June 3, 2020
No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you now? Going forward? What do you expect to change? When will you be ready to travel? How do you …
June 2, 2020
Wrapping up a regular session shortened by the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana’s Legislature gave the state’s business lobby a long-desired goal and one that Republicans made their signature push for the session: passage of a bill to change the rules for …
June 2, 2020
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has issued a mandatory data call for certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after Dec. 1, 2019. The Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation …
June 2, 2020
An Oklahoma-based internet retailer will pay $55,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. In its lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said Black Forest Décor LLC, based in Jenks, Oklahoma, unlawfully fired warehouse employee for …
June 2, 2020
A New Orleans man has pleaded guilty in a case involving staged accidents between automobiles and tractor-trailers in that city, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced. Mario Solomon, 48, a entered a guilty plea on May 28 to a charge of …
June 1, 2020
In a case of competing deductibles, a federal appeals court has sided with an insurer and against the owner of two Houston office buildings, holding that a larger windstorm deductible applied to flood damage caused by Hurricane Harvey rather than …
June 1, 2020
Almost $23 million in opioid settlement funds will go to municipalities and counties throughout Oklahoma that have been impacted by the crisis of opioid addiction. The funds are from settlements reached by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter with opioid manufacturers. …
June 1, 2020
Louisiana lawmakers want to give protections from most lawsuits for coronavirus deaths and injuries to businesses that never closed during the outbreak and those that are newly reopening. The Republican-led bills by Sen. Sharon Hewitt of Slidell, Sen. Patrick McMath …
May 29, 2020
Louisiana lawmakers are one step from removing most restrictions on which medical conditions are eligible for medical marijuana, allowing doctors to recommend the treatment for any patient they believe it would help. The Senate voted 28-6 on May 27 for …
May 29, 2020
A Louisiana man who insurance regulators say continued to transact insurance business after having had his state insurance licensed revoked has been issued a cease and desist order by Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon. The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that …