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Hurricane Laura Hit Louisiana a Year Ago but Recovery Is Ongoing
Aug 24 2021 // Hurricane Laura made landfall in Southwest Louisiana nearly a year ago but local officials and state insurance regulators say the area still a long way to go to recover. Laura, which made landfall on August 27, 2020,...
Prosecutors in Louisiana Reach $2M Settlement with Exonerated Man
Aug 23 2021 // Local prosecutors have reached a $2 million settlement with a New Orleans man who spent 23 years in prison before being cleared on charges including rape and manslaughter. “I welcome this measure of justice after so...
Louisiana’s Orleans Parish to Pay $2M to Exonerated Man in Settlement
Aug 20 2021 // Local prosecutors have reached a $2 million settlement with a New Orleans man who spent 23 years in prison before being cleared on charges including rape and manslaughter. “I welcome this measure of justice after so...
Louisiana to Insurance Producers: You Must Have a License to Do Business in State
Aug 17 2021 // Louisiana insurance regulators issued a new advisory reminding people who sell insurance in the state that they must have a licensed to do so. According to the Louisiana Department of Insurance Advisory Letter 2021-05,...
Safety Regulations a Focus at Hearing into Deadly Louisiana Lift Boat Accident
Aug 16 2021 // A public hearing into the deadly capsizing of the Seacor Power lift boat off the coast of Louisiana has ended. The two-week U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing concluded Aug. 13 with testimony from two...
Another Guilty Plea in Louisiana Staged Truck Accident Schemes
Aug 12 2021 // A Louisiana man pleaded guilty of participating in insurance fraud scheme involving staged accidents with commercial trucks in the New Orleans area. The U.S. Justice Department said Dewayne Coleman, age 22, of Marrero,...
New Rules Governing Misconduct Claims at Louisiana’s Colleges Enacted
Aug 12 2021 // Louisiana’s top higher education board on Aug. 10 enacted the rules governing how college campuses must respond to and report sexual misconduct and harassment complaints, with training for school administrators...
Louisiana 2020 Hurricane Update: $10B in Claims Reported as of June 30
Aug 9 2021 // The amount of money that insurers expect to pay for the 2020 hurricanes continues to grow, albeit more slowly, as Louisiana gets further away from last year’s historic storm season. According to the Louisiana...
Panel Revives Jurisdictional Question in Louisiana Suits Against Oil Giants
Aug 9 2021 // The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in state courts, as local parish governments want, or in federal courts, as the oil companies want,...
2 Louisiana Parishes Designated Agriculture Natural Disaster Areas
Aug 5 2021 // Farmers in two south Louisiana parishes who lost property during extreme weather in April through June may be eligible for federal aid, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said. Physical-loss loans...
Two Louisiana Parishes May Be Eligible for Federal Aid From Tropical Storm Damage
Aug 5 2021 // Farmers in two south Louisiana parishes who lost property during extreme weather in April through June may be eligible for federal aid, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said...
Louisiana Doctor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud, Conspiracy
Aug 4 2021 // A Lake Charles, Louisiana, orthopedic surgeon pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud conspiracy, the U.S. Justice Department reported. Robert Dale Bernauer Sr., 74, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to...
Work Begins on $760M Louisiana River Parishes Levee Project
Aug 2 2021 // Work has formally begun in Louisiana on a $760 million, three-parish levee project that was first proposed a half-century ago. State officials said 17.5 miles of levee and a mile of T-wall will protect 60,000 residents of...
Resettlement Homes on Louisiana Island Designed to Help Weather Storms
Aug 2 2021 // Residents relocating from an eroding island off Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish will move into homes built and designed to help weather hurricanes. Officials involved with the project toured the New Isle development in...
Deadline Nears for FEMA Aid Applications in SW Louisiana
Jul 28 2021 // Southwest Louisiana residents and businesses have only a few more days to apply for federal disaster assistance because of property damage or other eligible losses in May due to severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. FEMA...
Louisiana Sees Gains in Not Seasonally Adjusted Employment
Jul 27 2021 // The state’s not seasonally adjusted number of employed individuals increased in June both over the month and over the year for the third consecutive month, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported. The June 2021...
Louisiana ‘Good,’ but Texas Lags in IBHS Building Code Rankings
Jul 23 2021 // Texas has a long way to go but despite getting hit by four hurricanes and one tropical storm in 2020, Louisiana still ranks as one of the top 10 states for resilience based on its statewide building codes. The...
People Moves: IIAT Elects Officers, Directors; Pettiette Joins Louisiana’s Dwight W. Andrus Insurance
Jul 19 2021 // IIAT The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Gaylon Brown of TexCap Insurance in Dallas to serve as chair for 2021-2022 during IIAT’s annual business meeting on June 25, 2021. Gaylon Brown Brown is...
Louisiana to GeoVera: Cease Homeowners Policy Non-Renewals
Jul 19 2021 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon in early July ordered GeoVera Specialty Insurance Co. to stop non-renewing Louisiana homeowners policies in violation of state law. In a cease and desist order, Donelon told the...
Louisiana ‘Good,’ Texas ‘Poor’ in IBHS Building Code Rankings
Jul 19 2021 // Texas has a long way to go but despite getting hit by four hurricanes and one tropical storm in 2020, Louisiana still ranks as one of the top 10 states for resilience based on its statewide building codes. The Rating the...
