Latest Louisiana Headlines
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State Farm Gets Rate Increases in Louisiana
Apr 21 2003 // Beginning June 15, State Farm homeowner policyholders in Louisiana will face a 12.2 percent rate increase averaging about $100 more per year. According to the New Orleans Times Picayune, the Louisiana Insurance Rating...
NO MORE ‘ACTING’ FOR LA.’S WOOLEY
Apr 21 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Robert Wooley officially dropped the “acting” from his title and is now Louisiana’s Commissioner of Insurance. Louisiana Constitution Article IV,...
LA. WAIVES CE FOR ACTIVE DUTY
Apr 21 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance is waiving Continuing Education (CE) requirements for insurance agents and brokers actively serving the United States as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Any insurance license renewal...
Louisiana’s Brown Exits Prison in Style
Apr 16 2003 // Former Louisiana insurance commissioner Jim Brown was released from prison after serving a six-month sentence for lying to the FBI. According to the New Orleans Times Picayune, the ex-commissioner left in style—in a...
No More ‘Acting’ for Louisiana’s Wooley
Apr 15 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Robert Wooley officially dropped the “acting” from his title and is now Louisiana’s Commissioner of Insurance. Louisiana Constitution Article IV,...
La. Commish Waives CE for Active Duty Agents
Apr 14 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance will waive Continuing Education (CE) requirements for insurance agents and brokers actively serving the United States as...
Louisiana Lawmakers to Address Asbestos Reform Bills
Apr 9 2003 // A number of asbestos litigation reform bills were filed in both the Louisiana House and Senate for the session that began March 31, according to the Alliance of American Insurers, which has been active in developing and...
Pineville, Louisiana Agent Suspended
Apr 2 2003 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served a cease and desist and summary suspension order to Vimmi Inabnet Clarius of Pineville, prohibiting her from conducting any kind of insurance business in...
Brown Exhausts Appeals; Resigns as Louisiana Commissioner
Apr 1 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown, who’s been suspended since his conviction on charges of lying to an FBI agent, resigned from his office after the U.S. Supreme Court refused for a second time to review his...
NAII Pushes for Regulatory Modernization in Louisiana
Mar 31 2003 // Legislative changes to address the insurance availability problem in Louisiana and to promote greater competition in the industry will be the crux of the National Association of Independent Insurers’ (NAII’s)...
Louisiana Shuts Down Former Bogalusa/Covington Area Agent
Mar 28 2003 // Investigators for the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit served cease and desist orders to Linda Foxworth McMillan and A Aabco Insurance Agency of 234 Richmond Street, Bogalusa, prohibiting both from conducting...
La.’s Deputy Commissioner Takes on Rating Board, Struggling Firm
Mar 24 2003 // According to Jim Donelon, Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI), the answer to the homeowners’ insurance crisis in Louisiana is to move to a file and use rating system, and to...
NAIC Names Wooley Chairman of Nat’l Consumer Protection Committees
Mar 7 2003 // Louisiana’s Acting Commissioner of Insurance, Robert Wooley, is the new chairman of two consumer protection committees by the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). NAIC President...
LOUISIANA AGENT FACES CHARGES
Feb 24 2003 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an ongoing statewide crackdown on insurance fraud being conducted by the La. Department of...
Louisiana Department Gets New Digs
Feb 20 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance moved into new offices on Feb. 14, relocating to the new Poydras Building at 1702 North Third Street, Baton Rouge, 70802. The building is adjacent to the First Circuit Court of Appeal...
Iroquois Group Now Open to Louisiana Agents
Feb 18 2003 // Gerald Scriber and Nick Poulos, regional managers for Iroquois Group, of Winnsboro, La., announced the opening of Iroquois of Louisiana Inc. to member agents. Mike Reiter, Iroquois long-time managing partner, is...
AIA Applauds La. Clarification Regarding Absolute Pollution Exclusions
Feb 6 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance’s recent clarification how insurers may use absolute pollution exclusions on commercial lines policies, is expected to ease industry concerns over the application of previously...
Louisiana Agent Booked on Multiple Charges
Feb 4 2003 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an ongoing statewide crackdown on insurance fraud being conducted by the La. Department of...
Louisiana Agent Booked for Theft, Misappropriation
Jan 24 2003 // A Slidell, La. insurance agent was charged on numerous counts of theft and misappropriation, the latest in a series of insurance fraud arrests around the state, according to acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert...
State Farm to Issue Modified Mold Mailer in Louisiana
Jan 22 2003 // Acting Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that State Farm will issue new information to Louisiana policyholders clarifying the company’s prior notice on mold and fungus claims. Over the past...
