Latest Louisiana Headlines
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La.’s Governor Blanco Promises Insurance Rate Relief
Oct 6 2006 // Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued the following statement on her Web site, regarding her plans to address recent insurance rate hikes for homeowners in Louisiana: “We need insurance rate relief and we need it...
La. State Police Checking for Compliance with Auto Insurance Law
Oct 6 2006 // The Louisiana State Police announced that its Troop E is conducting several insurance checkpoints Oct. 5 through Oct. 9. Checkpoints were tentatively scheduled for Oct. 5, 2006, in Grant and Rapides Parishes; Saturday,...
La. Producer Arrested for Allegedly Pocketing Premium Payments
Oct 6 2006 // A Shreveport, La., producer was issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of her license before being arrested for allegedly misappropriating insurance premium payments, forging names on various insurance...
Five Arrested for Theft Related to Contractor Fraud in La.
Oct 5 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced that his Special Agents made arrests for theft of funds related to alleged contractor fraud in the New Orleans area following Hurricane Katrina. On Sept. 25, 2006,...
Report Says Hurricanes Turned La. Marshland Into Open Water
Oct 5 2006 // New estimates on wetlands loss from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita show that the storms turned 217 square miles of coastal marsh in Louisiana into open water, according to U.S. Geological Survey report. The agency released...
Hall Appointed to LWCC Board
Oct 4 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced that Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco has appointed James N. “Jim” Hall of Baton Rouge to its board of directors. Hall has served as...
Donelon Narrowly Wins La. Insurance Commissioner Race
Oct 2 2006 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon held onto his job in a special statewide election on Sept. 30, narrowly escaping a runoff to win the election in a campaign that bogged down in nasty attacks and allegations of...
La. Commissioner Orders Horace Mann to Halt Cancellations, Nonrenewals
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donleon has directed Horace Mann Insurance Companies of Springfield, Ill., to immediately cease the wrongful cancellation of homeowners policies in 23 parishes and reinstate any...
La. Appeals Court Says $500,000 Malpractice Cap Too Low
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana’s $500,000 cap on medical malpractice damages, set in 1975, is unconstitutional because it no longer provides an adequate remedy to patients, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles has ruled in a...
La. Commissioner Drops Attempt to Pull Opponent’s Ads, Files Lawsuit
Sep 29 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon dropped his attempt earlier this week to yank off the air his opponent’s commercial that claims Donelon traded insurance licenses for campaign contributions. Donelon sued state Sen....
Funding for Building Code Implementation Passes Legislative Hurdle in La.
Sep 29 2006 // The hurricane recovery effort in Louisiana received a much needed financial boost recently from the state as it continues implementing the statewide building code, the American Insurance Association reported. A legislative...
Declarations
Sep 25 2006 // “We have survived two devastating storms and I will not allow our citizens to fall victim to fraud or abuse as we rebuild Louisiana. I am pleased that the U.S. Department of Justice and our state Attorney General...
La. Republicans spar in race for insurance commissioner post
Sep 25 2006 // Republican candidates for Louisiana insurance commissioner traded attacks in a debate on Sept. 11, leveling accusations of improper use of campaign funds and misuse of legislative perks. James David Cain and Jim Donelon...
Creating more capacity on the Texas coastline
Sep 25 2006 // Writing property insurance in Texas can be a difficult proposition, especially in a time when the frequency and severity of catastrophic coastal storms is increasing. To address this problem, the Texas Joint Committee on...
News Currents
Sep 25 2006 // La. Republicans spar in race for insurance commissioner post Republican candidates for Louisiana insurance commissioner traded attacks in a debate on Sept. 11, leveling accusations of improper use of campaign funds and...
Nursing Home Owners Charged with Negligent Homicide, Cruelty in La.
Sep 22 2006 // It took only four hours for a Louisiana grand jury to charge the owners of St. Rita’s Nursing home – where 35 people died in post-Hurricane Katrina flooding – on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty...
Small Insurer Granted 47.1 Percent Increase, Vows to Stay in La.
Sep 22 2006 // Homesite Insurance has promised to resume writing policies in southern Louisiana now that the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission has granted it an average rate increase of 47.1 percent. The increase, approved Sept. 20,...
Early Voting Begins for Sept. 30 Commissioner Election in La.
Sep 19 2006 // Although election day isn’t until Sept. 30, voters in Louisiana were able to begin voting Sept. 18 under the state’s new early voting law. Early voting extends through Sept. 26; the new law went into effect...
Guard Troops to Stay in New Orleans Through December, La. Gov. Says
Sep 18 2006 // National Guard troops and state police will patrol New Orleans through December, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said at a recent summit of law enforcement officials and crime experts called to address a spate of killings marring the...
WCRI to Present Workers’ Comp Study Results for La. Oct. 4
Sep 18 2006 // WCRI announced it will present the preliminary results for Louisiana from two WCRI benchmark studies at a public meeting held by the Louisiana Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration on...
