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Louisiana Flood Victims Eligible for State Sales Tax Refunds
Aug 29 2016 // Louisiana residents in presidential declared disaster areas impacted by the March and August floods can file for a refund of state sales tax they paid on personal property destroyed by the floods, according to State...
Mobile Homes, not Travel Trailers, Headed to Louisiana after Deadly Flooding
Aug 26 2016 // Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding. These...
AIR Worldwide: 20 Parishes, More than 60K Homes Impacted by Louisiana Flooding
Aug 25 2016 // Initial estimates from Louisiana’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness indicate that more than 60,000 homes have been damaged in the 20 parishes impacted in the extensive precipitation-induced...
1347 Property Insurance Holdings Expects Losses from Louisiana Storms
Aug 23 2016 // 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc., which offers specialty property/casualty insurance through its subsidiary, Maison Insurance Co. (Maison), said it expects to incur losses from claims related to damage from the recent...
Flood Claims Mount; FEMA Extends Insurance Renewal Period for Some in Louisiana
Aug 23 2016 // Due to the damage and displacement caused by recent flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended to 120 days the grace period to renew flood insurance policies in certain Louisiana parishes. The...
Analysis: Flooding Intensifies Louisiana’s Financial Woes
Aug 22 2016 // “How’s your house?” That’s the new greeting for many across south Louisiana as a 20-parish area digs out of catastrophic flooding and its aftermath. The logical next question often remains unspoken:...
RMS: Flood Insurance Uptake Low in Areas Hit Hardest by Louisiana Flooding
Aug 19 2016 // Calling the recent flooding event in Louisiana one of the most significant natural disasters in the United States, catastrophe modelling firm RMS said flood insurance participation is low in the parishes most affected by...
86,500 People Affected by Louisiana Floods Seek Federal Aid
Aug 19 2016 // Some 86,500 people have filed for federal aid after deadly flooding hit Louisiana in the past several days and damaged some 40,000 homes, Gov. John Bel Edwards told a news conference on Aug. 18. He said the death toll from...
Louisiana Issues Post-Flooding Emergency Insurance Rule
Aug 19 2016 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued an emergency rule allowing greater protection and flexibility for insurance policyholders impacted by recent flooding. The emergency rule gives flood-affected...
Louisiana Reminds Insurers of Flooded Vehicle Requirements
Aug 18 2016 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a reminder to insurance companies regarding the Certificate of Destruction title requirements for flooded vehicles. The department issued the bulletin following the federal...
As Louisiana Surveys Flood Damage, Death Toll Rises
Aug 17 2016 // As waters receded in parts of Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge, some residents returned to their flood-damaged homes on Aug. 16 for the first time and found a soggy mess. David Key used a small boat to get to...
AIR Worldwide: Louisiana’s Record Rainfall Caused by Low-Pressure System
Aug 16 2016 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that the extensive flooding in southern Louisiana, from west of Baton Rouge to Mississippi, was caused by a slow-moving tropical depression–like low-pressure system that...
6 Dead, Tens of Thousands Evacuated in Louisiana Flooding
Aug 15 2016 // Emergency crews worked through the night to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from homes and stranded cars as deadly flooding continued to inundate large swaths of the region Sunday, three days after rain-swollen...
Louisiana Woman Gets 5 Years in Prison for $1M-Plus Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Aug 11 2016 // A Baker woman accused of defrauding Louisiana to the tune of $1 million-plus in a Medicaid fraud scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison. Even though 38-year-old Chanda Hall pleaded guilty in April to a...
Louisiana Receives $19.5M Federal Disaster Recovery Grant
Aug 11 2016 // State health officials say Louisiana has received a $19.5 million federal grant to help communities that are still recovering from devastating floods this past spring. The Disaster Case Management grant is from the Federal...
Louisiana Politicians Join Suits Blaming Big Oil for Coastal Ruin
Aug 9 2016 // The oil industry has left a big footprint along the Gulf Coast, where a Delaware-sized stretch of Louisiana has disappeared. But few politicians would blame Big Oil for ecosystem abuse in a state where the industry employs...
Survey: Louisianans’ Views on Insurance Depend on Where They Live
Aug 4 2016 // Those who live inland and those who live along Louisiana’s coast differ in their viewpoint of homeowners and renter’s insurance, according to a new survey of registered Louisiana voters. The survey by NORC...
Refunds Due to 1,500 in Louisiana’s State Benefits Program
Aug 4 2016 // About 1,500 people in Louisiana’s health insurance program for state workers, public school employees and retirees have been overcharged for their coverage and are due refunds. That’s the word from Gov. John...
Louisiana Judge Awards $50K in Sorrento Police Chief Sex Assault Case
Aug 3 2016 // A federal judge has awarded $50,000 in damages to a woman who accused a former Louisiana police chief of sexually assaulting her in his office while she was drunk and he was on duty. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick ruled...
Coast Guard: Abandoned Pipe Leaked Oil Along Southeast Louisiana Coast
Jul 28 2016 // Cleanup was underway on July 26 on an oil spill caused by a leak from an abandoned pipeline in southeast Louisiana waters. The U.S. Coast Guard says the leak happened in an abandoned pipeline near marshland along Lake...
