Latest Louisiana Headlines
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TEEN DRINKING — SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
La. lawmakers support overhaul of Citizens Insurance Company
Mar 26 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms. Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
Fire Marshall says Volunteer Firefighters in La. Setting Fires
Mar 23 2007 // Volunteer firefighters can be an important part of any small-town fire department. However, within the past year, several volunteers in Louisiana have been arrested for setting fire to property they were trained to...
La. Report Blames Corps of Engineers for New Orleans Levee Breaks
Mar 23 2007 // Decades of mistakes – some as basic as not knowing the elevation of New Orleans – led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to believe its levees and floodwalls would protect the city from a storm as strong as...
Deadline Approaching for Agriculture Disaster Programs in La.
Mar 21 2007 // The deadline to sign-up for disaster programs available through USDA’s Farm Service Agency is fast approaching, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Bob Odom announced. Louisiana producers who suffered...
As Insurance Premiums Soar After Katrina, Some in La. Are ‘Going Bare’
Mar 21 2007 // Disgusted with his insurance company after Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Simmie Harvey let his New Orleans homeowner policy lapse and left his house in the hands of a higher power. Somebody up there must like the 88-year-old...
La.’s Donelon Forges Settlement with Allstate over Cancelled Policies
Mar 19 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that he has reached a favorable settlement for the 4,772 Allstate policyholders in four south Louisiana parishes whose homeowners insurance was cancelled as part of...
La. Lawmakers Support Overhaul of Citizens Insurance Company
Mar 19 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms. Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
La. Rating Commission to Meet March 21
Mar 16 2007 // The regular monthly meeting of the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at 11 a.m., the Louisiana Department of Insurance announced. The meeting will be held in the Plaza Hearing...
La.’s Road Home Program Hits the Road for Katrina Victims
Mar 16 2007 // Louisiana’s Road Home program, criticized by lawmakers for too slowly disbursing grants for homeowners ousted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, is hitting the road to reach more applicants. The program, which provides...
Former La. Cop, Wife, Plead Not Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Mar 14 2007 // A former Shreveport, La., police officer and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an allegedly altered police report. Ronald Small and his wife, Tracey, entered the plea Mar. 12 in state district court...
Bangs Joins LWCC as Vice President of Agency Relations
Mar 13 2007 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it has hired William B. Bangs IV as vice president of agency relations. In this position, Bangs will plan, direct and coordinate agency relations with...
Study: High Disability Retirement in LA County Safety Agencies
Mar 12 2007 // Employees of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire departments retire on disability pensions at a nearly 50 percent higher rate than their counterparts in 19 other California counties, according to a report by a...
La.’s Citizens Agrees to Mass Settlement of Hurricane Suits
Mar 12 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer has agreed to a mass settlement with more than 100 policyholders, a deal believed to be the first of its kind in the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawned thousands of...
La. Officials Try to Allay Wall Street Concerns About Insurer
Mar 12 2007 // Louisiana officials tried to ease Wall Street worries on Mar. 8 about the state-run insurer of last resort, whose financial records are in disarray and possibly lost for the last year and a half. State Treasurer John...
Allstate: La. Insurance Chief Overstepped Authority on Policies
Mar 12 2007 // Allstate Insurance is resisting an order from Louisiana’s insurance department to reinstate 4,700 homeowner policies that the company canceled in four parishes hit by Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Insurance...
La. Isn’t the Only Coastal State With Insurance Troubles
Mar 12 2007 // Eighteen months after the hurricanes, “crisis” is the term everyone uses to describe Louisiana’s insurance problems. The governor spends much of her time begging insurance companies to continue doing...
Business Moves
Mar 12 2007 // Carpenter Moore, USI Southwest Houston-based USI Southwest and Car-penter Moore, a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., are partnering to provide executive liability services to public companies in Texas, Louisiana...
10 La. regulators question Allstate cancellations
Mar 12 2007 // Insurance department tells company to reinstate policies 11 Former Okla. commissioner arrested, jailed Fisher broke terms of appeal bond, AG says N1 Industry gears up for more federal terrorism insurance debates Advocates...
News Currents
Mar 12 2007 // La. insurance regulators probe Allstate’s policy cancellations Louisiana insurance regulators are investigating whether Allstate Insurance Co. is canceling policies without properly inspecting homes to see if they...
