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Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Policy Count Down, Financial Position Up
Jan 20 2021 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, now in its 14th round of depopulation, continues to shed policies, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The drop in...
Louisiana Citizens Opens Search for Catastrophe Service Vendors
Jan 19 2021 // Request for Proposals Announcement Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (“LCPIC”), has released a new request for proposals for vendors to service insurance claims after a catastrophe, such as in...
Louisiana Bars Lose Appeal in Fight Against Forced COVID-19 Closures
Jan 15 2021 // Louisiana bar owners fighting coronavirus-related closures of their businesses lost an appeal at a federal appeals court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 13 upheld rulings from two lower court judges who last...
Tug Hits, Damages Louisiana Railroad Bridge
Jan 15 2021 // A railroad bridge in Louisiana is back in place after reportedly being hit early on Jan. 13 by a tugboat, officials said. The swing bridge over the Rigolets near Slidell was reportedly hit by the tug Robert Cenac about 1...
FEMA Urges Hurricane Zeta Victims in Louisiana to File for Assistance
Jan 14 2021 // Louisianans who suffered damage from Hurricane Zeta in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes should register for federal disaster assistance as soon as possible, FEMA says. The...
Army Corps Proposes $2B in Improvements South Louisiana Levees
Jan 13 2021 // A federal agency is proposing $2 billion in improvements to the levee system that protects against hurricane flooding along portions of seven parishes in south Louisiana. The Army Corps of Engineers planned virtual public...
Louisiana Woman Uses TikTok Videos in Storm Claims Fight
Jan 11 2021 // One Lake Charles, La., woman credits the power of social media in getting one step closer to having her hurricane-damaged home repaired after weeks of roadblocks with her insurance claim. Tara Parks recently posted several...
Hurricane Delta Disaster Declaration in Louisiana Expanded
Jan 6 2021 // Two Louisiana parishes have been added to the federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Delta. Survivors in Allen and Iberia parishes are now eligible for federal disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage...
Tougher Rules for Louisiana Car Accident Lawsuits Now in Place
Jan 4 2021 // Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state’s business lobby that took effect Jan. 1, and that backers hope will lower...
BP Spill Money to Help Enlarge Louisiana Coast Island, Expand Wildlife Refuge
Dec 28 2020 // Money from the 2010 BP PLC oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being used to help to expand the size of the U.S. wildlife refuge off Louisiana’s coastline. Work has begun off Louisiana on a project to more than double...
2 Months After Hurricanes, Recovery Elusive for Louisiana Residents
Dec 27 2020 // As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. The fallen trees that carpeted neighborhoods have...
Combined Losses from Laura and Delta Top $5B in Louisiana
Dec 22 2020 // Reported insured losses from Hurricanes Laura and Delta collectively have topped more than $5 billion as of Nov. 20, the state insurance department said. More than 236,938 claims had been reported as of Nov. 20 for the two...
Louisiana Virus Rules Dispute Returned to Lower Court
Dec 22 2020 // The Louisiana Supreme Court on Dec. 21 sent a legal feud between Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republicans over coronavirus restrictions back to district court, saying the judge ruled too quickly that the state law the...
Louisiana Private Employer Work Injuries, Illnesses Down Slightly in 2019
Dec 21 2020 // Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data show the incidence rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers was 1.7 incidents per 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in...
Louisiana Court: ‘Collectibility’ Not a Limiting Factor in Legal Malpractice Damage Amounts
Dec 21 2020 // Are a plaintiff’s damages in a legal malpractice case limited to the amount they could have collected in a judgement in the underlying lawsuit that an attorney was found to have mishandled? The Louisiana Supreme...
2 Die in Louisiana Salt Mine Ceiling Collapse
Dec 17 2020 // Two people died when the ceiling in a salt mine fell in Louisiana, authorities and the mine operator said. A portion of the ceiling in a part of the underground mine on Avery Island came down on Dec. 14. Sixteen employees...
9 Appeals Court Judges Recuse Themselves in Louisiana Church Sex Abuse Suit
Dec 17 2020 // All nine judges in Louisiana’s Second Circuit Court of Appeal have recused themselves from a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport and a late priest. Following the full court recusal, the...
Lawmakers: Insurance Disputes, Slow Response Hinder Louisiana Storm Recovery
Dec 17 2020 // Southwest Louisiana lawmakers on Dec. 16 criticized the insurance industry’s handling of claims from Hurricanes Laura and Delta, describing slow responses, low-balled damage estimates and drones used to assess...
Lafayette, Louisiana Based Dwight Andrus Insurance Expands Territory with New Crowley, Louisiana Office
Dec 17 2020 // Independent Insurance brokerage, Dwight Andrus Insurance, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Mayeux Insurance Agency in Crowley, LA which extends Andrus’ reach further into western Louisiana. Both firms broker...
Joint Louisiana Insurance Committees to Hear About Hurricane Claims, Pandemic
Dec 15 2020 // The insurance committees of the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives will hear about the impact of multiple 2020 hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic on insurance rates in a joint meeting on Dec. 16. Presenters...
