Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
A Stronger Market
Sep 6 2010 // Despite the devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said the state’s insurance market is stronger now and that the “outlook for continued market recovery is...
Hurricane Katrina Changed the Market in Gulf States
Sep 6 2010 // Writing about the landfall of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, essayist Ellis Anderson of Mississippi likened the communities along the gulf to a string of pearls. “Then, in August 2005, in the course of a single...
A Stronger Property Insurance Market in Louisiana Post-Katrina
Sep 1 2010 // Despite the devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the state’s insurance market is stronger now and that the “outlook for continued market recovery is...
Louisiana’s First Premium Insurance to Process Oil Worker Fund Claims
Aug 30 2010 // A Covington, La., company has been hired to process applications for money from a $100 million fund set up by BP to help oil rig workers idled by a federal moratorium on new deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The...
$275M in Louisiana Property Insurance Assessment Refunds Unclaimed
Aug 30 2010 // More than $275 million in special property insurance assessments have not been reclaimed, and Louisiana policyholders will lose that money if they don’t act before the year is over. The assessments were imposed on...
5 Years After Katrina Gulf Coast Building Codes Still Inadequate
Aug 30 2010 // Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused an estimated 1,300 tragic deaths as well as $41.1 billion in insured losses across six states. Louisiana and Mississippi suffered the brunt of Katrina’s wrath followed by...
Hurricane Katrina Changed the Market in Gulf States
Aug 27 2010 // Writing about the landfall of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, essayist Ellis Anderson of Mississippi likened the communities along the gulf to a string of pearls. “Then, in August 2005, in the course of a single...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Reaches $23M Settlement
Aug 25 2010 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has reached a $23 million settlement with thousands of homeowners who say they were not properly compensated after hurricanes Katrina and Rita for work needed to coordinate...
Louisiana Wants More Disaster Loans Forgiven by Feds
Aug 24 2010 // One in five of the Louisiana sheriffs, school boards, parish councils and other storm-ravaged local government agencies who borrowed federal funds after hurricanes Katrina and Rita won’t have to repay a dime of the...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. Promotes 3
Aug 23 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has announced the promotions of three members of its management team. Glenn Audiffred is now assistant vice president of Information Technology Services, Pat Canning is...
Allstate Companies Get Louisiana Homeowner Rate Hikes
Aug 20 2010 // Louisiana homeowners who get their insurance coverage from five companies owned by Allstate Corp. will start paying higher rates in either November or December. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon recently approved rate...
Report Suggests Gulf Coast Properties Not Much Safer Since Katrina
Aug 18 2010 // Louisiana has done a good job upgrading its building code requirements in the five years since Hurricane Katrina, but Alabama and Mississippi have not, according to a new report from the Institute for Business and Home...
Gulf State Insurance Information Center Web site Aims to Educate Consumers
Aug 17 2010 // The insurer-funded, nonprofit Gulf State Insurance Information Center (GSIIC) has launched a new Web site – www.GulfStateInsuranceCenter.org – to serve as a repository of information on insurance issues...
New Laws on Louisiana’s Books Include Tougher Penalties for Texting
Aug 16 2010 // More than 650 new laws took effect in Louisiana this week, including revisions to existing statutes and arcane adjustments of insurance and health care regulations. New abortion regulations will require ultrasound exams...
Louisiana Targets Companies Marketing Bogus Health Insurance Plans
Aug 12 2010 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section investigators have served the American Trade Association, its 13 companion companies and 14 personnel with cease and desist orders, for selling unauthorized insurance in...
Louisiana High Court Asked to Look at Insurer Duties in Road Home Case
Aug 11 2010 // Are some 151,000 homeowners insurance claim assignments made to the state of Louisiana as part of its Road Home program legal under Louisiana law? That’s the question the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has...
Kipper Named Deputy Commissioner in Louisiana Insurance Department
Aug 10 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has named Scott Kipper as the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Health. “This is a critical time for the Department of Insurance as we...
USG Promotes Lee to Production Manager in Louisiana
Aug 10 2010 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance, has promoted Gina Lee to production manager of its Louisiana office. Gina Lee was hired at USG in August 2006 as a senior underwriter/broker...
$25M Fund to Help Louisiana Businesses Recover from Storms
Aug 3 2010 // Louisiana has started a $25 million program to help businesses still trying to recover from the four major hurricanes of recent years. Grants of up to $2.5 million will be available to community-based or nonprofit...
It Figures
Aug 2 2010 // Katrina 5 Years Later According to a new white paper from the Insurance Information Institute on the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005: $41.1 Billion The amount...
