Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Federal Authorities Investigate Underwater Oil Pipeline Leak off Louisiana Coast
Nov 20 2023 // VENICE, La. (AP) – Federal authorities said Saturday that they`re investigating a leak from an underwater oil pipeline off the coast of Louisiana. The National Transportation Safety Board said on X, formerly known as...
Business Moves
Nov 20 2023 // National Arthur J. Gallagher, Clements Worldwide Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Washington, D.C.-based Clements Worldwide. Clements is an international insurance broker serving expats,...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 20 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Texas’ Maxwell Insurance Group Joins Risk Services of Louisiana
Nov 16 2023 // Maxwell Insurance Group of Houston, Texas, has affiliated with Risk Services of Louisiana (RSL), a Leavitt Group affiliate based in Shreveport. Leavitt Group is a network of insurance brokers whose collective strength...
Louisiana State Police Open Criminal Investigation Into McClenny Moseley, Apex Roofing
Nov 13 2023 // Louisiana State Police have opened a criminal investigation into efforts by McClenny Moseley & Associates and Apex Roofing to solicit customers after receiving a complaint by the state Insurance Department about...
Higginbotham Expands Collegiate Athletics Investment With LEARFIELD, Adds 10 Southern Universities to Portfolio
Nov 9 2023 // Higginbotham announced the expansion of its multi-year investment in collegiate athletics to include ten universities in the southern region of the United States through its continued sponsorship agreement with LEARFIELD,...
Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Postponed Amid Legal Battles Over Endangered Whale Protections
Nov 7 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – An upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed last week amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale. A federal appellate panel last...
Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Opens Third Round of Grants
Nov 6 2023 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) will open its third round of grants at noon on November 6. There are 750 grants available in the third round, the...
Louisiana Courts Still Tidying Up After Storm of McClenny Moseley Lawsuits
Nov 3 2023 // In December 2022, before much was known about how McClenny Moseley & Associates in Houston was able to set up shop in New Orleans and sign-up thousands of Louisiana clients in less than a year, US District Court Judge...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Georgia Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 3 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Louisiana Was Open to Cancer Alley Concessions. Then EPA Dropped its Investigation
Nov 2 2023 // For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk. Federal officials said they had found...
Death Toll Lowered to 7 in Louisiana Super Fog Highway Crashes Involving 160 Vehicles
Nov 1 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The death toll from last week’s series of highway crashes blamed on a “super fog” of smoke from marsh fires mixed with dense fog has been lowered from eight to seven people, according...
Lighthouse Insurance Misled Hedge Funds Before it Collapsed in 2022, Lawsuit Claims
Oct 31 2023 // A Florida lawsuit brought by private equity fund Fortinbras Enterprises and three others charges that Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. executives concealed the extent of underwriting losses after Hurricane Ida, even as...
United Wanted Young, Blue-Eyed, Blonde Women to Staff LA Dodgers Flights, Lawsuit Says
Oct 31 2023 // United Airlines UAL.O has been sued by two longtime flight attendants who say they were excluded from highly coveted assignments to work on charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team because of their racial...
Saltwater Intrusion Threatens Drinking Water in Louisiana
Oct 30 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance`s water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the...
Toll Rises to 8 Dead, 63 Hurt in Louisiana Interstate Pileup Blamed on Fog, Fire Smoke
Oct 27 2023 // The toll from a series of crashes on a Louisiana interstate rose to eight dead and 63 injured, a day after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles in the fiery pileup,...
8 Dead, 63 Hurt From Louisiana Interstate Pileup Blamed on Dense Fog, Smoke
Oct 26 2023 // The toll from a series of crashes on a Louisiana interstate rose to eight dead and 63 injured Tuesday evening, a day after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles in the...
‘Superfog’ Blamed For Louisiana Highway Crashes That Killed 7
Oct 25 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – At least seven people were killed Monday after a “superfog” of smoke from marsh fires and dense morning fog caused a series of wrecks on Interstate 55 near New Orleans that left a long...
Higginbotham Adds Louisiana’s Bourg Insurance as Partner Agency
Oct 19 2023 // Higginbotham has joined forces with Bourg Insurance, a long-term family business with deep ties to the South Louisiana community. Founded in 1958 by Claude ‘Toby’ Bourg, Jr. and his wife Edith, Bourg Insurance...
Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Opens Second Round of Grants
Oct 18 2023 // The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program (LFHP) opened its second round of grants this week. Homeowners must have a policy with Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to apply for one of 1,000 grants available in the...
