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#1 Louisiana Lawmakers Tackle Insurance Affordability Crisis in Legislative Session
Apr 16 2025 // The Louisiana legislative session is underway this week in Baton Rouge, where lawmakers are primed to address the state’s insurance affordability crisis. Governor Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple...
#2 Viewpoint: Smoke Damage from LA Wildfires Leaves Questions to Be Answered
Apr 2 2025 // The question has come up wondering if smoke damage is covered for those homes that were impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires but were not damaged by the actual fires. A cloud of smoke from a fire is larger than the actual...
#3 Report Highlights Louisiana’s Tort System as Barrier to Social Mobility
Apr 4 2025 // A report published this week by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank ranks Louisiana as the worst state for social mobility, and links the state’s lawsuit abuse climate as a factor for why many residents never get...
#4 Inside LA County’s $4B Agreement to Settle Sex Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities
Apr 8 2025 // Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said. The agreement, which still needs approval from the Los Angeles County...
#5 Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed
Apr 11 2025 // A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate court says. On Thursday, the...
#6 Chevron Ordered to Pay $744M for Damaging Louisiana Wetlands
Apr 7 2025 // Oil company Chevron must pay $744.6 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The case was the...
#7 High Cost of Living Fears Made Worse by LA Wildfire in UCLA Survey
Apr 21 2025 // The high cost of living remains a main concern in America’s largest exacerbated by the January 2025 wildfires is one of the biggest worries bothering residents of Los Angeles County. A survey focused on the county,...
#8 Southern California Edison Lays Out $925M Plan to Rebuild After LA Wildfires
Apr 15 2025 // Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of utility Edison International, said on Friday it had submitted an initial plan to rebuild the areas within its service territory that were devastated by the Los Angeles...
#9 Arch Capital’s First-Quarter Profit Halves on LA Wildfire Losses
Apr 30 2025 // Arch Capital’s first-quarter profit fell 49.2% as catastrophe losses from the California wildfires weighed on its underwriting performance and investment returns, the insurer said on Tuesday. The results mirror those...
#10 A ‘Low-Attention Disaster,’ Mountain Fire Survivors Recover in LA’s Shadow
Apr 23 2025 // The ashes of Hatim Naim’s burned home lie just a few dozen miles west of the Los Angeles areas destroyed by January’s Palisades and Eaton fires. But because the Mountain Fire, which destroyed 182 houses and...
#11 Louisiana Dept. of Insurance Earns NAIC Accreditation; Names Leadership Roles
Apr 25 2025 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) said it has successfully completed the requirements and earned full national accreditation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for its work to promote...
#12 LA Utility Returns to Muni Market for First Time Since Wildfires
Apr 30 2025 // The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is returning to the municipal bond market with a $1 billion offering, roughly three months after shelving a sale in the immediate wake of historic wildfires that began burning...
#13 PG&E Misses 1Q Profit Estimates on Higher Expenses, LA Wildfire Worries Linger
Apr 24 2025 // PG&E Corp. missed first-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the power company was hurt by higher operating and interest expenses. Higher-for-longer interest rates push up borrowing costs for utility companies,...
#14 LA County Approves $4B Payout to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities
Apr 30 2025 // Los Angeles County officials this week approved a $4 billion payout to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959. The agreement reached on April 4 far surpasses a $2.6 billion settlement...
#15 Report Highlights Louisiana’s Tort System as Barrier to Social Mobility
Apr 21 2025 // A report published by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank ranks Louisiana as the worst state for social mobility, and links the state’s lawsuit abuse climate as a factor for why many residents never get...
