Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
La. Suit Challenges State Farm’s Conversion of Homeowner Policies
May 17 2005 // Two State Farm Insurance Co. customers have filed suit, claiming the company illegally converted the homeowner policies of hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents in ways that effectively raised their rates and...
La. Commissioner Returns Truck to State After Criticism
May 9 2005 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley has sent his pricey, special edition pickup truck to the state’s surplus property yard, giving up the luxury perk that provoked sharp criticism of both the state-paid...
Trial Set for La. Law Officers in Alleged Insurance Scam
May 9 2005 // A trial date has been set for an Avoyelles Parish, La., assistant chief deputy and two former deputies on allegations that they scammed an insurance company, the Associated Press reported. The trial is June 6 in U.S....
Health Insurer to Pay La. Woman More Than $2M
May 6 2005 // A health insurance company has been ordered to pay a Louisiana woman more than $2 million for delaying the discovery of a spinal tumor, according to the Associated Press. Christaine Hymel, of Mandeville, had to delay an...
La. Producer Arrested, Issued C&D Order
May 4 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Caddo Parish, La., insurance producer has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. DOI Fraud Unit...
Former La. Producer Told to Cease and Desist
Apr 29 2005 // A former Louisiana insurance producer in Tangipahoa Parish was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds, Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced. Department of...
La. DOI Takes Action Against Unauthorized Marine Insurance Sales
Apr 26 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported it has ordered an insurance company and the association that sponsors it to cease all participation in the alleged writing of unauthorized insurance coverage in...
Pair Plead Guilty in La. Insurance Scam
Apr 25 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. announced that two more men have entered guilty pleas for their association in an insurance fraud scam that involved hundreds of insurance agents across Louisiana. Over the past...
Doing the Right Thing Brings Rewards for SRA’s John Wood
Apr 18 2005 // Specialty Risk Associates, a managing general agency headquartered in Shreveport, La., has been on the move in the past several years–expanding beyond its Louisiana base into neighboring states–and has plans to...
CE CREDIT SCAM INVOLVES AGENTS
Apr 18 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced that Leo Vincent Jacob of Covington, La., has pled guilty to six counts of filing false public records in a criminal scheme that involved hundreds of insurance...
La. Contractor Finding Visit to Fla. Not so Great; Felony Charges Filed for Lack of Workers’ Comp
Apr 15 2005 // A Louisiana contractor is facing felony charges for reportedly failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance for workers he brought into the state to rebuild hurricane-damaged roofs in Central Florida. Todd...
La. Producer Arrested and Issued C&D
Apr 13 2005 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Lafayette area insurance producer was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. Department of Insurance...
La. Romance Writer Booked on Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 7 2005 // Louisiana state police say a New Orleans-based romance writer’s $1.8 million insurance claim for two diamond-encrusted bracelets was itself a romance: an extravagant story lacking basis in fact. Preposterous, says...
La. Man Pleads Guilty in CE Credit Scam
Apr 5 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced that Leo Vincent Jacob of Covington, La., has pled guilty to six counts of filing false public records in a criminal scheme that involved hundreds of insurance...
La. Sheriff’s Deputy and Two Others Accused of Insurance Fraud
Apr 4 2005 // The assistant chief sheriff’s deputy in Avoyelles Parish, La., and two other men are accused of defrauding an insurance company of $18,000, according to the Associated Press and the Alexandria Daily Town Talk. FBI...
People & Places
Apr 4 2005 // Jennifer Huddleston Home State Insurance Group Inc., based in Waco, Texas, announced the promotion of two executives. Michael Davis Jennifer D. Huddleston has assumed the position of president of Home State County Mutual...
South Central Homeowners Market Update
Apr 4 2005 // Judging from the homeowners insurance rate changes reported by the Arkansas Insurance Department for 2004, the highest increases were effective before August. The largest hike, 28.3 percent, was filed by Federal Insurance...
La. Governor Appoints Inspector General
Apr 4 2005 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco appointed Sharon Buchanan Robinson as the new State Inspector General to lead the state’s efforts to prevent waste, mismanagement, abuse, fraud and corruption in the...
LA. MAN ADMITS ARSON CONSPIRACY
Apr 4 2005 // A Gretna, La., man has admitted plotting to have his hunting camp in Mississippi burned for insurance money, and agreed to testify against two men accused of torching the Plaquemines Parish Courthouse to destroy evidence,...
La. Governor Appoints Inspector General to Combat Fraud, Mismanagement
Mar 29 2005 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco announced the appointment of Sharon Buchanan Robinson as the new State Inspector General to lead the office in the prevention of waste, mismanagement, abuse, fraud and...
