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Letter: Reinsurance tax will hurt Louisiana - 2TheAdvocate
Posted today (11 hours ago)

Letter: Reinsurance tax will hurt Louisiana
2TheAdvocate
Many consumers don't realize that insurance companies buy insurance themselves. It is called reinsurance, and they buy it to cover major catastrophic losses ...


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IN RE HACKETT - Leagle.com
Posted today

IN RE HACKETT
Leagle.com
Between 2004 and 2007, respondent received five workers' compensation checks issued by Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association on behalf of Mr. Lazaro, ...

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About 2000 employers qualify for federal subsidies for retiree healthcare - Los Angeles Times
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (6 days ago)

International Business Times
About 2000 employers qualify for federal subsidies for retiree healthcare
Los Angeles Times
Several states that are suing to overturn the healthcare law are among those that plan to seek the aid, including Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana ...
Louisiana approved for participation in program it is suing to endNOLA.com
Some states suing feds also claim health subsidiesThe Associated Press

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Kansas applies for early retirement aid - Pittsburg Morning Sun
Posted today (13 hours ago)

Kansas applies for early retirement aid
Pittsburg Morning Sun
If accepted into the program, Peter Hancock, spokesman for the Kansas Health Policy Authority, said that the state's early retiree health insurance costs ...
Some states suing feds also claim health subsidiesLas Vegas Sun

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Insurance Checkpoint Scheduled - NewOrleans.Com
Posted today (19 hours ago)

Insurance Checkpoint Scheduled
NewOrleans.Com
Per Louisiana law (RS 32:295.4), LPSO must inform the motoring public of the location, time and duration of such a checkpoint. That same law also ensures ...


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We're building up to 'beach-house bailout' — aka national hurricane insurance - Orlando Sentinel
Posted today (17 hours ago)

We're building up to 'beach-house bailout' — aka national hurricane insurance
Orlando Sentinel
A bunch of insurance companies would have gone bankrupt, leading to an insurance crisis. And we would finally get a national catastrophe-insurance program ...

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Second Gulf Explosion Doesn't Take Away Need for Drilling - Heritage.org (blog)
Posted on Sep 2, 2010 (4 days ago)

CBC.ca
Second Gulf Explosion Doesn't Take Away Need for Drilling
Heritage.org (blog)
A production platform caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico this morning 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. Fortunately, according to early reports, ...
Can Gulf of Mexico offshore drilling stay viable?International Business Times
Exploded Oil Platform Was Damaged by Hurricane Ike, SEC Filing RevealsAOL News
Explosion strikes Mariner Energy platform in Gulf of MexicoBusiness Insurance

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Tropicana Entertainment Names Fortino Head of Human Resources - Trading Markets (press release)
Posted today (10 hours ago)

Tropicana Entertainment Names Fortino Head of Human Resources
Trading Markets (press release)
Tropicana Entertainment Inc., along with its affiliates, owns or operates nine casinos and resorts in Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, ...


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Five years after Hurricane Katrina, home insurance prices remain astronomical - NOLA.com
Posted on Aug 29, 2010 (8 days ago)

NOLA.com
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, home insurance prices remain astronomical
NOLA.com
As homeowners have dealt with insurance fluctuations, the Louisiana insurance market has changed considerably since Katrina, when private companies paid ...
Officials: Post-Katrina Louisiana Insurance Market Is StrongNational Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance News
Property insurance assessments sitting unclaimedWXVT
Many haven't claimed insurance rebate2TheAdvocate

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State insurance department warns of fake health plans - Daily Comet
Posted on Aug 30, 2010 (7 days ago)

State insurance department warns of fake health plans
Daily Comet
HOUMA — Louisiana's Insurance Department has teamed up with other states to crack down on the sale of fake health plans marketed as ...

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The aftermath: Members of Pineville's 1960 team tell of life after victory - Alexandria Town Talk
Posted today (20 hours ago)

The aftermath: Members of Pineville's 1960 team tell of life after victory
Alexandria Town Talk
Thomas Howell was a reserve senior tackle that season, but he is well known locally for being the longtime head of the history department at Louisiana ...

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Florida Court Strikes Proposed Constitutional Amendment On Healthcare - Personal Liberty Digest
Posted today (13 hours ago)

Florida Court Strikes Proposed Constitutional Amendment On Healthcare
Personal Liberty Digest
Florida Supreme Court has rejected the attempt to consult voters on the Federal healthcare overhaul by striking a ballot initiative that would ask residents ...


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A Stronger Property Insurance Market in Louisiana Post-Katrina - Insurance Journal
Posted on Sep 1, 2010 (5 days ago)

A Stronger Property Insurance Market in Louisiana Post-Katrina
Insurance Journal
Despite the devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the state's insurance market is stronger now and ...


