Latest Louisiana Headlines
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7 Face Insurance Fraud Charges in Louisiana ‘Staged Crash’ Scheme
Jan 4 2019 // Troopers assigned to the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations New Orleans Field Office Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit have arrested the last suspect in an insurance fraud scheme. A total of seven suspects have...
Louisiana Adds Jobs for 14 Straight Months
Dec 31 2018 // Over the course of 14 months, Louisiana has added tens of thousands of jobs, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. According to information released on Dec. 21 by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS),...
Insurance Journal South Central’s Top Stories for 2018: Medical Marijuana, Weather Woes
Dec 31 2018 // At first glance it might seem that 2018 was a “slow news” year in the South Central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. After all, the region escaped the devastation of a major hurricane, and...
Louisiana Governor: Tariffs Stifling State’s Ag, Petrochemical Industries
Dec 27 2018 // Even as he touted Louisiana’s economic picture, Gov. John Bel Edwards said on Dec. 20 that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are causing “pain” for agricultural and petrochemical industries and...
Update: Louisiana Credit Union to Pay $110K in Retaliation Lawsuit Settlement
Dec 20 2018 // A Louisiana credit union has agreed to pay a former branch manager $110,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced. The EEOC filed suit against...
Louisiana Has Second Lowest Non-Fatal Work Injury Rate, Officials Say
Dec 20 2018 // Louisiana is second only to Washington, D.C., with the lowest non-fatal work-related injury rate in the country, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced. A recent Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) report showed...
USG Insurance Services Adds Cooper in Louisiana Branch Office
Dec 20 2018 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has hired Corey Cooper as producer/broker in its Covington, Louisiana, branch. Corey joins the USG team with 11 years of experience in the industry, most recently...
Restore Louisiana Offering Buyouts to Homeowners in Floodways
Dec 17 2018 // A Louisiana program helping people affected by the 2016 floods is offering buyouts to those living in especially hazardous areas, state officials said. Restore Louisiana officials said that homeowners in floodways can...
USG Insurance Services Adds Guidry in Covington, Louisiana
Dec 12 2018 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has hired Dylan Guidry as producer/broker in its Covington, Louisiana, branch. Guidry brings over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Most recently...
Program Offering to Buy Out Louisiana Homeowners in Floodways
Dec 5 2018 // Louisiana program helping people affected by the 2016 floods is offering buyouts to those living in especially hazardous areas, state officials said. Restore Louisiana officials said that homeowners in floodways can...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Go Down in Louisiana
Dec 5 2018 // Rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana next year, the state insurance department announced. Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved a rate filing from the National Council on...
NSM Acquires Louisiana’s KBK Insurance Group
Dec 3 2018 // NSM Insurance Group has acquired the assets of Harahan, Louisiana-based program manager, KBK Insurance Group. With over 25 years of experience, KBK specializes in the towing and transportation industries. NSM Insurance...
Louisiana to Get Another $164 Million in BP Oil Spill Restoration Grants
Nov 21 2018 // Louisiana is getting $161.4 million in restoration grants from the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore two barrier islands and a headland in the Terrebonne Basin. The work will restore Timbalier and Trinity...
Louisiana Posts 13 Straight Months of Job Gains
Nov 21 2018 // Seasonally adjusted data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment in Louisiana increased by 19,400 jobs to 1,989,700 since October 2017. According to the Louisiana...
3 Louisiana Parishes Designated USDA Natural Disaster Areas
Nov 19 2018 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated three Louisiana parishes as contiguous disaster areas as the result of excessive rain and flooding that occurred April 1 to June 30, 2018, according to Agriculture...
Storm May Have Spawned Tornadoes in Deep South
Nov 8 2018 // Possible tornados touched down in Louisiana and Mississippi as a line of storms moved across the Deep South. Tree limbs and power lines were down from Louisiana to Alabama early Tuesday, prompting some schools to delay the...
Fire Destroys Louisiana Gym, Thousands of Dollars in Donations Held There
Nov 5 2018 // A fire destroyed a south Louisiana gym and thousands of dollars in donations being held there ahead of a charity fundraiser. WVUE-TV reported that a fire Wednesday night destroyed the Garyville Recreation Center gym in St....
14% of Louisiana Bridges Are Deficient, Report Says
Oct 29 2018 // A national transportation research group says 14 percent of Louisiana’s state and local bridges are structurally deficient, the seventh-highest rate in the nation. A report by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit...
Barge Operator in Louisiana Bridge Crash Likely Wasn’t Fined in 32 Others
Oct 25 2018 // Records show that before a barge-mounted crane slammed into a Louisiana bridge this month, operators for Marquette Transportation had more than 30 collisions and the company likely wasn’t fined. The Advocate reports...
Premium Price for ACA Policies to Decline in Louisiana
Oct 22 2018 // People searching for health insurance policies in Louisiana will likely fare better than those in many other states as the Nov. 1 annual open enrollment period approaches for the individual marketplace. The Advocate...
