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Louisiana Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease 10.5% in 2022
Dec 29 2021 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved a 10.5% reduction in workers’ compensation rates for 2022. The decrease is set to take effect May 1, 2022. Louisiana has seen workers’ compensation...
Family Sues Oil Company After Fatal Louisiana Tank Explosion
Dec 28 2021 // Relatives of a 14-year-old girl who died when an oil storage tank exploded in February have sued the company that operated the tank. The suit against Urban Oil & Gas Group and its insurer was filed in federal court in...
Fire Truck Tire Explosion Kills Louisiana Firefighter
Dec 21 2021 // A northwest Louisiana firefighter died Saturday after a tire he was maintaining on a fire truck exploded. The South Bossier Parish Fire District No. 2 said 28-year-old Jessie Henry died at one the district’s stations...
Louisiana Braces for Higher Flood Insurance Costs
Dec 20 2021 // In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent water gushing down streets and a deep freeze that burst pipes. Yet Tommy Eastman may eventually drop...
Louisiana Insurers Face $100 Million Fee after Ida-Related Insolvencies
Dec 20 2021 // Louisiana property and casualty insurers will be assessed $100 million to cover the cost of two regional insurance companies facing insolvency due to losses from Hurricane Ida. The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association...
Louisiana Residents Who Lost Homes in Ida Still Billed for Power
Dec 17 2021 // Louisiana residents who lost their homes to Hurricane Ida or have not had power since the late-August storm tell a newspaper the power company is still billing them for hundreds of dollars a month. Those bills could be for...
EPA Orders Louisiana Fuel Plant to Clean Up Emissions
Dec 16 2021 // Federal regulators have announced plans to make Louisiana and a suburban New Orleans fuel plant clean up emissions that have violated air quality standards since at least 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency says a...
Louisiana Private Insurer to Acquire Policies from Insolvent Insurance Companies
Dec 15 2021 // An unnamed Louisiana private insurer will assume to acquire all policies from two insolvent homeowners insurance companies that were placed into receivership in November by the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Louisiana...
Louisiana Governor Sticks with Vaccine Plan Despite Opposition
Dec 14 2021 // An outpouring of legislative opposition and a likely threat of litigation aren’t changing Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mind about requiring some Louisiana students to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the next school...
Louisiana Insurance Agent Ordered to Stop Business over Alleged Failure to Remit Premiums
Dec 9 2021 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has ordered a New Orleans insurance agent and her company to stop their insurance business after the agent allegedly failed to remit premiums she collected from clients. Vilia Ann...
Flood Insurance Costs Rise in Louisiana as Risk Rating 2.0 Sets in
Dec 9 2021 // In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent water gushing down streets and a deep freeze that burst pipes. Yet Tommy Eastman may eventually drop...
Hub Acquires Louisiana’s Gregory Benefits & Consulting
Dec 8 2021 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the insurance brokerage assets of Gregory Benefits & Consulting LLC. Terms of the transaction were not...
FEMA: $2.5 Billion Ida Aid Given to Louisiana Residents, Businesses
Dec 6 2021 // Louisiana residents and businesses have received $2.5 billion in federal aid related to Hurricane Ida, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. It said another $27.8 million has been approved in public assistance...
Louisiana Lawmakers Offer Insurance Complaints After Ida
Dec 3 2021 // Slow responses to damage claims. Constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction. Low payment offers forcing people unnecessarily into litigation to get a fair deal. Louisiana lawmakers and others said...
Louisiana Insurers Face $100 Million Assessment Fee after Ida-Related Insolvencies
Dec 2 2021 // Louisiana property and casualty insurers will be assessed $100 million to cover the cost of two regional insurance companies facing insolvency due to losses from Hurricane Ida. The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association...
Louisiana Department of Insurance to Hold Second Ida Relief Resource Center
Dec 1 2021 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) and Sen. Michael Fesi are hosting a second resource center to help constituents after Hurricane Ida. The resource center will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30...
Louisiana Oil Field Tank Batteries Face New Rules After Explosion Kills Girl
Nov 30 2021 // Louisiana regulators have established new rules for oil field tank batteries after an explosion killed a 14-year-old girl, and plan to identify all such storage tanks across the state to encourage compliance. The state...
Ship Master Spent 50 Hours Sleepless Before Crash off Louisiana
Nov 29 2021 // An oil tanker hit an offshore oil platform at night off Louisiana because its Turkish operating company didn’t give the ship’s master time to recover from days of sleepless travel, federal investigators have...
Louisiana Lawmakers: Medical Marijuana Expansion Too Slow
Nov 24 2021 // Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain came under fire Thursday from state lawmakers who complained his regulatory agency was moving too slowly in expanding the medical marijuana products available to patients. The...
Louisiana Kicks Off $11 Million Housing Program for Hurricane Laura
Nov 24 2021 // Nearly 15 months after Hurricane Laura struck, Louisiana is kicking off $11.3 million in housing repair and rebuilding programs for the southwestern city of Lake Charles while it waits for hundreds of millions in promised...
