Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Citizens Opens Search for Catastrophe Service Vendors
Jan 22 2018 // New Catastrophe Services contracts are expected to secure over 600 Adjusters as part of the company’s ongoing Catastrophe preparedness and response to large claim volume events. Baton Rouge, LA, January 22, 2018–...
Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty in Deepwater Horizon Compensation Fund Fraud
Jan 22 2018 // An Empire, Louisiana, man has pleaded guilty to defrauding the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion settlement compensation fund, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced. U.S....
2 Louisiana Businesses Earn Workers’ Comp Safety Awards
Jan 22 2018 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC) Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) OSHA/Safety Consultation Section named R&R Home Care Inc. of Mandeville, La., and Haven Nursing Center Inc....
Fifth Circuit Court Says State, not Maritime, Law Applies in Drilling Services Injury Case
Jan 22 2018 // The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has reversed the previous findings of its own panel and a lower court in ruling that state, not maritime, law applies in a case involving a worker injury at an oil and gas...
Former Head of Louisiana State Police Commission Files Retaliation Suit
Jan 16 2018 // The former executive director of the State Police Commission is suing, claiming she was retaliated against for challenging Louisiana State Police brass and calling attention to a string of illegal campaign contributions...
Fifth Circuit: State, Not Maritime, Law Applies in Well Services Injury Case
Jan 12 2018 // The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has reversed the previous findings of its own panel and a lower court, ruling that state, not maritime, law applies in a case involving a worker injury at an oil and gas...
2 Louisiana Businesses Earn Workers’ Comp Safety Awards
Jan 10 2018 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC) Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) OSHA/Safety Consultation Section has named R&R Home Care Inc. of Mandeville, La., and Haven Nursing Center...
Louisiana Has Paid $1.3M in Sexual Harassment Claims Settlements Since 2009
Jan 9 2018 // Louisiana has paid at least $1.3 million to settle more than two dozen sexual harassment claims since mid-2009, including allegations made against college professors, judges, health care workers and one former state...
Wintaai Holdings Acquires Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance
Jan 8 2018 // Wintaai Holdings Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chou Associates Management Inc., has completed its acquisition of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. (Stonetrust), headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Wintaai...
Takata Airbag Led to Fatality in Louisiana Honda Civic Crash
Jan 8 2018 // Honda Motor Co.’s North American unit and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed that a ruptured airbag inflator of Takata Corp. used in a Honda Civic caused the death of the driver in July...
Louisiana Citizens Policy Count Dropping Again
Jan 8 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) estimates that the state’s property insurer of last resort has gone from the third largest property insurance company to the 35th in 10 years. Louisiana Insurance...
Company Co-Owner Pleads Guilty in Louisiana’s Camp Minden Explosion Case
Dec 20 2017 // One of the owners of a company that abandoned thousands of tons of potentially explosive artillery propellant in Louisiana has admitted lying in order to be awarded federal contracts to “demilitarize” the...
Takata Airbag Led to Death in Louisiana Honda Civic Crash
Dec 20 2017 // Honda Motor Co.’s North American unit and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed on that a ruptured airbag inflator of Takata Corp. used in a Honda Civic caused the death of the driver on July...
Leadership Changes Coming for Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance
Dec 19 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that the leadership of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will change in 2018. Two long-serving employees, Chief Operating Officer Vijay Ramachandran and Chief...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Assessment Rebate Deadline Is Dec. 31
Dec 18 2017 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is reminding Louisiana property insurance policyholders that the opportunity to file for the partially refundable 2013 Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Co. assessment...
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Dec 18 2017 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Thomas Fitzpatrick as chair of the ICT board of directors. His term begins Jan. 1, 2018. Fitzpatrick has served on the ICT board since 2008 and most recently served as vice...
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Policy Count Continues to Drop
Dec 15 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) estimates that the state’s property insurer of last resort has gone from the third largest property insurance company to the 35th in 10 years. The eleventh round of...
Deadline for Louisiana Flood Insurance Proof of Loss Is Dec. 31
Dec 14 2017 // The end of the year deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders affected by the flooding in August 2016 of South Louisiana is fast approaching. After six extensions, the deadline for the filing of...
Louisiana’s Fidelis Group Holdings Hires Kelly as Senior Claims Director
Dec 7 2017 // Covington, Louisiana-based Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), and subsidiaries Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), hired Christian Kelly as senior director of its Claims Division. Kelly...
Young Reappointed to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Board
Dec 5 2017 // Barbara F. Young has been reappointed to the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.’s (LWCC) board of directors. Based in Shreveport, Young is a self-employed consultant and serves as an at-large member. LWCC is...
