Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Aug 20 2018 // Darrick Lee, a licensed attorney in both Louisiana and Texas, has been appointed fraud manager in the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) at the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Lee has 13 years of...
Fewer Homeowners Than Expected Seek Flood Aid in Louisiana
Aug 20 2018 // Louisiana expects to spend $649 million on homeowner rebuilding aid after the 2016 floods, only about half the federal money Congress set aside for the effort. The Advocate reports 44 percent fewer households than...
After Delay, Louisiana OKs Planting of Medical Marijuana
Aug 17 2018 // Louisiana’s first legal crop of medical marijuana can be planted this week. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain, whose agency regulates the burgeoning industry, loosened a regulatory logjam that created a...
FBI: Lower Mississippi River Ports, South Louisiana Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
Aug 16 2018 // Giant cranes loading and unloading gargantuan barges. Oil tankers, supply vessels and pipelines serving a vital energy industry. Flood control structures. Chemical plants. Cruise ships. Drinking water sources. All...
In Louisiana, Fewer Homeowners Than Expected Seek Flood Aid
Aug 14 2018 // Louisiana expects to spend $649 million on homeowner rebuilding aid after the 2016 floods, only about half the federal money Congress set aside for the effort. The Advocate reports 44 percent fewer households than...
New Highway Safety Laws in Louisiana Target DWIs, Driving During Floods
Aug 13 2018 // Louisiana’s Highway Safety Commission is touting new laws that toughen DWI provisions and create new penalties to stem dangerous driving during floods. The laws, passed during this year’s regular legislative...
Auto Insurer Loses Appeal for Dismissal of Complaints in Louisiana Claims Dispute
Aug 6 2018 // In late June, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled against an insurer and its insureds seeking summary judgement dismissing complaints against them in a case involving auto insurance claims. At issue was whether or not the...
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Aug 6 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas. Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...
‘Obamacare’ Premiums to Decrease in Louisiana Next Year
Aug 3 2018 // Many Louisianans with health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s individual exchange are set to see premiums drop. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reports premiums are expected to drop by an average of 6.9...
Panel Refuses to Merge Louisiana Wetlands Lawsuits Against Oil, Gas Firms
Aug 2 2018 // A national panel of judges has refused to merge more than 40 wetland damage lawsuits filed by six Louisiana parishes against oil and gas companies. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the U.S. Judicial Panel on...
Thousands of Louisiana Homeowners to Get More Help With Flood Repairs
Aug 1 2018 // Some Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods who received help from the state’s recovery program will be receiving checks for full reimbursement of their repairs. Louisiana officials announced Monday...
New Louisiana Law Allows Insurance Agencies to Employ Convicted Felons
Aug 1 2018 // A law that goes into effect today in Louisiana allows insurance producers to employ convicted felons if the producer obtains permission or consent in writing from the state insurance commissioner. The Louisiana Department...
LWC’s Office of Workers’ Comp Administration Adds Lee as Fraud Manager
Jul 30 2018 // Darrick Lee, a licensed attorney in both Louisiana and Texas, has been appointed fraud manager in the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) at the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Lee has 13 years of...
Auto Insurer Loses Appeal for Dismissal of Complaints in Louisiana Claims Dispute
Jul 25 2018 // In late June, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled against an insurer and its insureds seeking summary judgement dismissing complaints against them in a case involving auto insurance claims. At issue was whether or not the...
Louisiana State Police Arrest 5 in Staged Crash Case
Jul 24 2018 // Louisiana State Police detectives with the Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit have arrested five people for violations of Louisiana insurance fraud laws in relation to an alleged staged crash in Evangeline Parish. The LSP...
Risk Services’ Eppers Elected to Louisiana Agents & Brokers Group Board
Jul 19 2018 // Rob Eppers, chief operating officer for Risk Services of Louisiana, was recently sworn in as an elected board member of the Independent Insurance Agency & Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL). As a board member, Eppers will be...
Southwest Louisiana Considering Bike-Sharing Programs
Jul 16 2018 // Southwest Louisiana officials are looking at bike-sharing. Bike-sharing programs use computers and GPS to track bicycles, rented through a smartphone app by the hour or half-hour. Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish are...
Louisiana’s Donelon Reminds Insurers of ‘Producer of Record’ Obligations
Jul 16 2018 // Stating it has come to his attention that not all insurers are abiding by state law regarding certain insurance policy “producer of record” changes, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon issued a...
Shell Subsidiary to Pay $3.8M for 2016 Gulf Spill Off Louisiana Coast
Jul 11 2018 // A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay $3.8 million to the U.S. government to settle a lawsuit over a 2016 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The May 11, 2016, spill of nearly 2,000 barrels (317,975 liters)...
Louisiana’s Donelon Reminds Insurers of ‘Producer of Record’ Obligations
Jul 5 2018 // Stating it has come to his attention that not all insurers are abiding by state law regarding certain insurance policy “producer of record” changes, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued a...
