Louisiana News

La. Agent/Pilot Dies in Plane Crash

The National Safety Transportation Board confirmed that Hammond, La., insurance agent Wade Speed, who was killed when the small plane...

AmWINS Acquires N.C. Quaker Special Risk

Charlotte, N.C.-based American Wholesale Insurance Group (AmWINS), a large independent wholesaler, has acquired the southeast office of Quaker Special Risk....

IVAN COSTS NEARLY $7.9M IN LA.:

The Louisiana Department of Insurance’s final estimate of Hurricane Ivan damage in Louisiana is $7,868,750. That figure is based on...

People & Places

Robert Shipe The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission named Robert L. “Bob” Shipe as executive director. Shipe had been serving as...