Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Feb 6 2012 // No More Funds-Holding “I have received numerous constituent complaints regarding a mortgage company holding onto funds for weeks while homeowners face emergency repairs that must be made quickly.” —Oklahoma...
$92.7M Louisiana Citizens Judgment Stands
Feb 6 2012 // The Louisiana Supreme Court won’t reconsider a $92.7 million judgment against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for handling claims too slowly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Citizens will ask...
No Decision Made on Louisiana Citizens Judgment Appeal
Feb 3 2012 // Commissioner Jim Donelon says a decision won’t be made until next week on whether the state’s property insurer of last resort will pursue a U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a $93 million judgment against the...
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Louisiana Citizens Judgment
Feb 2 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to stall payment of a $93 million judgment against Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort, a decision that could get money within six months to policyholders who won the...
Judge Frees $100M in Louisiana Citizens’ Claims Dispute
Feb 1 2012 // The governing board of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort held a special meeting on Jan. 31 to discuss how to deal with a judge’s order that lifted a freeze on more than $100 million at issue in a...
Louisiana State Police Bust Staged Crash Ring
Jan 27 2012 // Louisiana State Police have arrested four people for allegedly staging traffic accidents in Ouachita Parish. Detectives tell The News-Star they looked into six of 20 crashes where individuals filed false bodily injury...
Allstate Wants a Rate Increase in Louisiana
Jan 25 2012 // Allstate Corp. is asking to raise rates for 144,000 Louisiana homeowners who get their insurance coverage from two Allstate companies. According to the state insurance department, Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate wants an...
Louisiana High Court Refuses to Overturn $92.7M Citizens Ruling
Jan 23 2012 // The Louisiana Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider a $92.7 million judgment against Louisiana’s state-backed insurer of last resort for handling claims too slowly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in...
Texas Ranks Low in Study of Statewide Building Codes
Jan 23 2012 // Neighboring Louisiana Fares Better That Texas was ranked among the bottom three states in a recently released analysis of residential building codes in the 18 hurricane-prone coastal states does not sit well with the...
Texas Ranks Low in Study of Building Codes; Louisiana Fares Better
Jan 20 2012 // That Texas ranked among the bottom three states in a recently released analysis of residential building codes in the 18 hurricane-prone coastal states does not sit well with the state’s insurance regulators. In the...
Report: Louisiana Homeowners Insurance Rates Rising More Slowly
Jan 16 2012 // Homeowners insurance premiums in Louisiana remain among the nation’s highest, but are rising much more slowly than they did in the first two years after Hurricane Katrina, new data from by the National Association of...
Bollinger to Head Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. Board
Jan 16 2012 // The board of directors of Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has elected its officers for 2012. They are: Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger, chairman; Murphy J. “Mike” Foster, Jr.,...
More Louisiana Property Owners Move to Private Insurers
Jan 9 2012 // Fresh data shows Louisiana’s insurer of last resort keeps churning away on getting private insurers to pick up policyholders, a problem largely stemming from the 2005 hurricanes. For policyholders of Louisiana...
Louisiana Citizens Owes More than $100M to Policyholders, High Court Says
Jan 9 2012 // Louisiana’s highest court has reinstated a nearly $100 million judgment against the state’s property insurer of last resort in a class action lawsuit stemming from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Louisiana...
Louisiana State Police Continuing Left-Lane Enforcement Efforts
Jan 6 2012 // Louisiana State Police troopers are continuing a crackdown on drivers on the state highways who refuse to move from the left lane and allow other traffic to pass. In a recent left-lane enforcement detail on Interstate 10...
Louisiana Using Radar to Find Potential Sinkholes
Jan 3 2012 // Radar used in the stealth bomber and to find roadside bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq is moving into the sewers of Louisiana. The aim is finding empty spaces where dirt has seeped into sewers and water pipes before they...
How Mississippi Insurance Agent Came to Own Prized LSU Pigskin
Jan 3 2012 // Larry Benefield didn’t attend Louisiana State University. He has been to only one football game there in his life, a matchup against Kentucky in the 1980s or 1990s. But the Gulfport, Mississippi resident owns one of...
Uncommon December Tornado Hits Louisiana Hospital
Dec 22 2011 // An uncommon December tornado ripped off part of a hospital roof in a southwest Louisiana city, causing several patients to be evacuated, but no injuries. The National Weather Service said the weak tornado touched down at...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Costs Have Grown at Double-Digit Rates
Dec 22 2011 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim for Louisiana grew at a double-digit rate in recent years, the fastest growth among all states in a new study by Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute...
Louisiana Citizens Owes More than $100M to Policyholders, High Court Says
Dec 20 2011 // Louisiana’s highest court has reinstated a nearly $100 million judgment against the state’s property insurer of last resort in a class action lawsuit stemming from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Louisiana...
