Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
News Currents
Jun 18 2007 // La. and Fla. taking different paths on insurance woes Florida and Louisiana are hurricane-prone states with similar property insurance problems, but their governors are taking wildly different approaches to fixing the...
La. Insurance Rating Commission One Step Closer to Extinction
Jun 15 2007 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on June 19 and if a bill to abolish the board passes the legislature, the June meeting may begin the countdown to its last one. The panel...
La. State Police Arrest 7 for Various Insurance Fraud Schemes
Jun 12 2007 // The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud and Auto Theft Unit announced the recent arrests of seven individuals, including one insurance agent, on insurance fraud and theft warrants. The arrests continue as the Insurance...
Fla. and La. Taking Different Paths on Insurance Woes
Jun 11 2007 // Florida and Louisiana are hurricane-prone states with similar property insurance problems, but their governors are taking wildly different approaches to fixing the insurance headaches. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a...
La. Judge: Fed. Prosecutors Should Get Involved in Whistle-Blower Case
Jun 11 2007 // The judge in New Orleans who unsealed a federal whistle-blower case accusing insurance companies of overbilling the National Flood Insurance Program says the U.S. Department of Justice should get involved or explain why...
La. State Police Charge 2 with Insurance Fraud in Big Rig Wreck
Jun 8 2007 // Two people are accused of intentionally crashing the tractor portion of a tractor-trailer rig as part of an insurance scam in Louisiana. The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud and Auto Theft Unit arrested Christopher...
Former La. Agent Arrested for Alleged Felony Theft, Fined $10K
Jun 8 2007 // A former Shreveport, La., insurance agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order and served with a $10,000 fine notice for alleged felony theft and filing false public documents, the Louisiana Department of...
Plans to Shrink La. Citizens Insurance Move to House Floor
Jun 7 2007 // A Louisiana House of Representatives committee recently approved two proposals to reduce the number of homeowners insurance policies written by the state-backed company known as the “insurer of last...
La. Appeals Court to Take on Katrina Levee Breach Lawsuits
Jun 7 2007 // In November, a judge gave hope to Louisiana homeowners trying to collect insurance money for flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Now, that decision is under scrutiny. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. sided with...
La. Senate Backs Tax Break for Property Insurance Increases
Jun 6 2007 // People and businesses in Louisiana who are paying higher property insurance premiums since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should get a tax break for those increased costs, the Senate agreed June 4. The tax break proposal by...
House Approves Abolishing La.’s Rating Commission
Jun 6 2007 // Louisiana’s commission of insurance regulators should be abolished, replaced by a new consumer advocate in the state insurance department, the House voted June 4. Gov. Kathleen Blanco is backing the proposal, also...
La. House OKs Plan to Ease Insurance Rates in Hard Hit Parishes
Jun 6 2007 // Homeowners in Louisiana parishes hardest hit by hurricanes deserve a break from the artificially inflated property insurance rates charged by the state-backed insurance company, the House voted June 4. The bill by Rep....
New Corps Chief Says He’s Committed to Rebuilding New Orleans
Jun 5 2007 // A year after his predecessor acknowledged the Army Corps of Engineers’ responsibility for the catastrophic flooding in Hurricane Katrina, the newly appointed head of the agency toured this still-battered city May 31...
Property insurance rate hikes in store for La.
Jun 4 2007 // Louisiana regulators in late May approved property insurance rate hikes of 16 percent to 51 percent for three small companies, with larger increases for homeowners along the coast. The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission...
La. sees rate decreases in workers’ comp filings
Jun 4 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates are decreasing in Louisiana, according to Commis-sioner of Insurance Jim Donelon. Donelon attributes the positive change to a significant drop in loss costs for...
Declarations
Jun 4 2007 // Declarations If they can do it “Forty-nine other states feel comfortable with their departments of insurance regulating ratemaking.” — Louisiana Sen. Julie Quinn, R-Metairie. The Senate passed a...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // La. sees rate decreases in workers’ comp filings Workers’ compensation insurance rates are decreasing in Louisiana, according to Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon. Donelon attributes the positive change to...
Property insurance rate hikes in store for La.
Jun 4 2007 // Louisiana regulators in late May approved property insurance rate hikes of 16 percent to 51 percent for three small companies, with larger increases for homeowners along the coast. The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission...
Nonfarm Job Growth Continues in La.
Jun 1 2007 // Louisiana gained 69,500 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs between April 2006 and April 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,905,200, the Louisiana Department of Labor announced...
La. Citizens Insurance Lacks Paperwork for Much of its Spending
May 31 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurance company of last resort for homeowners in storm-prone areas paid almost $300,000 for consultant services and expenses from 2004 to 2006, but lacked paperwork to back up almost...
