Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana Brokerage Gillis, Ellis & Baker
Jul 29 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of New Orleans, La.-based Gillis, Ellis & Baker Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1933, Gillis, Ellis & Baker is a commercial...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Carrier, LWCC, Adds Irby, Promotes Sanders
Jul 25 2019 // Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation provider, LWCC, has hired Seth Irby as chief marketing and customer experience officer, and promoted Gary Sanders to vice president. Irby brings to LWCC a variety of...
Worley, Brown Launch Legion Claims Solutions in Louisiana
Jul 23 2019 // Legion Claims Solutions LLC (Legion), a firm specializing in the management of catastrophe insurance claims, environmental/industrial claims, and governmental disaster recovery programs, has opened in Baton Rouge,...
New Barry Insured Loss Estimate: Not More Than $500M, RMS Says
Jul 23 2019 // Global risk modeling and analytics firm, RMS, has estimated that the insured U.S. losses from Hurricane Barry will not exceed $500 million. This estimate represents insured losses associated with wind, storm surge and...
Louisiana Ag Officials: Hurricane Barry Farm Damage Fairly Local
Jul 22 2019 // Louisiana farmers say they’ve never seen storm damage worse than Hurricane Barry left behind, but the LSU AgCenter says that statewide crop damage was minimal. AgCenter and federal Farm Service Agency workers are...
Louisiana Judge: State Court Suit Over Playoff ‘No-Call’ Can Proceed Against NFL
Jul 22 2019 // A Louisiana judge has ruled that a damage lawsuit can continue against the NFL over the playoff “no-call” that helped the Los Angeles Rams beat the New Orleans Saints and advance to the Super Bowl. State Civil...
CoreLogic Estimates Barry Flood, Wind Losses at $500M to $900M
Jul 19 2019 // The total cost of losses from damage caused by Hurricane Barry will likely fall between $500 million and $900 million, Irvine, California-based property information and data analytics provider CoreLogic says. CoreLogic...
Worker Dies From Late June Explosion at Facility in NW Louisiana
Jul 18 2019 // A northwest Louisiana coroner says a 43-year-old man has died of injuries from an industrial explosion late last month. The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office says Jonathan Hall of the DeSoto Parish town of Stonewall died...
Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $300M in Non-NFIP Insured Losses from Barry
Jul 16 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firm, Karen Clark & Company (KCC), says insured losses from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Barry and its remnants will near $300 million. That figure does not include National Flood Insurance Program...
Gulf Coast Still Faces Flood, Tornado Risks from Weakened Barry
Jul 16 2019 // Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north. Barry was...
Fidelis Group Holdings Adds Taylor as Sr. Claims Manager in Louisiana
Jul 16 2019 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), with its subsidiary Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), has hired Mark Taylor as senior manager of its Claims Division. Taylor will provide additional...
New Louisiana Rules for Self-Driving Trucks Effective Aug. 1
Jul 15 2019 // As companies work to design fleets of commercial trucks that won’t need a human in the driver’s seat, Louisiana lawmakers have written rules that self-driving vehicles will need to follow to truck commerce...
Barry Weakened After Landfall in Louisiana But Flooding Still Expected in Some Areas
Jul 14 2019 // Storm Barry trudged through northwestern Louisiana on Sunday, weakening to a tropical depression but dropping up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain in some places to create life-threatening flood conditions along the Mississippi...
Barry Expected to Make Landfall in Louisiana as Hurricane on Saturday
Jul 12 2019 // In an update issued at 4 p.m., CDT, on July 12, the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall as a category 1 hurricane along Louisiana’s central Gulf Coast on July 13. The NHC...
Refineries in Tropical Storm Barry’s Path to Keep Operating
Jul 12 2019 // Most U.S. refiners whose plants are in the path of Tropical Storm Barry took steps on Friday to keep them running, even as forecasters warned that the second named storm of the season could become a hurricane just before...
New Orleans Hunkers Down as Tropical Storm Barry Nears Louisiana Coast
Jul 12 2019 // Coastal Louisiana felt the first blow from Tropical Storm Barry’s winds early on Friday as the slow-moving tempest was forecast to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019 threatening to bring rain and flooding to...
Now a Tropical Storm, Barry Takes Aim at Louisiana
Jul 11 2019 // Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and could strike Louisiana as a hurricane Saturday, causing almost $1 billion in damage and worsening flooding in New Orleans. The system, which was about 95 miles (153...
New Louisiana Rules for Self-Driving Trucks Effective Aug. 1
Jul 9 2019 // As companies work to design fleets of commercial trucks that won’t need a human in the driver’s seat, Louisiana lawmakers have written rules of the road that self-driving vehicles will need to follow to truck...
Trident Marine, Signal Mutual Team Up on Waterfront Workers’ Comp in Texas, Louisiana
Jul 2 2019 // Trident Marine Managers (TMM), a specialty marine and offshore energy company and a part of Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), is partnering with Signal Mutual on a workers’ compensation program for waterfront employers...
Under New Law, $700M in Louisiana Roadwork to Be Paid by BP Money
Jul 1 2019 // Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed one of the last outstanding bills from the legislative session, steering $700 million in oil spill recovery money to road, bridge and port projects. The Democratic governor touted the plans...
