Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Cardinal Named Regional Manager as Iroquois Expands into Louisiana
Jun 7 2016 // The Iroquois Group, an independent insurance agency network, announced it is expanding into the state of Louisiana. The group’s announcement follows several months of meetings with prospective member agencies,...
Louisiana Residents Face June 13 Deadline for FEMA Assistance
Jun 6 2016 // Louisiana disaster survivors in 36 parishes have until June 13 to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for recovery assistance. The Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency...
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Lapsed Auto Insurance Payment Plan Bill
Jun 2 2016 // A Baton Rouge lawmaker’s bid to create payment plans for people struggling to pay unpaid fines from lapsed car insurance coverage is headed to the governor’s desk. With a 94-0 vote, the House gave final passage...
Atlantic, Gulf States, Metro Areas Ranked by Homes Exposed to Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Jun 1 2016 // More than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are in danger of hurricane storm surge damage. The total cost for reconstruction of the homes located in 19 states and the District of Columbia is more than $1.5...
Oklahoma Insurance Exec to Picked to Lead Louisiana Citizens Insurance
May 30 2016 // A former Oklahoma insurance executive has been chosen to head the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s property insurer of last resort. Richard Newberry has been named the new chief executive...
House Lawmakers Kill Louisiana License Plate Reader Proposal
May 26 2016 // Lawmakers in the House have spurned a proposed program that would allow law enforcement agencies to automatically scan motorists’ license plates. The House and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 7-3 to kill the...
Louisiana Governor Wants Oil Industry to Pay for Coastal Restoration
May 23 2016 // Gov. John Bel Edwards is pushing to get the oil and natural gas industries to pay for restoring Louisiana’s fragile coast by encouraging them to settle lawsuits alleging they caused extensive damage to coastal...
Louisiana House Again Advances License Plate Reader Bill
May 20 2016 // A week after rejecting a proposal to let law enforcement agencies automatically scan motorists’ license plates, a House committee has reversed course and backed the proposal that some called a money grab. The House...
Louisiana Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill Goes to Governor’s Desk
May 18 2016 // An effort to speed up and expand the dispensing of medical marijuana in Louisiana has won final legislative passage, spurred by personal stories of people with seizures and severe pain that bill advocates say would be...
Better Fire Rating Means Lower Insurance Rates for Some in Louisiana Parish
May 18 2016 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says St. Landry Parish homeowners in Fire District 4, which covers the Cankton area, can expect significant rate reductions in their fire insurance premiums, effective June...
Vehicle Problems Not New for Bus Company in South Texas Crash
May 17 2016 // The small South Texas bus company involved in a rollover crash that killed eight people and injured 44 others had twice been ordered by Louisiana state inspectors in 2015 to take one of its buses off the road to fix brake...
8 Suits Filed over Crude Oil Spill along Louisiana’s Bayou Teche
May 16 2016 // Eight lawsuits have been filed by people seeking damages from a Texas industrial services company that spilled about 12,500 gallons of crude oil in March along and into the Bayou Teche in Louisiana. The Advocate reports...
Louisiana Drivers Seek Relief from Lawmakers for Insurance Lapse Fines
May 16 2016 // State lawmakers hope to offer relief to thousands of Louisiana drivers who collectively owe millions of dollars to the Office of Motor Vehicles in unpaid fines from lapsed insurance coverage. It’s not clear yet what...
Ross Campesi Sr., Founder of Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Passes
May 13 2016 // Ross Campesi Sr., founder of LCTA Workers’ Comp, died May 7 in his home. Campesi was 90 years old. “Ross’s passing is obviously a huge personal loss … he was the love of my life,” Melissa Campesi,...
House Approves Louisiana Medical Marijuana Program Expansion
May 13 2016 // Medical marijuana advocates have won a significant victory in their efforts to jumpstart Louisiana’s medical marijuana program. The House voted 62-31 to expand the program to cover more diseases and to make...
Louisiana Officials Tell Drivers Insured by Affirmative to Get New Coverage Now
May 10 2016 // Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles reminds drivers whose vehicles are insured by Affirmative Insurance or Affirmative Casualty Insurance that they need to have new coverage by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. Otherwise, says...
Louisiana Commissioner: FEMA Extended Proof of Loss Form Filing Deadline
May 10 2016 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is reminding the state’s residents and businesses that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has granted a 60-day extension for filing proof of loss forms by National...
LCTA in Louisiana and Prime Occupational Medicine Form Partnership
May 4 2016 // Baton Rouge, La.-based LCTA Workers’ Comp and Prime Occupational Medicine announced a partnership the firms say will not only provide greater health care resources to the employees of LCTA policyholders, but will...
Louisiana Tornado Confirmed by Weather Service
May 4 2016 // The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado hit rural parts of northern St. Landry Parish and southern Avoyelles Parish in Louisiana on Saturday. Forecaster Jonathan Brazzell said Sunday that the Weather Service...
Workers’ Comp Market Share: South Central States
May 2 2016 // The workers’ compensation insurance markets in South Central states are relatively stable and are experiencing a drop in rates across the board. However, reforms made in Oklahoma in 2013 continue to be challenged in...
