Latest Louisiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Husband-and-Wife Agency Owners Arrested in Louisiana
Sep 3 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that two insurance agents, Jonathan Horace Jones and his wife Cindy Marie Jones, both of New Iberia, were arrested and their insurance agency was shut down for...
Former Louisiana Agent Arrested
Aug 25 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a former Hammond insurance agent was arrested and issued a Cease and Desist Order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. DOI Fraud Unit investigators served Lee...
Wooley, Pickens Kick Off Campaign to Preserve State Regulation
Aug 18 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley was joined by National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) president and Arkansas Commissioner of Insurance Mike Pickens Friday Aug. 15 at a press conference to...
Uninsured Drivers Travel Under the Radar
Aug 18 2003 // Two things are abundantly clear when it comes to the issue of uninsured motorists: The problem is a big one and it’s nearly impossible to know with any certainty how many uninsured drivers there are on the...
Kyle Exits La. Governor’s Race, Runs for Commissioner’s Office
Aug 14 2003 // Dan Kyle, a former legislative auditor, resigned from the race for the governor of Louisiana and signed up to campaign to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune and...
BILL’S DAMAGES ‘MINIMAL’ IN LA.:
Jul 21 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley said preliminary estimates show Tropical Storm Bill caused around $16 million in insured damages in Louisiana. Included in that figure are federal flood insurance claims....
Wooley: Bill’s Insured Damages Are Minimal
Jul 11 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley said preliminary estimates show Tropical Storm Bill caused around $16 million in insured damages in Louisiana. Included in that figure are federal flood insurance...
Real Progress Bodes Well for Regulatory Modernization Efforts
Jul 7 2003 // The issue of state versus federal regulation of insurance provokes strong opinions and divergent points of view among insurers. Yet there is one point on which we all can agree—consumers are best served by a healthy and...
LA. BILL TO REVAMP STATE-RUN PLANS PASSES
Jul 7 2003 // A Louisiana bill that would overhaul the state’s FAIR and Coastal plans passed both the Senate and House and is headed to Gov. Mike Foster’s desk for his signature. House Bill 1788, which creates the Louisiana...
Real Progress Bodes Well for Regulatory Modernization Efforts
Jul 7 2003 // The issue of state versus federal regulation of insurance provokes strong opinions and divergent points of view among insurers. Yet there is one point on which we all can agree—consumers are best served by a healthy and...
HCC to Acquire Two La. Commercial Marine Underwriters
Jul 1 2003 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Covenant Underwriters Ltd. and Continental Underwriters Ltd., both headquartered in Covington, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed,...
La. Rating Commission Approves Rate Hikes, Fees
Jun 30 2003 // The Louisiana Rating Commission has approved higher premiums for a few insurers in the state, while also installing an annual fee charged to all insurance companies. The fee is expected to raise about $56.4 million in the...
La. Agent Issued C&D Order For Selling Bogus Coverage
Jun 26 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Lafayette insurance agent was served a cease and desist order and his insurance license was suspended for allegedly misappropriating insurance premiums...
Bill to Revamp State-Run Plans Passes in La.
Jun 25 2003 // A Louisiana bill that would overhaul the state’s FAIR and Coastal plans passed both the Senate and House and is headed to Gov. Mike Foster’s desk for his signature. House Bill 1788, which creates the Louisiana...
LA. RATING BILL NOW LAW:
Jun 23 2003 // Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster allowed Senate Bill 721—which lets insurance companies raise or lower their automobile and property insurance rates by as much as 10 percent per year without the approval of the Louisiana...
NAII: La., Texas Lighten Regulatory Load
Jun 20 2003 // Louisiana and Texas legislators opted to overhaul their insurance regulatory systems this year with competition-based solutions that should help to address the insurance availability and affordability crises that have...
Louisiana DOI Garners Top Consumer Column Award
Jun 13 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley’s weekly question and answer column, “Ask Robert Wooley: Your Commissioner of Insurance,” has received recognition...
Louisiana’s Jim Brown Won’t Back Down
Jun 9 2003 // What have you done in the last six months? Former Louisiana Commissioner Jim Brown lost 28 pounds, read 100 books, cooked for hundreds of people daily and squeezed in a weekly World Wide Web column between two book...
Louisiana’s Jim Brown Won’t Back Down
Jun 9 2003 // What have you done in the last six months? Former Louisiana Commissioner Jim Brown lost 28 pounds, read 100 books, cooked for hundreds of people daily and squeezed in a weekly World Wide Web column between two book...
Louisiana Commissioner Remains an Elected Position
Jun 6 2003 // Gov. Mike Foster’s plan to make Louisiana’s insurance commissioner an appointed position rather than an elected one was rejected by the state’s House of Representatives. According to the New Orleans...
