Latest Louisiana Headlines
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South Louisiana Homeowners Face Steep Rate Hikes
Oct 4 2004 // Homeowners in southern Louisiana who cannot obtain private insurance face average rate hikes of 27 percent to get coverage, although some may pay 50 percent more, according to reports from The Advocate and the Associated...
Baton Rouge Producer Suspended
Sep 30 2004 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Baton Rouge, La., insurance producer was issued a cease and desist order, along with a summary suspension of his insurance license, due to allegations of...
LDI Estimates Nearly $7.2M in Damages from Ivan
Sep 30 2004 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley reported that the Louisiana Department of Insurance’s first estimate of Hurricane Ivan damage in Louisiana is $7,170,000.00, based on a survey of the major insurance...
Louisiana Health Care Conference Set for Oct. 12
Sep 20 2004 // The Ninth Annual Health Care Conference, sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Insurance, will bring together national experts, state legislators and state and federal regulators to discuss a variety of health care...
People and Places
Sep 20 2004 // Kristin Wall The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) promoted Kristin Wall to the position of president and chief operating officer. Wall was previously executive vice...
Fitch Estimates Ivan May Become Second Costliest Hurricane For U.S. P/C Insurers
Sep 17 2004 // Chicago-based Fitch Ratings has issued some preliminary comments on the extent of the losses from Hurricane Ivan’s destructive rampage through Alabama, Florida and other Gulf Coast States. Fitch noted that...
PCI: Ivan Will Test Louisiana’s New High-Risk Pool, But Insurers Should Be Able to Meet Claims
Sep 16 2004 // While Louisiana’s new insurance high-risk pool reportedly hasn’t had enough time to build up a financial cushion to absorb the potential effects of Hurricane Ivan, other reforms in place should enable insurers...
President Declares Disaster Areas for Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
Sep 16 2004 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that President Bush ordered the release of federal disaster funds and emergency resources for...
RMS: Potential Losses for Ivan $4 to $10 Billion
Sep 15 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, said that insured losses in the U.S. could range from $4 to $10 billion if Hurricane Ivan follows the latest...
Ivan Sets His Sights on Gulf Coast; Residents from Florida to Louisiana Get Suitcases Packed
Sep 14 2004 // Having left a swath of destruction from Grenada to Cuba, Hurricane Ivan turned its sights on the Florida Panhandle west to New Orleans on Tuesday, forcing thousands to pack what they could and head for higher ground. More...
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
Sep 13 2004 // Laying a Foundation for Long Term Success Being first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on January 12, 2004 as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years earlier, at the beginning...
Louisiana Agent Arrested for Alleged Fraud
Aug 30 2004 // The Louisiana State Police Fraud Unit arrested a Leesville, La., insurance agent and Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators issued the man a Cease and Desist Order and Summary Suspension of his license for...
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
Aug 26 2004 // Laying a Foundation for Long Term Success By Stephanie K. Jones Being first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on Jan. 12, 2004, as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years...
Wall Promoted to President and COO of LWCC
Aug 25 2004 // The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced the promotion of Kristin Wall to the position of president and chief operating officer. Wall was previously executive vice...
BATON ROUGE AGENCY SHUT DOWN:
Aug 23 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut the doors of Banner Insurance Agency Inc. at two Baton Rouge locations, according to Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley. The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit executed...
C&D ORDER ISSUED IN LOUISIANA:
Aug 23 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut down a Jena, La. insurance producer and issued a Cease and Desist order, along with a summary suspension of her insurance license, for allegedly misappropriating premium dollars...
Homeowners in Hurricane Paths Hit with High Insurance Costs
Aug 23 2004 // Retired police officers Ed and Nancy McCue are thinking about leaving their dream home near the shores of Biscayne Bay because it’s in a prime area for hurricanes. It’s not the storm threat itself that’s...
Pecoraro Sentenced in La. for Fraud Conspiracy
Aug 19 2004 // A man who was on the lam for 11 years from Louisiana’s 1990s insurance scandals was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2004 to less than two years in prison, the Associated Press reported. Nofio Pecoraro Jr., 54, pleaded guilty...
La. Producer’s License Suspended for Allegedly Holding Onto Premiums
Aug 12 2004 // A Bastrop, La. insurance producer was issued a Cease and Desist order and a summary suspension of his insurance license for allegedly receiving premiums from customers and not forwarding them to the insurance company in a...
Joint Investigation Nabs Louisiana Workers’ Comp Fraudster
Aug 9 2004 // Louisiana’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) reported recently that an attempt to cheat the state’s workers’ compensation insurance program has resulted in a prosecution and...
