Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Police: Jailed La. Couple Had Home Torched to Get Bail Money
Dec 10 2007 // A Monroe, La., couple already jailed on drug charges now face more trouble over an alleged scheme to have someone set fire to their home so they could collect insurance money to make bail. Orrell M. “Red”...
Three Accused of Criminal Activity in La. While Acting as Bail Bond Agents
Dec 6 2007 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Investigators and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputies charged three Jefferson Parish men with aggravated burglary, aggravated false imprisonment, impersonating a police...
La. Man Convicted of Insurance Fraud Related to Staged Auto Crashes
Dec 5 2007 // A Ville Platte, La., man recently was convicted on charges of insurance fraud and theft related to alleged staged traffic accidents. On Nov. 29, 2007, a six person jury in the 15th Judicial District Court of Lafayette...
Rate Cut Approved for 55,000 La. Citizens Customers
Nov 28 2007 // Property insurance rates for 55,000 customers of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will be lowered, after a state insurance regulatory panel approved the decreases on Nov. 26. The average rate decrease statewide...
I-10 Businesses Hurt by Lengthy Interstate Closure in La.
Nov 28 2007 // Businesses along Interstate 10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge, La., say they lost numerous potential customers when a gas well blowout forced detours along a 55-mile stretch. The interstate was closed Nov. 15 and...
4th Circuit Sides with La. Homeowner in Katrina Lawsuit
Nov 21 2007 // An insurance company should have paid for Hurricane Katrina damage to a policyholder’s home because it’s unclear what types of flood damage were excluded from coverage by its homeowner policies, a state appeals...
La. AG Alleges Price-Fixing, Conspiracy
Nov 18 2007 // Outgoing Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. has filed suit against property insurers in his state alleging price-fixing and conspiracy to lower claims payments stemming from 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita...
State Farm Wins One, Loses One in Wind vs. Water Cases
Nov 18 2007 // A federal jury in New Orleans in early November sided with a south Louisiana couple who sued State Farm Insurance Cos. over damage to their property from Hurricane Katrina. Around the same time, a U.S. appeals court...
La. DOI Files Petition in Response to Citizens Probe Subpoena
Nov 16 2007 // Attorneys for the Louisiana Department of Insurance filed a Petition for Declaratory Judgment and a Request for Expedited Hearing in response to a subpoena related to an investigation into Louisiana Citizens Property...
La. Insurance Department Subpoenaed in Citizens Fraud Probe
Nov 14 2007 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said his office received a subpoena for e-mails from Louisiana’s taxpayer-backed property insurance company and that his staff was working on its court challenge of the...
Group Urges Buyout Plan for Hurricane-Damaged Homes in New Orleans
Nov 12 2007 // Louisiana’s Road Home program could end up buying about 7,000 hurricane-damaged properties in New Orleans, creating what one faith-based group sees as a golden opportunity for new homeownership in a city that had a...
La. Citizens Seeks New Broker for Reinsurance Coverage
Nov 12 2007 // Louisiana’s taxpayer-backed property insurance company will seek a new broker for reinsurance coverage because its current broker failed to disclose that it hired a daughter of the insurer’s embattled former...
Jury Favors La. Homeowner in Katrina Damage Suit Against State Farm
Nov 9 2007 // A jury on Nov. 7 sided with a south Louisiana couple in the first federal trial in Louisiana against State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage. An attorney for plaintiffs Michael and Judy Kodrin and a State...
La. AG Sues Insurers, Alleges Price-Fixing and Conspiracy
Nov 9 2007 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti is suing the state’s largest property insurance companies, accusing insurers of conspiring to limit payments to policyholders after hurricanes Katrina and Rita and engaging in...
LA Jurors Award $3.3 Million to Banana Workers in Pesticide Case
Nov 8 2007 // A jury awarded $3.3 million to six workers who claimed they were left sterile by a pesticide used at a banana plantation in Nicaragua operated by Dole Fresh Fruit Co. The workers’ lawsuit accused Dole and Standard...
Six Insurers Apply for $34 Million in La. Incentive Grants
Nov 8 2007 // Six insurance companies, including two newcomers to Louisiana, have applied for $34 million in matching grants from state government, in a program aimed at getting more insurers to write policies along the coast. Insurance...
State Farm Faces First Federal Trial in La. Over Katrina Damage
Nov 7 2007 // A jury in New Orleans heard opening statements on Oct. 5 in the first federal trial in Louisiana against State Farm Insurance Cos. for a policyholder’s lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage. The eight-member jury...
Louisiana Medical Mutual Awards Scholarships to Med Students
Nov 7 2007 // Four medical students in Louisiana are recipients of scholarship awards from the Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO), the company announced. LAMMICO said each fall semester it awards academic scholarships...
La. Gov: ‘Katrina Cottage’ Construction to Begin this Month
Nov 7 2007 // Construction of Louisiana’s first Hurricane Katrina cottages will begin this month at the New Orleans headquarters of the National Guard, nearly a year after the state received federal funds to build them, Gov....
Louisiana Medical Mutual Reports Premium Rate Drop
Nov 6 2007 // All physicians who are insured with Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO) and practicing medicine in East Baton Rouge Parish will enjoy a 5 percent base rate decrease to their basic limits premium beginning...
