Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Inmate Charged with Insurance Fraud, Felony Theft
Dec 10 2010 // A man already convicted for a previous criminal offense in Louisiana has additionally been charged with insurance fraud and felony theft. Louisiana State Police detectives with the Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit say...
Report: Louisiana Is Less Healthy than Previously Thought
Dec 9 2010 // A report from the United Health Foundation finds Louisiana’s national health rankings dropped to 49th in the last year. The ranking puts Louisiana second to only Mississippi in having the worst health outcomes of any...
Bell Named Louisiana’s Deputy Commissioner of Minority Affairs
Dec 8 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that Patrick W. Bell was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Minority Affairs at the Louisiana Department of Insurance effective Nov.1, 2010. Bell replaces former Deputy...
Katrina-Related Case Loses Class Action Status in Louisiana
Dec 7 2010 // The Louisiana Supreme Court recently decertified as a class a lawsuit stemming from Hurricane Katrina that a lower court had previously found met the requirements for class action status. The plaintiffs in the suit are...
People
Dec 5 2010 // Frost Insurance in Austin, Texas promoted Sheri Smyth to vice president of personal lines. Smyth, a 23-year insurance industry veteran, manages the personal lines department’s growth and retention efforts, and...
Louisiana Citizens Sheds Homeowners Policies
Dec 5 2010 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) has held a fourth depopulation offering in which 13,500 policies have been assumed by the private insurance market, according to state Insurance Commissioner Jim...
State Property Insurance Plans Face Increased Exposure
Dec 5 2010 // Florida and Louisiana have reduced the number of policyholders covered by their state-run property insurers of last resort since 2008 but non-coastal property owners remain vulnerable to paying for these same...
Louisiana: 63% of Citizens Rebate Still Unclaimed for 2005, 2006
Dec 2 2010 // Nearly $355 million in rebates from Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has not been claimed and state’s top insurance regulator wants people to know about it. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is...
Insurer Group Says Louisiana Property Market Shows Signs of Strength
Dec 1 2010 // The number of Louisiana property insurance consumers who benefit from the lower rates offered by private insurers is growing as the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s (Citizens) depopulation program...
2 Louisiana Insurance Producers and Employee Served with Fine Notices
Nov 24 2010 // Two Slidell, La., producers were served with fine notices by Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators on Nov. 19 for allegedly allowing and compensating an unlicensed employee to act as an insurance...
Louisiana Citizens Sheds Homeowners Policies
Nov 23 2010 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) has held a fourth depopulation offering in which 13,500 policies have been assumed into the private insurance market, state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon...
Louisiana DWI Simulator Adds Texting while Driving
Nov 16 2010 // She took off the virtual reality headset, got out of the car and looked at her printed-out ticket for running a red light and killing a pedestrian while sending a cell phone text message. “I got a ticket for...
Louisiana Still Owes Most of Judgement in 1983 Flood
Nov 16 2010 // Bob McBride Jr. was 18 when he pushed a flat-bottomed boat holding his family and neighbors through chest-high water to safety in Tangipahoa Parish. Nearly 30 years later, he and hundreds of others still are waiting for...
People
Nov 14 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James J. Donelon as Secretary-Treasurer for 2011. Donelon is presently serving on the Executive Committee of the NAIC and...
Abandoned Properties in Louisiana a Growing Problem
Nov 9 2010 // In Rapides Parish, Louisiana, officials know they have a problem with abandoned, rundown properties. That poses another problem: what to do with them. As economic conditions have stagnated, rising numbers of properties...
300 Homes to Be Repaired in Settlement With Chinese Drywall Firm
Nov 1 2010 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to participate in the remediation of up to 300 homes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida that were contaminated by faulty drywall. The agreement reached with Knauf...
300 Homes to Be Repaired in Settlement With Chinese Drywall Firm
Nov 1 2010 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to participate in the remediation of up to 300 homes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida that were contaminated by faulty drywall. The agreement reached with Knauf...
5th Circuit Sides with Attorney on Contingency Fee in Insurance Settlement
Nov 1 2010 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has sided with an attorney in an appeal of a lawsuit granting the lawyer contingency fees in the settlement of a homeowners insurance claim in the aftermath of Hurricane...
Louisiana’s Labor Force, Employment Continue Over-the-Year Increase
Oct 26 2010 // Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted civilian labor force in September increased 42,705 over the year and 10,462 from August, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC). The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics...
12 Arrested in Investigation of Louisiana Staged Crash Ring
Oct 22 2010 // Louisiana State Police reported that 12 people have been arrested as the result of a 2 1/2-year investigation by Region II Criminal Investigation Division, Insurance Fraud Unit/Auto Theft Unit – Monroe Field...
