Latest Louisiana Headlines
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Louisiana Senator Accuses President of ‘Meddling’ with Floodplain Standards
Feb 9 2015 // U.S. Sen. David Vitter, a Republican from Louisiana, says a climate action plan set forth by President Barak Obama would drastically change floodplain maps and result in increased flood insurance rates. Vitter is chairman...
A.M. Best: Outlook Stable for Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance
Feb 6 2015 // A.M. Besthas removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance...
Louisiana Roadway Deaths Down 29% Between 2007 and 2013
Feb 5 2015 // The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says traffic fatalities dropped by 29 percent between 2007 and 2013. Lt. Col. John LeBlanc, the commission’s executive director, said the state had 993 traffic fatalities in...
Audit: Fire Marshal Inspections Lacking in Louisiana
Feb 3 2015 // A new audit says the Louisiana state fire marshal’s office is falling short in its building inspections and five prevention monitoring. Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera’s Office issued a report that said the...
Former School Board Insurance Consultant Faces Ethics Charge in Louisiana
Jan 30 2015 // The Louisiana Board of Ethics has charged the Lafayette school board’s former insurance consultant with violating ethics laws by offering a school board member tickets to a New Orleans Saints game while...
Florida Governor Eyes Louisiana Official to Replace Insurance Chief McCarty
Jan 27 2015 // Florida Governor Rick Scott is looking for a replacement for the state’s top insurance regulator and has already contacted a potential candidate from Louisiana. Scott’s office has confirmed that the governor...
Balvin Joins Louisiana-Based Specialty Risk Associates
Jan 22 2015 // Specialty Risk Associates Inc., based in Shreveport, La., announced that Genie Balvin joined the firm as a commercial lines renewal underwriter. Prior to joining Specialty Risk, Balvin worked as a property/casualty field...
Bank Customer Car Burglary Ring Busted in Louisiana
Jan 20 2015 // Police in Lake Charles, La., say they have broken up a crime ring that would scout banks for people leaving with money, follow them, then burglarize their unattended vehicles. The American Press reports Lake Charles Police...
Louisiana Audits Find $31M in Unclaimed Life Insurance
Jan 14 2015 // State Treasurer John Kennedy says audits of life insurance company policies have uncovered more than $31 million in unclaimed property for beneficiaries in the past eight years. The Treasury Department discovered the...
BTIS Expands Contractors’ General Liability Program to Louisiana
Jan 13 2015 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) has expanded its Victory General Liability program into Louisiana. The coverage is now available in 38 states. Victory General Liability is an admitted...
Louisiana Governor Appeals ‘Big Oil’ Suit to State Supreme Court
Jan 12 2015 // The fight over whether oil companies may be sued over damage to Louisiana’s coastal marshes has been appealed to the state’s high court. The Times-Picayune reports Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration asked...
Donelon: Louisiana Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop in 2015
Jan 12 2015 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana effective May 1. Donelon recently approved a 2.4 percent decrease in workers’...
Flood-Control Canal-Widening Completed in Southern Louisiana
Jan 6 2015 // A project to help reduce flooding in much of northern Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana is finished. Officials expected to pay more than $1 million to clean and widen a major drainage canal in Gray. The job came in about...
New Louisiana DOI Website Aims to Help Consumers Shop for Rates, Agents
Jan 5 2015 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has launched a new website aimed at providing improved services to consumers, insurance agents and other groups regulated by the department. According to the department’s...
Initial Unemployment Claims Rise in Louisiana
Jan 2 2015 // The state labor department says first-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Dec. 20 increased to 2,531 from the previous week’s total of 2,506. For the comparable week a year...
Louisiana Needs More Electricity For Industrial Boom: Utility
Dec 30 2014 // The state’s largest utility needs to come up with more power before the end of 2016, and then find even more by the end of 2019 to meet the demands of Louisiana’s ongoing industrial boom. That likely means...
3 Sentenced in Louisiana Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 29 2014 // United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced three defendants in an insurance fraud scheme recently received prison sentences. Additionally, one of them was ordered to pay more than $190,000 for staging automobile...
Louisiana Auditor: Work Needed Still on Tracking Hurricane Aid
Dec 29 2014 // Louisiana has a long way to go to make sure that more than a billion dollars in housing aid has been used properly by the thousands of people who got federal help from the catastrophic 2005 hurricane season, according to a...
Policyholder Dividend Approved for Louisiana’s LAMMICO
Dec 23 2014 // Louisiana-based medical professional liability insurer, LAMMICO, announced that its board of directors’ Dec. 10 declaration of a dividend has been approved by the Louisiana Department of Insurance. This marks the...
Louisiana Police Department Charges Officers for Damage to Cars
Dec 23 2014 // A Baton Rouge, La., police officer, who resigned after crashing his police car into one of the LSU lakes while taking a woman on a late-night, off-duty ride, can expect a hefty bill. Police say Byron S. Boudreaux, the...
