Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Harvey Recovery Ongoing as 2019 Hurricane Season Begins
Jun 17 2019 // Early forecasts for the 2019 U.S. Atlantic hurricane season anticipate the period will be an “average” one. Hurricane season officially runs June 1 through November 30, however, the first named storm of the...
Progressive Approved for 2.2% Auto Insurance Rate Decrease in Louisiana
Jun 13 2019 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved a filing by Progressive Security Insurance Co. for a 2.2% rate decrease on new and renewal auto insurance business in the state. The decreases will take effect in...
Plans for Opening Louisiana’s Mississippi River Morganza Spillway Reduced
Jun 7 2019 // Plans for opening a Mississippi River spillway in Louisiana have been cut back dramatically because the river is rising more slowly than expected. The Army Corps of Engineers says it plans to release 20 percent of the...
Flooded Streets, Tornadoes Reported in Louisiana
Jun 7 2019 // Authorities in Louisiana are investigating reports of a possible tornado damage in the Baton Rouge area. The Advocate reports one home was severely damaged by a possible tornado in the community of Central. Baton Rouge...
Louisiana Senate Passes Statewide Rules for Ride-Hailing Services
Jun 3 2019 // Efforts to enact statewide Louisiana regulations for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, aimed at expanding the services’ availability around the state, won passage Saturday in the Senate, after two years of...
Texas, Louisiana Among States Most at Risk for Storm Surge, CoreLogic Says
May 31 2019 // Some 7.3 million U.S. homes with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8 trillion are at risk from storm surge, Irvine, California-based data analytics provider CoreLogic said in its 2019 Storm Surge Report, issued days...
Louisiana to United HealthCare: Insurance Producer Commissions Must Be Paid
May 31 2019 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says United HealthCare Services Inc. and/or UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “United”) can’t proceed with its...
Insurance Paid Out $162K After Fuel Theft from Louisiana School System
May 30 2019 // A state audit says a Louisiana school bus mechanic allegedly stole about $200,000 in fuel by using a school board fuel card to fill log truck tanks. The audit says a phishing scam cost the Union Parish School Board another...
Viewpoint: Ground Will Shake and Snakes Will Flee as the Mississippi Drains
May 29 2019 // I was on site in 2011 when the Army freed the Mississippi from a man-made barrier and unleashed it into a large swath of rural Louisiana — a harrowing trade off that flooded homes and farms to avoid catastrophe in New...
Mississippi River’s Morganza Floodway May Be Opened for Third Time Ever
May 23 2019 // A major barrier that keeps the Mississippi River in its current path may be opened for just the third time in its history, potentially flooding a large part of rural Louisiana. Concern is growing that heavy rains will...
Business Moves
May 20 2019 // National Ryan Specialty Group, Atlantic Specialty Lines Ryan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. (ASL), a privately owned wholesale insurance brokerage...
Louisiana Supreme Court: No Prohibition Against Forum Selection Clause in Commercial Property Policy
May 20 2019 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has determined that state law does not expressly prohibit a clause in a commercial property insurance policy that specifies that any coverage dispute ending up in litigation must be heard in a...
Louisiana House Gives Nod to Medical Marijuana Inhaler Bill
May 17 2019 // Louisiana’s medical marijuana patients would be able to inhale cannabis, if senators agree to a proposal that won overwhelming support from lawmakers in the House. Rep. Ted James, a Baton Rouge Democrat, says his...
Louisiana Court: Law Doesn’t Prohibit Forum Selection Clause in Commercial Policy
May 17 2019 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has determined that state law does not expressly prohibit a clause in a commercial property insurance policy that specifies that any coverage dispute ending up in litigation must be heard in a...
2 Wanted for Auto Insurance Fraud in Louisiana; Public’s Help Sought
May 15 2019 // Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit – Houma Field Office are asking for the public’s help in locating three people wanted for felony fraud in a case involving an alleged...
Alliant Adds Richard as Executive VP, Employee Benefits in Louisiana
May 15 2019 // Chard Richard has joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president and managing director in the employee benefits group in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A veteran of the employee benefits industry, Richard has an...
McCray Appointed Executive VP at Amerisafe in Louisiana
May 14 2019 // DeRidder, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, Amerisafe Inc., has named Andrew McCray as its new executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. McCray comes to Amerisafe with more than 30 years...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pushing Restrictions on Food Labels
May 14 2019 // Louisiana’s lawmakers are on a labeling binge this year, pushing ahead with food classification restrictions on milk, rice, meat, sugar, shrimp and crawfish as they try to assist the state’s agricultural...
Lighthouse Property Insurance Acquires Louisiana’s Excalibur National Insurance
May 6 2019 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has acquired Excalibur National Insurance Co., based in Louisiana. Lighthouse CEO and President Patrick White said in a press release that the acquisition “reaffirms...
Louisiana Senators Say Agreement Reached on Federal Flood Aid for Homeowners
May 3 2019 // The Trump administration has agreed to rewrite regulations to help thousands of Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods access federal aid, the state’s U.S. senators said Thursday. Republican Sens. Bill...