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South Carolina's easy victory surprising to coach Steve Spurrier - Myrtle Beach Sun News
Posted yesterday.

South Carolina's easy victory surprising to coach Steve Spurrier
Myrtle Beach Sun News
But here's the thing: A couple of hours west, Georgia played similarly well in its opener Saturday against Louisiana-Lafayette. The Bulldogs cruised to a ...

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In Alaska, Louisianans learn from Exxon spill - Boston Globe
Posted today (9 hours ago)

Boston Globe
In Alaska, Louisianans learn from Exxon spill
Boston Globe
The group from Louisiana — professors, politicians, and community leaders — spent a week in Alaska, looking to learn from those who've been where they're ...

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EBR to get funds from health law to help retirees - 2TheAdvocate
Posted on Sep 1, 2010 (5 days ago)

WHTC
EBR to get funds from health law to help retirees
2TheAdvocate
“It's good news, it really is because it is helping people who would not have the ability to afford insurance,” Holden said. Louisiana is one of 20 states ...
States take hypocritical stance on health reformFierceHealthcare
11 Alabama entities to be reimbursed for health care costsThe Birmingham News - al.com (blog)

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Employers' hiring plans hold the line: Manpower - MarketWatch
Posted today (12 hours ago)

Employers' hiring plans hold the line: Manpower
MarketWatch
The South includes Puerto Rico, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, ...

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Washington State Median Auto Insurance Rate Now $637 per Household - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Sep 1, 2010 (5 days ago)

Washington State Median Auto Insurance Rate Now $637 per Household
MarketWatch (press release)
Currently, Massachusetts is the most affordable state with an affordability factor of 2.0 percent, while Louisiana is the most expensive with a factor of ...

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Hard times cast a pall on Labor Day - Houston Chronicle
Posted yesterday.

Hard times cast a pall on Labor Day
Houston Chronicle
Ida Avalos, director of human resources for the Houston Marriott North at Greens- point, said she was surprised by the number of people at the fair who had ...

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Hurricane Katrina Changed the Market in Gulf States - Insurance Journal
Posted on Aug 27, 2010 (10 days ago)

Globe and Mail
Hurricane Katrina Changed the Market in Gulf States
Insurance Journal
In the immediate aftermath, the governments in Mississippi and Louisiana had to shore up their public insurance providers, to pick up slack as insurers ...
5 years after Katrina, homeowners insurance costs moreUSA Today
Katrina Five Years After: Hurricane Left a Legacy of Health ConcernsFOXNews
Insurance remains a hurdle to recoverySunHerald.com
Washington Post -Newsweek
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Louisiana's First Premium Insurance to Process Oil Worker Fund Claims - ClaimsJournal.com
Posted on Aug 30, 2010 (7 days ago)

Louisiana's First Premium Insurance to Process Oil Worker Fund Claims
ClaimsJournal.com
The Louisiana charity running the program, the Gulf Coast Restoration and Protection Foundation, has contracted with First Premium Insurance Group to do the ...

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DCCC: Joseph Cao and Washington Republicans: Against Health Insurance Reform - Insurance News Net (press release)
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (6 days ago)

Smart Business Network
DCCC: Joseph Cao and Washington Republicans: Against Health Insurance Reform
Insurance News Net (press release)
Cao opposed historic Health Insurance Reform. For Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District, Cao's vote against health insurance reform was a vote against: ...
Over 70 Countries Converge to Craft a Truly Global CongressMarketwire (press release)

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States get funds to boost oversight of health insurance premiums - Los Angeles Times
Posted on Aug 16, 2010 (21 days ago)

ABC News
States get funds to boost oversight of health insurance premiums
Los Angeles Times
The Obama administration and many consumer advocates had hoped that the new healthcare law would give all states full rate review authority. ...
States look to grants to help curb insurance rate hikesUSA Today
With health care laws, knowledge is keyThe Journal News | LoHud.com

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State Updates: Louisiana Insurance Market Improving - Out Of The Storm News
Posted on Aug 18, 2010 (19 days ago)

State Updates: Louisiana Insurance Market Improving
Out Of The Storm News
In the paper Lehrer argues that despite the recent improvement in Louisiana's insurance markets, several serious problems remain, and elected and appointed ...
La. Citizens Property board OKs pay for new CEOBusinessWeek
Michigan insurer exec taking Louisiana positionLansing State Journal
Citizens' board approves compensation for new CEO2TheAdvocate
The Louisiana Record (blog)
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Louisiana Couple Charged in Insurance Fraud Scheme - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Posted on Aug 28, 2010 (9 days ago)

Louisiana Couple Charged in Insurance Fraud Scheme
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
According to the bill, on September 27, 2005, SHAUNA CROWDEN HUNTER contacted the AAA insurance company and fraudulently claimed that her 2005 BMW 525i, ...

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