Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Governor Requests Federal Small Business Disaster Loans for 2 Parishes
Mar 17 2020 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has requested that the Small Business Administration (SBA) provide Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Orleans and Jefferson parishes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While this request...
Workers’ Comp Dockets Temporarily Closed in Oklahoma; Louisiana WC Court Appearances Still On
Mar 17 2020 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) said it is striking all commission dockets in Oklahoma City and Tulsa set during the week of March 16, and has closed the administrative offices in both Oklahoma...
Prepared Insurance of Florida to be Acquired by Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp.
Mar 16 2020 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. plans to acquire its sister carrier, Prepared Insurance Company (Prepared), from Prepared Holdings Group. Lighthouse is a Louisiana-domiciled property and casualty insurance carrier...
Louisiana Doctor Sentenced to Prison in $500K Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Mar 13 2020 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, doctor has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after being convicted of participating in a workers’ compensation fraud scheme in which he submitted more than $500,000 in false...
Louisiana Governor Backing Bills Prohibiting Discrimination in Insurance Rate Setting
Mar 11 2020 // There’s no doubt that auto insurance will be a dominant theme during this year’s legislative session in Louisiana. So far most of the buzz has been aimed at tort reform as a method of bringing down the cost of...
Louisiana Republicans, Business Aligned on Auto Insurance, Tort Reform
Mar 10 2020 // Business groups see an opportunity with the new, more conservative Republican-led Louisiana Legislature to gain traction on a top goal, to rein in civil lawsuits and damage awards against them. GOP lawmakers have made the...
Louisiana Contractor Pays $495K in Back Wages in Misclassification Case
Mar 6 2020 // A southwest Louisiana contractor that provides nondestructive testing in Louisiana, Texas and Florida has paid $495,900 in back wages to 411 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor said. Versa Integrity Group Inc. of Sulphur...
Auto Insurance Reform, Minimum Wage Hike on Louisiana Governor’s Legislative Agenda
Mar 4 2020 // Gov. John Bel Edwards said on March 2 that he would renew his fight to raise Louisiana’s minimum wage in the upcoming legislative session, but he offered little insight into whether he would agree to Republican...
Traynor to Join Board at Louisiana’s AMERISAFE
Feb 26 2020 // Deridder, La.–based workers’ compensation insurer, AMERISAFE Inc., has elected Sean Traynor to its board of directors, effective March 1. Traynor is a general partner in the Healthcare Group of Welsh, Carson,...
Neptune Flood Insurance Offering Coverage in Louisiana
Feb 25 2020 // Neptune Flood, an all-digital, online flood insurance company, has officially opened for business in Louisiana. Louisiana is Neptune’s 39th state and is the second largest market for flood insurance in the United...
Louisiana Approved to Spend $1.2B in Flood Aid
Feb 24 2020 // Louisiana can soon start spending $1.2 billion in federal cash to fortify communities against future flood risks, after the governor’s office announced Friday that federal officials have approved the state’s...
Amerisafe in Louisiana Reports 4Q Earnings of $34M
Feb 21 2020 // Amerisafe Inc. on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $34 million. The Deridder, Louisiana-based company said it had profit of $1.76 per share. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, were $1.70 per share. The...
Louisiana Student Hospitalized After Pushup Punishment Awarded $183K
Feb 18 2020 // A Louisiana appeals court ruled that a former high school student who was hospitalized after being ordered to perform 200 pushups as punishment was rightfully awarded more than $180,000 in damages. Former McKinley High...
No Injuries Reported After Fire Erupts at ExxonMobil Refinery in Louisiana
Feb 13 2020 // A blaze inside a Louisiana refinery turned the night sky a shade of orange, sent a large plume of smoke into the air over Baton Rouge, and its heat could be felt across the Mississippi River. ExxonMobil said its volunteer...
Louisiana Small Business Protection Act Now in Effect
Feb 12 2020 // Louisiana’s Small Business Protection Act (SBPA), passed in the 2019 Legislative Session and effective as of Feb. 1, aims to help make small business owners aware of proposed regulations that could negatively impact...
Families of 2 Killed in Louisiana Barge Crash Sue Vessel Owners
Feb 12 2020 // Families of two crew members killed in a barge collision on the Mississippi River have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the boats’ owners, saying the vessels weren’t seaworthy and the crash could have...
Man Pleads Guilty to Burning African American Churches in Louisiana
Feb 12 2020 // The aspiring ‘black metal’ musician who was arrested in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring pleaded guilty to federal and state criminal charges. The U.S....
3 Missing After Barge Crash on Mississippi River Near Louisiana Town
Jan 28 2020 // Three people were missing after two barge towing vessels collided Sunday on the Mississippi River in an accident that also may have released a small amount of toxic vapor into the air, the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard...
Survey: Louisiana Private Workplace Injury, Illness Numbers Unchanged in 2018
Jan 27 2020 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports that the incidence rate of work-related injuries and illnesses among Louisiana’s private sector employers was essentially unchanged in 2018, according to a recent Bureau of...
Demotech: Louisiana’s Centauri National Insurance to Keep ‘A’ FSR
Jan 22 2020 // Demotech Inc. said the Financial Stability Rating (FSR) of A, Exceptional, assigned to Louisiana’s Centauri National Insurance Co. is being sustained based upon its pending acquisition by Avatar Partners LP, parent...
