The majority of complaint Louisiana insurance regulators have received in relation to the historic 2020 hurricane season concern homeowners insurance. The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) reports that nearly 80 percent of the 873 complaints it has received about hurricane …
FEMA has made available for review revised preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Victoria County, Texas. The federal agency is urging property owners to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks …
Corteva, a spinoff that took over DuPont’s agriculture division, will contest the charges against DuPont stemming from a 2014 poisonous gas leak that killed four workers at a Houston-area plant. A former DuPont employee has also been charged. Four employees …
The Army Corps of Engineers is getting nearly $12.5 million to help build a Louisiana hurricane protection system and could pay $2.1 billion of the expected cost, officials said. Three Republicans in Louisiana’s congressional delegation announced approval of the construction …
Oklahoma schools are advising people to throw away milk products received from districts after a dairy company recalled its chocolate milk because some of it may have been contaminated. Hiland Dairy is recalling 4,800 cases of its one-half pint 1% …
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. (DuPont) and a former employee have been indicted for knowingly violating requirements of federal safety regulations and negligently releasing an extremely hazardous substance at the company’s plant in LaPorte, Texas. U.S. …
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, now in its 14th round of depopulation, continues to shed policies, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The drop in policy count has occurred even during the most …
AM Best announced that its would not change the “A-” financial strength ratings of the members of Dallas-based Hallmark Insurance Group nor the “bbb-” long-term issue credit rating of Hallmark Financial Services, after Hallmark Financial announced the CEO is resigning. …
Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has promoted Bonnie Steen and Cain Webber in management roles in its New Orleans office. Steen has been promoted to managing director from vice president, associate managing director; and Webber has …
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has extended until June 2021 its mandatory data call for information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after Dec. 1, 2019. The data call was originally issued on …
