Latest Louisiana Headlines
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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...
Louisiana Legislation Targets Pharmacy Benefit Managers; Drug Cost ‘Gag Rules’ Banned
Jul 2 2018 // Louisiana patients could soon get more details about what happens at the pharmacy counter and whether they’ve gotten the most affordable medication for an ailment. In the regular legislative session, lawmakers passed...
Alliant Adds Hotard to Energy, Marine Group in Louisiana
Jun 27 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has hired Brian Hotard as vice president within the firm’s Energy and Marine Group. He is based in Alliant’s Metairie, Louisiana, office. Hotard joins Alliant with extensive...
Louisiana Seeks to Clarify Named Storm/Hurricane Deductible Law
Jun 21 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued an advisory letter to property/casualty insurers operating in the state that seeks to clarify the interpretation and application of state law regarding policy deductibles in...
Louisiana in May Saw a 44.4K Annual Increase in Number of Employed
Jun 21 2018 // Louisiana Workforce Commission said as of May the state has experienced a year-over-year increase of 44,453 in the number of individuals employed in Louisiana. Louisiana’s civilian labor force is now 2,138,975, which...
Patients in Louisiana Could Get More Details About Medication Costs
Jun 19 2018 // Louisiana patients could soon get more details about what happens at the pharmacy counter and whether they’ve gotten the most affordable medication for an ailment. In the regular legislative session, lawmakers passed...
Last Defendant in Louisiana’s Camp Minden Explosion Case Owes $149K
Jun 18 2018 // The last defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed that he owes the federal government $149,000 in a case involving a huge explosion at a Louisiana National Guard-owned site. William Terry Wright’s plea...
Insurance Exec Rescues Elderly Louisiana Woman From Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 18 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
PCI: Louisiana Bills Allow Electronic Access to Insurance Information
Jun 13 2018 // Lawmakers in Louisiana enacted legislation this year that allows insurers to keep up with policyholder demands to conduct business electronically, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Acid Release at Louisiana Exxon Plant Sends 2 to Hospital
Jun 13 2018 // A sulfuric acid release sent two contractors at an ExxonMobil chemical plant in Louisiana to the hospital. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Greg Langley says the agency wasn’t immediately sure...
Louisiana Parish Issues 8K Tickets to Uninsured Vehicles
Jun 7 2018 // A Louisiana parish has issued 8,000 tickets for uninsured cars and trucks after installing license plate readers last year. Bossier Parish Sheriff Julian Whittington says the $200 citations were mailed to vehicle owners...
Louisiana Expands Medical Marijuana Program Eligibility
Jun 5 2018 // More Louisiana residents with chronic pain and suffering will be able to seek treatment for their ailments through the state’s medical marijuana program. Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed to the expansion proposal a few...
Louisiana Insurance Man Rescues Elderly Woman from Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 5 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
Edwards Vetoes Bills That Rewrite Louisiana Insurance Laws
Jun 4 2018 // Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed three bills that would have changed Louisiana’s insurance laws, including two sought by the state’s insurance commissioner. The first bill, sponsored by River Ridge Rep. Kirk...
Louisiana Homeowners Insurance Market More Competitive, LDI Says
Jun 4 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance says the state’s homeowners insurance market is much more competitive these days than it was a decade ago. The LDI reported in its 2018 Agency Snapshot that in 2017, the...
Louisiana Posts Worst Economic Performance of All States in 2017
Jun 4 2018 // Louisiana posted the worst economic performance among the 50 states in 2017, becoming one of only three states where the economy shrank. Gross domestic product numbers released in early May by the federal Bureau of...
CoreLogic: Texas, Louisiana Highly Vulnerable to Hurricane Storm Surge Losses
May 31 2018 // Texas and Louisiana are among the top three states for potential storm surge losses at the start of the 2018 hurricane season, which begins on June 1. That’s according to Irvine, California-based CoreLogic, a...
