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Louisiana Pledges $80M for Bayou Chene Floodgate
Apr 3 2019 // Residents in six southeastern Louisiana parishes will get some relief from backwater flooding thanks to a new floodgate. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced this week that the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration...
New Orleans Sues Energy Firms Over Coastal Erosion
Apr 1 2019 // The City of New Orleans is suing various oil and gas companies over coastal erosion. Mayor Latoya Cantrell on Friday announced the lawsuit, which alleges that pipeline work has caused massive damage to Louisiana’s...
Louisiana Firm to Pay $70K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 27 2019 // A packaging company in Monroe, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $70,000 in lost wages and damages, and provide other significant relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. The suit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Ratings of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Upgraded
Mar 15 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from “a-” of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co....
Louisiana VA OKs Insurance License Exam Fee Reimbursement for Veterans
Mar 13 2019 // Veterans applying for insurance licenses with the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) are now eligible for reimbursement of the required exam fees. The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs recently approved the...
Victims of 2016 Louisiana Flooding Sue Trump Administration Over Aid
Mar 13 2019 // Two Louisiana homeowners have sued President Donald Trump’s administration for policy change delays that have kept thousands of victims of a massive 2016 flood from receiving federal aid. Jeffry and Amanda Meyer, who...
In Pre-Mardi Gras Battle, Louisiana Jumbo Beer Seller Sues Over Trademark
Mar 4 2019 // It’s a Bourbon Street battle of jumbo beers, just before Mardi Gras’ climactic weekend: Huge Ass Beers vs. Giant Ass Beer. The creator of Huge Ass Beers is suing another string of bars and clubs on Bourbon...
Louisiana Citizens Shedding More Policies in 12th Depopulation Effort
Mar 4 2019 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has completed another round of policy depopulation — its 12th, the state insurance department said. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) offers...
Company Says Risk for Environmental Disaster From Pile in Louisiana Falling
Mar 1 2019 // Officials with a company that owns an unstable phosphogypsum pile and a lake of acidic water atop it say they’re encouraged by recent efforts to halt a potential environmental disaster in a Louisiana...
Worker Dies After Falling at School Construction Site in Louisiana
Feb 28 2019 // School officials say a subcontractor fell at a new school construction site in Louisiana and later died. News outlets report that the subcontractor fell around 14 feet while working at the Bullion Primary School...
FedNat to Buy Maison Homeowners Insurance Operations from 1347 Holdings
Feb 26 2019 // FedNat Holding Co. has agreed to purchase substantially all of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings homeowners’ insurance operations, consisting of Maison Insurance Co., Maison Managers and ClaimCor in a 50/50 cash and...
Louisiana Officials Warn of Goods Stolen from Storage Units, Sheds
Feb 22 2019 // Authorities are telling residents in one part of Louisiana to check sheds, patios and self-storage units to see whether anything’s missing, even a kitchen sink. They’re also telling self-storage business owners...
Louisiana Flood Victims Still Waiting for Federal Recovery Grants
Feb 20 2019 // The month-long partial federal government shutdown likely further delayed aid grants to homeowners still trying to recover from the 2016 flooding, Louisiana’s top disaster recovery official said. As many as 6,000...
Round 12: Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Shedding More Policies
Feb 20 2019 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has completed another round of policy depopulation — its 12th, the state insurance department announced. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) offers...
Louisiana Insurance Exec Charged with Theft of Nearly $1M
Feb 18 2019 // An insurance business owner and former official for a Louisiana port has been arrested for stealing nearly $1 million from his clients, authorities said. Kristian Gaudet, 45, of Cut Off, Louisiana, was charged with two...
State Farm to Lower Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Feb 18 2019 // Beginning in April, Louisiana customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will see a decrease in their auto insurance rates, the insurance department announced. The department reported that Insurance...
Business Moves
Feb 18 2019 // National AmWINS, The Flood Agency Specialty insurance broker AmWINS Group has agreed to acquire The Flood Insurance Agency, a Florida-based managing general agency that specializes in private market flood insurance. The...
Mississippi Sues Federal Government Over River Flooding
Feb 14 2019 // The state of Mississippi on Monday sued the federal government, claiming a dam complex in Louisiana that keeps the Mississippi River from changing course is harming state land. The suit seeks at least $25 million in...
State Farm to Again Lower Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Feb 8 2019 // Beginning in April, Louisiana customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will see a decrease in their auto insurance rates, the insurance department announced. It will be the third rated decrease filed by the...
Alleged 2018 Staged Vehicle Crash Leads to Arrest of 4 in Louisiana
Feb 7 2019 // Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit – Lafayette Field Office on Jan. 31 arrested four Crowley residents in relation to a vehicle crash that authorities say was staged in an...
