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South Louisiana Property Owners not Happy with Levee Plan
Dec 18 2014 // A levee proposal by the North Lafourche Levee District in Louisiana is receiving flak from landowners who aren’t pleased with updated plans, causing the project to stall. A section of the Lockport to Larose levee...
State Designing Bypass Around Louisiana’s Bayou Corne Sinkhole
Dec 17 2014 // State highway designers have settled on a preferred route for an emergency detour of Louisiana Highway 70 around the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole in Assumption Parish and will seek the public’s input on the proposal...
Audit: Louisiana School District Missing Property Worth $7M
Dec 16 2014 // The state-managed Recovery School District can’t locate $7 million in property, things like computers and equipment, a repeated problem across the school system, according to a Louisiana legislative audit released...
Louisiana Reopens Oil Spill Affected Gulf Waters for Commercial Fishing
Dec 16 2014 // Commercial fishermen are once again harvesting Gulf seafood off the coasts of Elmer’s and Grand Terre islands, an area that’s been closed due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On Dec. 10, Louisiana...
UPC Insurance to Acquire Family Security Holdings
Dec 16 2014 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance) said it plans to acquire Family Security Holdings LLC for $9 million. The transaction is expected to close by Jan. 31, 2015. FSH is an insurance holding company with two...
Donelon: Louisiana Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop in 2015
Dec 15 2014 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana effective May 1, 2015. Donelon recently approved a 2.4 percent decrease in...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Policy Count Down 50% from All-Time High
Dec 15 2014 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Donelon announced that the total policy count for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens), the state’s property insurer of last resort, has dropped by 50 percent from its...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Louisiana over Offshore Platform Explosion
Dec 12 2014 // The wife of a man killed in a Nov. 20 explosion on a Fieldwood Energy platform has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Louisiana that claims the victim and his crew were told the piece of equipment...
Louisiana in No. 2 Spot for Low Work-Related Injuries, Illness
Dec 10 2014 // The rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers improved to its best level since the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration revised its record-keeping rules...
Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Suit by School Workers Fired Post-Katrina
Dec 10 2014 // Louisiana’s Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its October dismissal of a lawsuit over the firing of thousands of New Orleans public school employees after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. The lawsuit could have...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Policy Count Down 50% from All-Time High
Dec 8 2014 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the total policy count for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens), the state’s insurer of last resort, has dropped by 50 percent from its all-time...
Deadline Looms for Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Rebate
Dec 5 2014 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance is reminding property insurance policyholders about the upcoming deadline to claim a Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) assessment rebate on their policies. Commissioner of...
Distracted Driver Blamed For Louisiana Lake Wreck
Dec 3 2014 // Three people jumped into a Baton Rouge, La. lake after watching a vehicle get rear-ended and careen into the water. WBRZ-TV reported the St. George Fire Department said there was only one person in the vehicle, the driver,...
Louisiana Husband Dead, Wife Hospitalized After Harley Hits Deer
Dec 2 2014 // Louisiana State Police say a Leesville man was killed and his wife was seriously injured when their motorcycle collided with a deer at night. Master Trooper Daniel “Scott” Moreau says 53-year-old Gordon Bolton...
Scottish American Acquires Southern States in Louisiana
Dec 1 2014 // Scottish American has completed the acquisition of Southern States General Agency in Ruston, La. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “SSGA allows us to partner with people we enjoy working with, and the benefit of...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Dec 1 2014 // State Farm is increasing auto insurance premiums in Louisiana for liability, collision and comprehensive coverage by a statewide average of 3.7 percent. The auto rate increase will generate $40.4 million annually from...
Work Begins on Westernmost Levees in Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish
Nov 25 2014 // Terrebonne Parish flood protection planners are taking the first steps toward building the western footprint of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system in Louisiana. The 98-mile system’s newest authorization from...
First Louisiana Flood Board Oil Suit Settlement Earmarked for Coast
Nov 24 2014 // Money from the first and only settlement so far in a Louisiana flood board’s lawsuit against dozens of energy companies will be placed in a special account dedicated to coastal restoration. The Southeast Louisiana...
State Farm Raising Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Nov 19 2014 // Auto insurance rates will increase by an average of 4.4 percent beginning Dec. 8 for Baton Rouge, La., customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. State Farm is Louisiana’s largest auto insurer, covering...
Louisiana Court Rulings in Disability Case Go from Bad to Worse for Insurer
Nov 19 2014 // We’ve all had a bad day at the office, but some days are worse than others. It doesn’t get much worse than having a court — two courts in fact — tell you that not only is your position wrong, but it is so...
