Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Lawmakers Approve $45M in Funding to Draw Insurers to State
Feb 6 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A $45 million funding bill to address soaring homeowner insurance rates in hurricane-battered Louisiana was overwhelmingly approved by Louisiana lawmakers Friday and sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards...
Police Settle La. Suit Over 2020 Beating of Black Man
Feb 3 2023 // SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Black man who said police officers in a Louisiana city threw him to the ground, slammed his face into the sidewalk and detained him in a mental...
McClenny Moseley Sanctioned by 3rd La. Judge for Duplicate Filings
Feb 2 2023 // Attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates appeared in a New Orleans courtroom Wednesday to explain why they claimed to represent a homeowner who says she didn’t hire the law firm, but did sign some paperwork...
PCF Acquires Louisiana’s Oak Point Risk Advisors
Feb 2 2023 // PCF Insurance Services (PCF) has acquired Oak Point Risk Advisors, a niche risk management and insurance agency focusing on commercial insurance for the maritime, oil and gas, and construction industries. Ronny Sternfels,...
Q&A: Louisiana Commissioner Jim Donelon on Special Session to Address Insurance Crisis
Jan 31 2023 // In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana lawmakers created a $29 million incentive fund to lure property insurance companies to write business in the state. The Insure Louisiana Incentive Program provided grants to...
AM Best: Louisiana Insurance Incentive Program a “Short-Term Stopgap”
Jan 30 2023 // As Louisiana lawmakers adjourn Monday for a special session to address the state’s property insurance crisis, a commentary from AM Best says Louisiana’s plan to appropriate $45 million in funds to incentivize...
North La. Families Evacuated After Train Derails
Jan 30 2023 // KEATCHIE, La. (AP) – About 130 people in north Louisiana are under a mandatory evacuation Saturday after a train derailed and at least two of the cars involved began leaking hazardous products, state police said. The...
Louisiana’s Donelon Elected Chair of NAIC Southeast Zone
Jan 26 2023 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon was selected to chair the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Southeast Zone during the organization’s Fall National Meeting. Prior to his election as...
Attorney for La. Insurer Says Firm Working with Contractors to Find New Hurricane Claimants
Jan 25 2023 // An insurance defense attorney accuses the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm of teaming up with restoration contractors to illegally acquire clients, which sometimes resulted in duplicate lawsuits being filed...
Louisiana Governor Orders Special Session to Address Insurance Incentive Fund
Jan 23 2023 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called for a special session Sunday to address appropriate funds to the Insure Louisiana Incentive Fund, a fund created by lawmakers last year to attract more insurance companies to the...
Entergy Louisiana Customers to Cover $1.5B for Hurricane Ida Repairs
Jan 23 2023 // METAIRIE, La. (AP) – About a million customers of an electric utility in Louisiana will cover more than $1.4 billion in repair costs related to Hurricane Ida. Entergy Louisiana said residential customers will see about...
Louisiana Lawmakers Considering Special Session to Address Insurance Crisis
Jan 19 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – As Louisiana continues to be plagued by insurance woes, with insurers leaving or going out of business in the hurricane-stricken state, some lawmakers say a special legislative session to address...
Louisiana Guaranty Fund Extends Deadline to File Suit Against FedNat, Maison
Jan 17 2023 // The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) has granted a voluntary extension to March 31, 2023, of the deadline by which former FedNat Insurance Company and Maison Insurance Company policyholders are required to...
Louisiana Police Arrest Tx. Public Adjuster Accused of Pocketing Clients’ Checks
Jan 17 2023 // Louisiana State Police arrested a Texas public adjuster for allegedly pocketing $592,000 from settlement checks that were intended for seven former clients by forging the homeowners’ signatures. Andrew Joseph...
La. Nursing Home Owner Faces New Lawsuit in Ida Storm Evacuation
Jan 17 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ A nursing home owner who faces criminal and civil complaints over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021 is now being sued by federal authorities who say he...
At Least 20 Louisiana Horse Deaths Related to Contaminated Feed
Jan 12 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – At least 20 horses in Louisiana have died after ingesting bacteria found in some alfalfa hay cubes from a manufacturer in Colorado, state agriculture officials said. The Louisiana Department of...
5th Circuit Rejects La. Restaurant’s COVID-19 Business-Interruption Claim
Jan 11 2023 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday against a New Orleans restaurant’s claim for business interruption losses after the restaurant could not prove direct and sole cause by an accidental contamination of...
New Louisiana Laws Require Hurricane Mediation Program, Catastrophe Response Plan
Jan 10 2023 // Louisiana lawmakers passed several bills last legislative session in response to insurers’ handling of recent natural disasters, five of which went into effect Jan. 1, 2023. The legislation resulted from a shaken...
Louisiana Judge Rules Against Moratorium on Carbon Capture Project
Jan 6 2023 // LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) – A south Louisiana parish cannot enforce a moratorium blocking a global gas supply company from conducting seismic tests or building test wells in Lake Maurepas, a federal judge has ruled. Air...
Helicopter With 4 On Board Crashes in Gulf off Louisiana
Jan 3 2023 // The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours searching the waters off Louisiana for four people on board a helicopter that crashed while departing an oil platform. The helicopter’s pilot and three oil workers went into the Gulf...
