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Fewer Opioids Prescribed in Louisiana Following Medicaid Expansion
Nov 14 2017 // New data from the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy show there are fewer opioids being prescribed since Medicaid expansion began in July 2016, the Louisiana governor’s office...
Changes to Louisiana Insurance Producer, Adjuster Licensing Begin Jan. 1
Nov 9 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a reminder that producer and adjuster license renewals are changing in 2018. Beginning in 2018, producers will file a single license renewal, which will renew all eligible...
Coast Guard: 2 Workers Injured in Fire on Oil Platform off Louisiana Coast
Nov 9 2017 // Two workers were injured when a fire broke out on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday, according to a Coast Guard spokeswoman. Coast Guard Petty Officer Lexie Preston said 46 workers were...
Louisiana Golf Tournament Raises over $35K for Children of Workers Killed or Disabled on the Job
Nov 7 2017 // The fourteenth annual LWCC Kids’ Chance invitational golf tournament raised over $35,000 for the Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program. The Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program...
3 Workers Injured in Fire on Louisiana State University Campus
Nov 6 2017 // A spokeswoman for Louisiana State University says three workers were injured when an “electrical issue” sparked a fire that prompted the evacuation of the university’s law school. LSU spokeswoman Alison...
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Nov 6 2017 // Dallas-based independent insurance brokerage RHSB has named Julia Miller Spracklen J.D. as chief operating officer and Courtney Woodruff as senior vice president in its Commercial Lines Division. Additionally, John Losurdo...
Louisiana Ramps Up Effort to Stop Worker Misclassification
Nov 6 2017 // State and federal government entities that have been partnering since 2013 on a Louisiana task force targeting employers who misclassify workers plan to increase their efforts next year, according to the Louisiana...
Louisiana Attorney General Wants Control of Governor’s Opioid Lawsuit
Nov 2 2017 // Louisiana’s attorney general is trying to take control of a lawsuit filed by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration accusing pharmaceutical companies of worsening opioid abuse in the state. The Advocate reports...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Lawsuit
Oct 31 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to revive a Louisiana flood protection board’s lawsuit seeking to make oil, gas and pipeline companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands. The suit drew fierce opposition...
Investors in Litigation Financing Target Commercial Auto
Oct 31 2017 // Investor-funded litigation is not new but it is expanding its reach in commercial auto cases, according to experts in the field. Panelists at the 2017 Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., addressed the growing trend...
3 Licensed Producers Accused of Insurance Fraud Scheme in Louisiana
Oct 30 2017 // Two women in East Baton Rouge Parish have been served cease and desist orders by the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Division investigators for allegedly fraudulently altering the vital information and beneficiary...
Report: Seatbelt Use Lags Among Louisiana Truck Drivers, Passengers
Oct 30 2017 // Louisiana’s pickup truck drivers buckle up less regularly than motorists in cars, SUVs and vans. That’s the finding of a new seatbelt use study from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. The group says 87...
Louisiana Ramps Up Effort to Prevent Employers from Misclassifying Workers
Oct 27 2017 // Several state and federal government entities partnering on a Louisiana task force to target employers who misclassify workers plan increased activity in 2018, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC). The...
Louisiana Sheriff Rejected Applicant Because of HIV, Lawsuit Says
Oct 26 2017 // A Louisiana man says a sheriff’s office withdrew a job offer after finding out he has HIV, according to a federal lawsuit filed Oct. 24. “It’s the equivalent of not hiring somebody because they had cancer...
Mumphrey Joins LWCC in Louisiana as Chief Information Officer
Oct 25 2017 // Louisiana workers’ compensation insurer, LWCC, has hired Kappie Mumphrey as its chief information officer (CIO). Mumphrey is an IT leader with over 25 years’ experience in management, including having served as...
Food Poisoning at Louisiana Fundraiser Blamed for 1 Death; More than 100 Sickened
Oct 23 2017 // Louisiana health officials say a second bacterium apparently contributed to the mass food poisoning that may have killed one person and apparently sickened more than 100 people who ate at a fundraiser. Assistant State...
Brown & Brown Acquires Louisiana Employee Benefits Firm
Oct 20 2017 // Brown & Brown of Louisiana LLC, a subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Lapeyre, Staples & Robichaux, the companies announced. Lapeyre, Staples and...
After Harvey Suspension, OSHA Resumes Regular Enforcement in Texas, Louisiana
Oct 16 2017 // After suspending most enforcement actions in Texas and Louisiana following Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Oct. 10 resumed normal enforcement...
Louisiana Oil Platform Explodes; Search Continues for Missing Worker
Oct 16 2017 // The search continued for a worker missing from an oil production platform in Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain that exploded and caught fire late Sunday, sending six others to hospital with injuries, the U.S. Coast...
Louisiana Governor Unhappy State Was Left Out of Disaster Tax Relief Program
Oct 16 2017 // Gov. John Bel Edwards’ is disappointed that Louisiana has been left out of a federal program providing disaster tax relief to victims of this year’s hurricanes. Edwards said he can’t “wrap my head...
