Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Citizens Board Offers $103M to Settle Lawsuit
Feb 24 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort is offering nearly $103 million to settle disputes over its handling of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita more than six years ago. The governing board of the...
Complex Trial Over Blame for Gulf Oil Spill Set to Open
Feb 24 2012 // It could be the ultimate case for passing the buck. A massive trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill heads for a New Orleans federal courtroom on Monday, to determine how much BP Plc and others should cough up for...
Louisiana Rig Worker Settles with BP Over Explosion
Feb 22 2012 // A Louisiana woman who was a cook on the BP PLC-leased drilling rig that was rocked by a deadly explosion in 2010 has settled her personal-injury claims against the oil giant and other companies involved in the...
Ex-NFL Players in Louisiana Sue League Over Concussions
Feb 22 2012 // Nearly a dozen former National Football League players living in Louisiana have sued the NFL, the latest players to accuse the league of failing to protect players from the risks associated with concussions. Several former...
Arthur J. Gallagher Buys Louisiana MGA, First Premium
Feb 21 2012 // Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired First Premium Insurance Group, Inc. in Covington, Louisiana. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1973, First Premium is a managing...
La. Settles Federal Lawsuit Over Sexual Harassment
Feb 21 2012 // The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections agreed last week to modify its sexual harassment policies and training as part of a settlement with the Justice Department, which accused the state department of...
Mitsui Unit to Pay $90 Million Over Gulf Oil Spill
Feb 21 2012 // Mitsui & Co. Ltd.’s MOEX Offshore agreed with the U.S. Justice Department to pay at least $90 million to settle some of its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the first government settlement involving...
South Central Declarations
Feb 20 2012 // They Made It Clear “My constituents have made it clear. They want the uninsured vehicles off of the road.” – Oklahoma State Rep. Steve Martin (R-Nowata, Washington, and Osage Counties). Martin is...
Louisiana Senator Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Agent Health Commissions
Feb 20 2012 // Two U.S. senators have filed a bill to clarify that agent compensation should be excluded from the federal health reform Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirement for the individual and small group markets. Sen. Mary L....
Louisiana City Works to Remove Dilapidated Structures
Feb 16 2012 // The city of Alexandria, La., can’t keep up with the demand for destroying dilapidated structures in the city. During the 20-month span from May 2010 to December 2011, City Attorney Chuck Johnson told the city council...
After Failed Challenge Louisiana Town Adopts New Flood Maps
Feb 16 2012 // The Denham Springs, La., City Council has adopted new federal flood insurance maps. The Advocate reports both the city and Livingston Parish governments had unsuccessfully challenged the new Federal Emergency Management...
No Seat Belts in 7 Out of 8 Louisiana Traffic Fatalities in 2012
Feb 15 2012 // Louisiana State Police report nine traffic-related fatalities so far this year. Out of those seven of eight people who died in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing seat belts. A ninth fatality involved a motorcycle. In a...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Recovers $5.3M in 2011
Feb 14 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving more than $5.3 million in insurance payments from consumer complaints...
Ex-Legislator Hired as No. 2 at Louisiana Insurance Department
Feb 13 2012 // A former state lawmaker has landed a $150,000 a year job as the No. 2 official at the state Department of Insurance. Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon tells The Advocate that former state Rep. Noble Ellington — a...
Louisiana Citizens Offers to Settle Katrina-Rita Suit for $80M
Feb 13 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has offered to settle a dispute over slow handling of hurricane claims from 2005 for up to $80 million, with no more than $25 million of that for attorneys’ fees —...
Louisiana Officer in Federal Insurance Fraud Probe Found Dead
Feb 10 2012 // The St. Tammany Parish coroner ruled that the death of a New Orleans police officer under investigation by the FBI was a suicide. Officer Salvadore Battaglia’s body was found in his house on the night of Feb. 7. Dr....
Louisiana AG Recovers $25.2M from Drug Companies Charged with Fraud
Feb 8 2012 // Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced that his office has recovered $25.2 million from five pharmaceutical companies that he sued alleging unlawful inflation of drug costs paid by Louisiana taxpayers through...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Detlefs Johnson & Partners
Feb 8 2012 // Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired of Detlefs Johnson & Partners located in Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With operations...
Officials: Louisiana Man Accused of Setting 12 Fires
Feb 7 2012 // Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning says a 55-year-old Kaplan man is accused of setting a dozen fires, including one that destroyed the vacant Kaplan Rice Mill. Browning and Kaplan Police Chief...
Louisiana Senator Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Agent Health Commissions
Feb 6 2012 // Two U.S. senators have filed a bill to clarify that agent compensation should be excluded from the federal health reform Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirement for the individual and small group markets. Sen. Mary L....
