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Private Claims Firm Saves Louisiana’s Risk Management Agency $1.4M
Jul 30 2012 // A private company based in Mandeville contracted to run much of the claims processing and management handled by Louisiana’s Office of Risk Management has been producing results ahead of schedule, legislative auditors...
Fines, Penalties, Back Wages Add Up for Louisiana Seafood Company
Jul 30 2012 // A Louisiana seafood company is facing nearly $250,000 in fines, penalties and back wages for exposing workers to hazards and underpaying employees. The U.S. Department of Labor issued findings from investigations of...
2 Houma, Louisiana, Hotels to Shelter Workers After Disasters
Jul 26 2012 // The Terrebonne Parish Council has approved contracts with two Houma, La., hotels to shelter essential parish employees after disasters — and a catering contract to feed parish workers. Officials tell The Courier those...
Louisiana Citizens Pays $104M Award Over Slow Storm Claims
Jul 24 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has paid a $104 million judgment in a case involving more than 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck in...
Idea of Creating DWI Tracking System in Louisiana Revived
Jul 24 2012 // The idea of creating a statewide DWI tracking system in Louisiana is gaining steam again. The Advocate reports that the 2004 death of an ambitious Louisiana project called the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System...
Improved Fire Rating Expected to Lower Insurance Costs in Louisiana Town
Jul 24 2012 // Homeowners in Vinton, La., can expect lower insurance rates after the rating for the town’s fire department was raised. KPLC reports the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana raised the department’s...
Officials: June to June, Louisiana Private Sector Adds 50K Jobs
Jul 23 2012 // Louisiana’s private sector added 50,400 jobs from June 2011 to June 2012, the highest over-the-year growth in 22 consecutive months of private sector job gains, according to the state workforce officials. The...
Declarations – South Central
Jul 23 2012 // Agent Advocates “I am committed to insurance products and services being offered by licensed agents and brokers, not unlicensed navigators. Licensed agents and brokers are the front-line advocates for consumer...
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...
