Texas Brine Co., the company blamed for the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole, has filed a formal complaint with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The company alleges one of its insurers is not paying up as its policy requires. Company officials charge …
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that Executive Counsel Warren Byrd has been appointed to the position of deputy commissioner of the Office of Property and Casualty in the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI). Arlene Knighten, who has been …
A former deputy commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance has received a prison sentence for racketeering, according to Justice Department officials. Acting United States Attorney J. Walter Green in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana …
Louisiana insurance policyholders received an additional $4 million in insurance payments in the first half of 2013 as a result of assistance from the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI). Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says these funds are in addition to …
A recent report by financial website Kiplinger rated Louisiana as the most disaster prone state in the nation. News reports on this story have cited loss estimates of $3 billion for Hurricane Katrina and $2 billion for Hurricane Gustav. According …
Clarissa A. Preston, former head of the Office of Consumer Advocacy for the Louisiana Department of Insurance and the department’s first deputy commissioner, has joined the law firm of Adams and Reese in its Baton Rouge office as a lobbyist …
Ileana Ledet (leh DAY) has been named Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs for Louisiana’s Department of Insurance. Commissioner Jim Donelon announced the appointment in a news release this week, saying Ledet will manage the department’s public relations activities. Ledet, who …
