Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Governor Signs Package of Property Insurance Reform Bills
May 8 2024 // Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed a package of insurance reform bills Tuesday aimed at encouraging insurers to write more business in the state’s property market. The legislation, endorsed by Louisiana Insurance...
Louisiana Lawmakers Repeal ‘Three-Year Rule’ that Barred Policy Cancellations
May 1 2024 // Property insurers in storm-swept Louisiana could soon gain much more flexibility over policy cancellations if the governor signs House Bill 611 into law, as expected. The state House of Representatives this week approved...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Louisiana’s Fontenelle & Goodreau
Apr 18 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Metairie, Louisiana-based Fontenelle & Goodreau Insurance, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fontenelle & Goodreau Insurance offers...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background: Part 2 – Hawaii through Maryland
Apr 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Having a criminal charge or conviction in one’s background can make things more difficult for a licensed insurance producer. However, it doesn’t always have...
Higginbotham Acquires Louisiana’s Eagan Insurance
Apr 16 2024 // Higginbotham has acquired Eagan Insurance of Metairie, Louisiana, in a move that extends Higginbotham’s presence to South Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. “At Higginbotham, we just celebrated our 75th...
Declarations
Apr 15 2024 // Baltimore Bridge Collapse “While the total cost of the bridge collapse and associated claims will not be clear for some time, it is likely to run into the billions of dollars.” – Said Matilde Jakobsen, senior...
Storms Bring Floods and Damaging Wind Across the South
Apr 12 2024 // SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain...
Federal Agency Investigating Toxic Chemical Releases at 2 Louisiana Facilities
Apr 5 2024 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that the agency has launched investigations into toxic chemical releases at two facilities in Louisiana during 2023: the release of hydrogen fluoride...
Federal Agency Investigating Toxic Chemical Releases at 2 Louisiana Facilities
Apr 5 2024 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that the agency has launched investigations into toxic chemical releases at two facilities in Louisiana during 2023. The agency is investing the...
Survivors of Sex Abuse Ask Louisiana High Court to Open Window to Sue
Apr 2 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file...
Louisiana Insurance Producer Arrested for Fraud, Theft
Mar 28 2024 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana insurance producer was arrested for insurance fraud and theft, the Louisiana State Police announced this week. The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit Baton Rouge Field Office...
Louisiana’s Temple Seeks Reform in Response to State Farm’s California Cuts
Mar 28 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple pointed to State Farm’s decision to non-renew policies in the California market as a warning for lawmakers to modernize Louisiana’s regulatory framework and address...
Louisiana Debates Civil Liability Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Mar 25 2024 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three years after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, Louisiana continues to debate policies related to inoculation mandates, including civil labilities if a work place...
Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit
Mar 22 2024 // Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers. A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and...
Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit
Mar 22 2024 // Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers. A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and...
Louisiana Truck Driver Charged After Deadly 2023 Pileup
Mar 19 2024 // RESERVE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a fiery highway pileup that left eight dead last year after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense...
Walgreens to Pay $205K Over Pregnancy Discrimination at Louisiana Store
Mar 18 2024 // Pharmacy and retailer Walgreens Co. has agreed to pay $205,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Business Moves
Mar 18 2024 // East King Insurance Partners, Mehta Insurance Agency Florida-based King Insurance Partners acquired Mehta Insurance Agency, located in Absecon, New Jersey. Mehta Insurance Agency’s offerings include business, flood...
People Moves: Former Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Donelon Joins McGlinchey
Mar 15 2024 // McGlinchey Stafford, headquartered in New Orleans, named former Louisiana commissioner of insurance and attorney Jim Donelon as a member. While his insurance regulatory practice is national in scope, he will primarily work...
Drought and Extreme Heat Devastate Louisiana’s Crawfish Harvest
Mar 11 2024 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the...
