added to legislation headed to the governor’s desk in early June delivered a price cut to south Louisiana property owners who get insurance through the state-run insurer of last...
Grant Helps Louisiana City Crack Down On Underage Drinking
Jun 14 2012 // The Houma Police Department is using state grant money from Louisiana to crack down on underage drinking and smoking. The department was awarded a $187,220 grant through the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission’s...
State Fire Marshal Added to Louisiana Carnival Ride Lawsuit
Jun 8 2012 // The mother of two teens injured last year on a carnival ride in Greensburg, La., is suing the state Fire Marshal’s Office. The Advocate reports the lawsuit alleges the fire marshal’s office failed to properly...
Louisiana Woman Convicted of Bank Theft, Will Pay $284K to Insurer
Jun 8 2012 // A federal judge has sentenced a former employee of Teche Federal Bank in New Iberia to 27 months in prison for embezzling over $387,000 between June 2008 and January 2011. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Doherty...
Feds Seek Insurance Funds from Former Louisiana Mayor
Jun 8 2012 // A federal magistrate has ordered the garnishment of money from a life insurance policy owned by former Ball, La., Mayor Roy Hebron, who is serving a four-year prison sentence for defrauding a federal agency. The Town Talk...
