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La. Oyster Industry Asks Government to Okay Crop Insurance Plan
Sep 5 2006 // Louisiana’s oyster harvesters have asked for federal approval of a crop insurance plan for their business. “For as little as $100, you could get catastrophic coverage,” said Mike Voisin, chairman of the...
A year later, insurers report 95% of Katrina claims settled in La. and Miss.
Sep 4 2006 // One year after Hurricane Katrina, the insurance industry says that nearly 95 percent of homeowners insurance claims have been settled in Louisiana and Mississippi, insurance companies have paid billions in storm damage...
Hurricane Katrina, a year later, another perspective
Sep 4 2006 // The Midwest is not affected by hurricanes or hurricane seasons because obviously our only coastal regions involve the Great Lakes, not oceans. The central region of this country does have its own natural disasters in the...
One year later, insurers report 95 percent of Katrina claims in La. and Miss. settled
Sep 4 2006 // One year after Hurricane Katrina, the insurance in-dustry says that nearly 95 percent of homeowners insurance claims have been settled in Louisiana and Mississippi, insurance companies have paid billions in storm damage...
One year later, insurers report 95 percent of Katrina claims in La. and Miss. settled
Sep 4 2006 // One year after Hurricane Katrina, the insurance in-dustry says that nearly 95 percent of homeowners insurance claims have been settled in Louisiana and Mississippi, insurance companies have paid billions in storm damage...
Transportation activities accounted for most on-job fatalities in 2005
Sep 4 2006 // Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma all experienced higher rates of workplace fatalities in 2005, as compared to 2004. However, the total number of workplace deaths dropped by 15 in Louisiana last year. Transportation-related...
Declarations
Sep 4 2006 // Inadequate words — The Louisiana Supreme Court, ruling that the one-year Hurricane Katrina and Rita claims extension period in Louisiana is legitimate and “both appropriate and reasonable in order to protect...
Editor’s Note: A long way to go
Sep 4 2006 // While significant problems persist-severe damage to public infrastructure and reduced populations continue to present challenges-the billions of dollars in claims paid to date are helping fuel an increase in residential...
News Currents
Sep 4 2006 // There are “35 million people living along the hurricane-prone coast that stretches from North Carolina to Texas. Half of these live in Florida, 10 million on the Atlantic coast and seven million on the Gulf coast....
Figures
Sep 4 2006 // 08/29/2006 The national day of remembrance for all the victims of Hurricane Katrina and those who gave of their time and energy to save lives and help rebuild. $57 billion The estimate of overall insured losses for damage...
James J. Donelon, Louisiana, Commissioner of Insurance
Sep 4 2006 // With his state still in recovery mode after last year’s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon is arguably one of the busiest state insurance regulators in the U.S. While...
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawn legislation, bulletins in Miss. and La.
Sep 4 2006 // Hurricanes Katrina and Rita exposed many misconceptions and misunderstandings that consumers had, or claimed to have had, with respect to their insurance coverage for hurricane related damage. The aftermath of these two...
Editor’s Note: Hurricane Katrina, a year later, another perspective
Sep 4 2006 // The Midwest is not affected by hurricanes or hurricane seasons because obviously our only coastal regions involve the Great Lakes, not oceans. The central region of this country does have its own natural disasters in the...
La. Officials Hope to Create ‘Medical Homes’ for Poor, Uninsured
Sep 1 2006 // A proposed health care overhaul in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina centers on the creation of “medical homes” – community clinics, health centers and other neighborhood facilities to...
Plaintiffs Crowd La. Courthouse, Suing Insurers Just in Case
Aug 31 2006 // The line of people suing insurance companies – just in case something derails Louisiana’s one-year extension of the deadline for victims of last year’s hurricanes – spilled out of the clerk of...
La.’s Road Home Forced to Shut Down Online Applications
Aug 31 2006 // A Louisiana state agency doling out $7.5 billion in federal housing aid to hurricane victims shut down its online application system after it discovered personal information was inadvertently being shared with others. The...
Some Katrina Evacuees Elect to Stay in Mass., R.I.
Aug 29 2006 // On the third floor of a dark brick apartment building in Fall River, Mass., in the one-bedroom unit where she lives by herself, Theresa Reed maintains the trappings of cozy home life: a photo of a granddaughter on...
A Year Later: La. Issues Updated Hurricane Katrina Insurance Figures
Aug 29 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued an updated statewide estimate of reported claims and insured losses paid-to-date (information as of July 31, 2006) for damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. This...
One Year Later: Reflections on White House Handling of Katrina
Aug 29 2006 // Hurricane Katrina lashed President Bush’s image as a take-charge commander in chief when it battered and deluged the Gulf Coast. Ever since, the president has sought to overcome the political damage done when he...
La. Supreme Court Upholds Katrina, Rita Claims Extension
Aug 27 2006 // Two new Louisiana laws giving insurance policyholders more time to sue their insurers or file claims over damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita are constitutional, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Aug. 25. The unanimous...
