Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Top 20 Insurers-Ocean Marine
Feb 23 2004 // Louisiana Top 20 Insurers—Ocean Marine The following table shows data from the top 20 ocean marine insurers in Louisiana—based on premium written—as of the end of 2002. There were 83 ocean marine insurers registered...
Louisiana Agent Arrested
Feb 10 2004 // A LaPlace, La. insurance agent was arrested and issued a Cease and Desist Order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds, according to Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley. Department of Insurance Fraud...
Got to Get Away’
Feb 10 2004 // Independent insurance agents go to conferences and conventions to learn, to network, to meet company reps and, sometimes, just to get away. Opportunities to do all of those things abound this year for agents in Arkansas,...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Louisiana Agencies
Feb 9 2004 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Roberts & Eastland LLC and Persac Insurance Agency of Baton Rouge, La., effective Jan. 31, 2004. Terms of the transactions were not...
Former Louisiana Legislator Joins PCI
Jan 29 2004 // Former Louisiana state representative Charles McMains, Jr. joined Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) as local counsel. According to PCI, Louisiana insurance companies and consumers now have an...
You Can’t Keep a Good State Down
Jan 26 2004 // Louisiana, Louisiana. They’re tryin’ to wash us away, They’re tryin’ to wash us away Louisiana, Louisiana They’re tryin’ to wash us away, They’re tryin’ to wash us away...
Louisiana Sen. Cain Appointed Insurance Committee Chair
Jan 26 2004 // Republican Sen. James David Cain was appointed the new chairman of the Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee, and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) praised his appointment. “Senate...
Mission Possible: Bringing Insurers Back to Louisiana
Jan 26 2004 // If the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) and Louisiana’s insurance commissioner have their way, the state will soon be flooded with insurers...
Beyond the Bayou and Mardi Gras
Jan 26 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Louisiana at 4,468,976. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 19 percent had...
USAA Companies to Lower Auto Rates in Louisiana
Jan 23 2004 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a reduction in auto rates for two members of the United Services Auto Association group of companies. According to Associated Press reports, the two companies, United...
USAA Companies to Lower Auto Rates in Louisiana
Jan 23 2004 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a reduction in auto rates for two members of the United Services Auto Association group of companies. According to Associated Press reports, the two companies, United...
LDI to Hold P/C Insurance Summit
Jan 13 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced it is holding a property/casualty insurance summit, “We’re Taking the Politics Out Of Insurance,” on Jan. 14, 2004. The summit, hosted by Insurance...
LDI EMPLOYEES FACE CHARGES:
Jan 12 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees were arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. In February 2001 the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 22 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 19 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
SIAA Welcomes Louisiana Member Agency
Dec 18 2003 // SIAA announced that Cottonland Financial Services Inc. of Newellton, La. has become SIAA’s 1,300th Independent Strategic Member. Cottonland Financial Services joins the Southern Insurance Group of Louisiana Master...
Industry People Making Moves in 2003
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
Industry People Making Moves in 2003
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
Louisiana Underwriting Firm Bought by Brown & Brown
Dec 2 2003 // C. Roy Bridges, regional executive vice president of Brown & Brown Inc., and Geoffrey Hughes and Nancy D. Hughes, principals of Energy and Marine Underwriters Inc. of Kenner, La., announced the asset acquisition of...
LA. AGENT ARRESTED:
Dec 1 2003 // A Ruston, La. insurance agent with expired licenses was issued a cease and desist order in the wake of his arrest on charges of felony theft and insurance fraud. According to the Louisiana Department of Insurance the...
