Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Shreveport, La. Agent Shut Down
Nov 12 2002 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served cease and desist and summary suspension orders to licensed insurance agent Tommy Ray Dean of Shreveport, the day after the department served a C&D...
NO HIKE NOW FOR STATE FARM IN LA.
Nov 11 2002 // Louisiana insurance regulators recently said “no dice” to State Farm Insurance Companies’ request to raise premiums for apartment and church insurance policies, and for rental dwelling coverage, at least...
No Increase for State Farm in Louisiana
Oct 28 2002 // State Farm Insurance Companies received recent rate increases in Florida, but Louisiana insurance regulators said “no dice” to the company’s request to raise premiums for apartment and church insurance...
LA.’S BROWN GOES TO JAIL
Oct 28 2002 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, La. on Oct. 15 to begin serving a six-month prison sentence. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, he is the...
12 ARRESTED IN LA. SWEEP
Oct 28 2002 // The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office Investigations Division announced that a statewide sweep resulted in the arrests of 12 people for allegedly falsifying workers’ compensation documents and, in some cases,...
LILI DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $335M
Oct 28 2002 // Insurance Services Office Inc.’s (ISO) Property Claim Services (PCS) unit estimated that insurers will likely pay $335 million to homeowners and businesses for insured-property losses from Hurricane Lili that struck...
La. Commission Updates Hurricane Estimates
Oct 18 2002 // Acting Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that based on current industry loss data, the Department of Insurance estimates that Hurricane Lili caused $70 million in insured damages in Louisiana and Tropical...
Louisiana’s Brown Goes to Jail
Oct 17 2002 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, La., to begin serving a six-month prison sentence. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, he is the third...
ISO Estimates Insurers Will Pay $335M from Hurricane Lili’s Damage to Insured Property
Oct 17 2002 // Insurers are expected to pay $335 million to homeowners and businesses for insured-property losses from Hurricane Lili that struck Louisiana and Mississippi on Oct. 3, according to estimates by the Insurance Services...
LILI, ISIDORE WREAK HAVOC IN LA.
Oct 14 2002 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley estimated damages to his state from Hurricane Lili to be at least $170 million in insured losses but lowered estimated insured damages from Tropical Storm Isidore to...
REFORMS PLANNED FOR LA
Oct 14 2002 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner J. Robert Wooley is soliciting information from the insurance industry on the current regulatory and legislative climate in the state, a move toward insurance reform that, according...
La. Arrests 12 in Workers’ Comp Roundup
Oct 11 2002 // The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office Investigations Division announced a that recent two-day, statewide sweep resulted in the arrests of 12 people for allegedly falsifying workers’ compensation documents...
LWCC Named One of Ward’s 50
Oct 10 2002 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) was recognized as being one of the top 50 property and casualty insurers in the nation by Ward Group, a Cincinnati-based management consulting firm specializing...
Damages From Lili Estimated at $170M in Louisiana
Oct 9 2002 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley said Hurricane Lili caused at least $170 million in insured losses according to preliminary estimates. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that Wooley predicted the...
Suspended La. Commissioner Told to Report to Jail
Oct 4 2002 // A federal judge ordered suspended Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown to report to federal prison Oct. 15 to begin serving his six month sentence for allegedly lying to a federal agent. The judge made the order two...
La. DOI Estimates Isidore’s Insured Damages at $100 Million
Oct 1 2002 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley upped the insured damages from Tropical Storm Isidore in southern Louisiana to $100 million, after the Department of Insurance compiled an an estimate of preliminary...
APPOINTED INS. HEAD FOR LA.’
Sep 30 2002 // Louisiana Governor Bob Foster recently asked visitors to the Governor’s Web site to vote on whether the state’s insurance commissioner should be an appointed official or an elected one. Currently the insurance...
STATE FARM GETS INCREASES IN LA.
Sep 30 2002 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a 14 percent increase in automobile insurance rates for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and a 19 percent rate hike for State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. The...
Isidore Wreaks an Estimated $18M in Damages in Louisiana
Sep 30 2002 // Tropical Storm Isidore’s swept across Louisiana causing an estimated $18 million in flood damage according to Gov. Mike Foster, who is expected to seek federal aid and disaster declaration for areas of the state. The...
La. Commissioner Suspends Four Employees
Sep 27 2002 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance suspended without pay for up to two weeks four department employees for allegedly padding time sheets. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, a department audit found that the...
