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Digital or Plastic? Or Both? States Experiment with Driver’s Licenses
Apr 17 2019 // Millions of people may be able to show their smartphones rather than a plastic card to prove they’re legit to drive, vote or buy a beer in coming years. Louisiana in July became the first state to make digital...
Suspect in Multiple Louisiana Church Fires Faces Hate Crime Charges
Apr 16 2019 // The white man suspected in the burning of three African American churches in Louisiana will remain in jail, denied bond Monday by a judge, as state prosecutors added new charges declaring the arsons a hate...
Louisiana Diocese Releases List of Priests Accused of Sex Abuse
Apr 15 2019 // The U.S. Catholic diocese where the first widely reported case of clergy sex abuse became public in the 1980s released a list Friday of 33 priests and four deacons credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor or vulnerable...
AM Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Stonetrust
Apr 12 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co....
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Declares $51M Policyholder Dividend
Apr 10 2019 // Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation mutual insurer, LWCC, will distribute a $51 million dividend for 2018 to more than 20,000 policyholders in mid-April. This amount represents one-fourth of the...
Insurers Pitch Quick-Paying Parametric Disaster Insurance to Public Sector
Apr 9 2019 // Some of the world’s largest insurers are eagerly pitching cities, states and even school districts on policies designed to pay out quickly with few questions in the event of extreme weather. The catch: Even a...
Judge: 4 African Americans Rejected from Louisiana Parish Jury Can Seek Damages
Apr 5 2019 // Four African Americans can move ahead with a lawsuit seeking damages from a Louisiana district attorney’s office over the racial composition of juries, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Dee Drell in...
Louisiana Charter School Bus Services Firm Accused in Insurance Fraud Scam
Apr 4 2019 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has served the owners and an employee of Scholars First LLC, a provider of bus transportation services to several New Orleans-area charter schools, with cease and desist (C&D)...
Louisiana Pledges $80M for Bayou Chene Floodgate
Apr 3 2019 // Residents in six southeastern Louisiana parishes will get some relief from backwater flooding thanks to a new floodgate. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced this week that the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration...
New Orleans Sues Energy Firms Over Coastal Erosion
Apr 1 2019 // The City of New Orleans is suing various oil and gas companies over coastal erosion. Mayor Latoya Cantrell on Friday announced the lawsuit, which alleges that pipeline work has caused massive damage to Louisiana’s...
Louisiana Firm to Pay $70K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 27 2019 // A packaging company in Monroe, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $70,000 in lost wages and damages, and provide other significant relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. The suit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Ratings of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Upgraded
Mar 15 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from “a-” of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co....
Louisiana VA OKs Insurance License Exam Fee Reimbursement for Veterans
Mar 13 2019 // Veterans applying for insurance licenses with the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) are now eligible for reimbursement of the required exam fees. The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs recently approved the...
Victims of 2016 Louisiana Flooding Sue Trump Administration Over Aid
Mar 13 2019 // Two Louisiana homeowners have sued President Donald Trump’s administration for policy change delays that have kept thousands of victims of a massive 2016 flood from receiving federal aid. Jeffry and Amanda Meyer, who...
In Pre-Mardi Gras Battle, Louisiana Jumbo Beer Seller Sues Over Trademark
Mar 4 2019 // It’s a Bourbon Street battle of jumbo beers, just before Mardi Gras’ climactic weekend: Huge Ass Beers vs. Giant Ass Beer. The creator of Huge Ass Beers is suing another string of bars and clubs on Bourbon...
Louisiana Citizens Shedding More Policies in 12th Depopulation Effort
Mar 4 2019 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has completed another round of policy depopulation — its 12th, the state insurance department said. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) offers...
Company Says Risk for Environmental Disaster From Pile in Louisiana Falling
Mar 1 2019 // Officials with a company that owns an unstable phosphogypsum pile and a lake of acidic water atop it say they’re encouraged by recent efforts to halt a potential environmental disaster in a Louisiana...
Worker Dies After Falling at School Construction Site in Louisiana
Feb 28 2019 // School officials say a subcontractor fell at a new school construction site in Louisiana and later died. News outlets report that the subcontractor fell around 14 feet while working at the Bullion Primary School...
FedNat to Buy Maison Homeowners Insurance Operations from 1347 Holdings
Feb 26 2019 // FedNat Holding Co. has agreed to purchase substantially all of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings homeowners’ insurance operations, consisting of Maison Insurance Co., Maison Managers and ClaimCor in a 50/50 cash and...
Louisiana Officials Warn of Goods Stolen from Storage Units, Sheds
Feb 22 2019 // Authorities are telling residents in one part of Louisiana to check sheds, patios and self-storage units to see whether anything’s missing, even a kitchen sink. They’re also telling self-storage business owners...
