Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Allstate; La. commissioner attempt dispute resolution
Aug 7 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon, Governor Kathleen Blanco and Allstate President Thomas Wilson met July 31 at the company’s headquarters in Northbrook, Ill., in an attempt to resolve a dispute over...
Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen
Aug 7 2006 // Most motorcycles taken in California, Texas comes in third; Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana in the middle of the pack for thefts California topped the nation in motorcycle thefts in 2005, according to the National...
Allstate; La. commissioner attempt dispute resolution
Aug 7 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon, Governor Kathleen Blanco and Allstate President Thomas Wilson met July 31 at the company’s headquarters in Northbrook, Ill., in an attempt to resolve a dispute over...
Quotations
Aug 7 2006 // Anytime, anywhere ‘I will meet anytime, anywhere with Allstate’s CEO to see if we can’t work out something that balances Louisiana consumer interests with company interests, and is in compliance with...
State-run Insurer Could Cover Dropped Allstate Policies in La.
Aug 4 2006 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Louisiana’s state-run insurance company, could provide wind damage coverage for about 30,000 homeowners along the coast if Allstate Insurance Co. drops that coverage,...
Court Refuses Quick Decision on La. Insurance Suit Extensions
Aug 4 2006 // A decision on the constitutionality of new state laws giving hurricane-affected homeowners in Louisiana an extra year to sue their insurance companies will not be expedited by a court, the state’s top insurance...
Allstate Seeks Options for South La. Homeowners Policies
Aug 2 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co. has no immediate plan to drop wind coverage for homeowners in 18 coastal parishes, but the insurer wants to find new ways to offset potential losses if more hurricanes trigger big claims in south...
La. Commissioner Says Allstate is not Leaving State
Aug 1 2006 // After a July 31 meeting between Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon, Governor Kathleen Blanco and Allstate President Thomas J. Wilson regarding Louisiana’s homeowners market and Allstate’s presence...
La. Wants Hurricane Law Suit Extension Issue Settled in State Court
Jul 28 2006 // Louisiana plans to fight attempts by Allstate Corp. to have a federal court determine if new laws giving homeowners two years to file lawsuits against their insurers is legal. Allstate filed a suit July 20 asking U.S....
La. Commissioner to Meet with Allstate President About Coverage Issues
Jul 27 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon and Allstate President and Chief Operating Officer Thomas Wilson will meet Monday, July 31 at the company’s headquarters in Northbrook, Ill., the Louisiana Department...
Commissioner Calls on Allstate CEO to Discuss Plan to Shed La. Coverage
Jul 26 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced he has requested a meeting with Allstate Insurance Company CEO Edward Liddy after failed attempts by company officials to convince the Commissioner of the...
Allstate Says it Can Drop Basic Hurricane Coverage in La.
Jul 26 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co. officials say Louisiana state law allows the company to drop basic hurricane coverage for 30,000 policyholders in 18 coastal parishes – a stand that state Insurance Commission Jim Donelon is...
Researcher: La. Subsurface Mostly Stable
Jul 25 2006 // Parts of coastal Louisiana have remained stable 30 to 50 feet underground for the past 8,000 years with little or no subsidence, a Tulane University researcher writes in a study that contradicts some other recent...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt, president of James...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Witt pointed out that as he looks across Florida, the Gulf coast states and America, he has recently seen more devastating events than have ever been witnessed in the history of the nation. He said that in today’s...
Former FEMA director promotes government-industry disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents Federal and state governments should work with private insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs, according to a former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James Lee Witt,...
Donelon orders insurers to extend hurricane claims period in Louisiana
Jul 24 2006 // Just over a month after asking insurers in his state to voluntarily do so, Louisiana Commis-sioner of Insurance Jim Donleon issued Directive 199 mandating that all companies insuring property in Louisiana extend the period...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
Going after unpaid claims
Jul 24 2006 // Louisiana Recovery Authority is considering going after insurance companies on behalf of homeowners who are having trouble with claims on their storm-damaged homes. According to the Associated Press, Louisiana’s...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have...
