Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
La. Dept. of Labor Gets $10.5 Million to Help with Hurricane Recovery
Nov 6 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Labor has received a $10.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to assist 3,500 citizens in hurricane-affected parishes, the agency reported. LDOL requested the National Emergency...
Lemoine to Step Down as President/CEO of Louisiana Medical Mutual
Nov 5 2007 // Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company announced that John E. Lemoine, M.D., who currently serves as the chairman of the Board, chief executive officer and president of the Louisiana, plans to retire at the end of this...
States under cover
Nov 4 2007 // Natural catastrophes — and the affordability and availability of property insurance in disaster-prone areas — have been on center stage in coastal states from the Northeast to the Gulf Coast. This fall, the...
Ironshore Enters La. E&S Market; Will Cover Property, Cat Risks
Oct 30 2007 // Louisiana insurance regulators have approved Ironshore Insurance Ltd. to provide property and catastrophe insurance in Louisiana on an excess and surplus basis for risks located in the state. The company said it would...
Federal Grand Jury Indicts La. Woman in Construction Bonds Case
Oct 29 2007 // A federal grand jury in New Orleans brought a 15-count indictment against a Louisiana woman who sold construction bonds in several states, including Tennessee, after she was barred from the insurance business. Federal...
People
Oct 27 2007 // Fulwider was inaugurated as the new chair of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with C. Brett Nilsson, and J. David Daniel assuming the offices of chair-elect and vice...
People
Oct 27 2007 // Kyle Stevens was elected the new president and chief executive officer of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, a wholesale broker and managing general agency with offices in California and Texas. Stevens has served...
LA. SEEKS PROPERTY INSURERS
Oct 27 2007 // LUXURY AND SAFETY Not always the same thing FINDING COMMON GROUND Surplus lines execs debate issues
News Currents
Oct 27 2007 // La.’s $100M incentive program commences Louisiana began taking applications Oct. 2 for a $100 million incentive program designed to get insurers to write more property coverage in the state. The goal of the program...
Off-year election 2007 could provide glimpse into 2008
Oct 27 2007 // This fall is an off-year election season with only a handful of federal races and most state houses gearing up for contests in 2008. However there are some races — a hotly-debated referendum in Washington and key...
La. Agent Fined $14K, Told to Cease Business of Insurance
Oct 25 2007 // An Angie, La., insurance agent was issued a cease and desist order, summary suspension and served with a $14,000 civil fine notice recently for alleged misappropriation, document forgery and filing false public documents,...
PCI Says Re-election of La. Commissioner a Positive Sign
Oct 25 2007 // The re-election of James Donelon as Louisiana insurance commissioner and the election of Republican Congressman Bobby Jindal as governor show that the state’s citizens have decided to continue down a positive path...
Slow, Plodding Hurricane Recovery Problems Await New La. Gov.
Oct 24 2007 // Newly elected Gov. Bobby Jindal will face a slew of hurricane recovery problems that plagued his predecessor, but Jindal isn’t charting a complete shake-up of Louisiana’s recovery efforts. Instead, Jindal, a...
La. Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Insurers Tossed Out
Oct 19 2007 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a so-called “whistleblowers”‘ lawsuit that accuses insurance companies of overbilling the federal government for Hurricane Katrina’s flood damage to Louisiana...
Lawyer: Ex-La. Citizens Chief Will Refuse to Testify Before Panel
Oct 17 2007 // The former head of Louisiana’s state-backed “insurer of last resort” will refuse to testify before a legislative committee investigating alleged misspending and mismanagement at the firm, his lawyer said...
FEMA Expands Program to Help Hurricane Evacuees Move Home
Oct 17 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded eligibility for a program to pay travel costs for Gulf Coast hurricane victims moving back home. The one-time grant, still capped at $4,000, is now open to applicants...
La. Citizens to Break From Managing Agency, Board Says
Oct 15 2007 // Facing allegations it’s been mismanaged for years, Louisiana’s taxpayer-backed insurance company will sever its relationship with the agency that has overseen the firm since its inception, the company’s...
La. Agent to Lead National Assoc. of Professional Insurance Agents
Oct 11 2007 // Robert P. Page of Houma, La., has been installed as president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National), the trade association reported. Page’s one-year term of office as head of the...
La. Governor Candidates Offer Array of Insurance Ideas
Oct 10 2007 // The four major candidates for Louisiana governor have a range of different ideas for eliminating a persistent obstacle to south Louisiana’s hurricane recovery: high homeowners insurance rates. Walter Boasso and Bobby...
STATE OF LOUISIANA CLEARS BROOKE OF WRONGDOING
Oct 8 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance investigated complaints earlier this year against Brooke from former franchisees in that state and cleared the company of all wrongdoing except for a few minor licensing snafus. The...
