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Judge Tells Louisiana to Protect Incarcerated Workers Toiling in Summer Heat
Jul 5 2024 // Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face...
Federal Officials Update Investigation Into July 2023 Louisiana Plant Explosion
Jun 19 2024 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced an update on its investigation into a July 2023 explosion at the Dow Louisiana Operations’ Glycol II plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, that...
AM Best Downgrades Credit Rating of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual
Jun 18 2024 // AM Best announced it has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb” (Good) from “a-” (Excellent) of Louisiana Farm...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills
Jun 17 2024 // Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of auto insurance reform bills that aim to bring availability and competition to the market by cutting down on excessive verdicts and settlements. Legislators passed four bills endorsed...
Louisiana High Court Reopens Window for Adult Victims of Childhood Sex Abuse to Sue
Jun 14 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court Wednesday gave childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. The state Supreme...
Study Finds Higher Levels of Dangerous Chemical Than Expected in SE Louisiana
Jun 13 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 20...
Pipeline Brawl in Louisiana Rattles Industry Desperate to Build
Jun 11 2024 // A legal battle in Louisiana is hobbling construction of three pipeline projects worth more than $2 billion. Yet the litigation isn’t from environmentalists: It’s spearheaded by one of the biggest natural gas...
Louisiana’s Temple Meets With Insurers Ahead of Potentially Active Hurricane Season
Jun 7 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple recently met with 20 property and casualty insurers ahead of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season to make sure insurers are prepared to handle claims following a hurricane...
5th Circuit: Louisiana Law Voids Arbitration Clause in Surplus Lines Policies
Jun 7 2024 // A panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a Louisiana statute voids the formation of an arbitration clause in a surplus lines insurance contract. In its opinion, the appellate court reasoned that the...
ALKEME Acquires Louisiana’s Hardwick Insurance
Jun 6 2024 // ALKEME, announced the acquisition of Hardwick Insurance, a commercial and personal specialist located in Lafayette, Louisiana. This strategic acquisition marks ALKEME’s expansion in the Southern United States and...
Louisiana Gun Bill Risks Roiling Wall Street’s Muni Business
Jun 5 2024 // Louisiana could soon bar banks that “discriminate” against firearm entities from working on government contracts, after lawmakers advanced legislation that’s similar to a Texas statute that has whipsawed...
Louisiana Law That Limits Filming of Police Violates First Amendment, Attorneys Say
Jun 3 2024 // A new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment, civil...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills to Boost Market Competition
May 31 2024 // Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of auto insurance reform bills that aim to bring availability and competition to the market by cutting down on excessive verdicts and settlements. Legislators passed four bills endorsed...
Thousands Remain Without Power After Deadly Storms Hit Houston
May 20 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and scorching temperatures that could...
Louisiana Lawmakers Repeal ‘Three-Year Rule’ that Barred Policy Cancellations
May 20 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 approved the bill by...
Flood-Prone Houston Faces a Deluge of More Rain: Weather Watch
May 16 2024 // Heavy rain will sweep across eastern Texas into Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday, raising flood risks across the Gulf of Mexico states. Flood watches have been posted from Dallas and Houston eastward across Louisiana...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Offers Guidance Following Severe Storms
May 15 2024 // Severe storms killed three people and caused significant damage in southwest Louisiana Monday. At least one EF3 tornado hit Lake Charles, officials said. The St. Martin Parish coroner reports that a female died in Cecilia...
Louisiana Court May Reopen Window for Suits by Adult Victims of Child Sex Abuse
May 13 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court agreed Friday to reconsider its recent ruling that wiped out a state law giving adult victims of childhood sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage...
Former Louisiana Lawmaker James D. Cain Passes Away
May 10 2024 // Former Louisiana lawmaker James David Cain passed away on May 8, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple announced. Cain served 20 years in the Louisiana House of Representatives and another 16 years in the Louisiana Senate,...
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...
