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  Insurance professional: Fake accident scam against Louisiana trucking industry not new

  BATON ROUGE – Staged accident insurance fraud aimed at trucking companies in Louisiana - which seem to involve attorneys and judges and currently are under federal investigation - are nothing new, according to insurance, tort reform and state officials.

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  Logging association executive supports primary challenger Temple in race for insurance commissioner

  A leader of the state's logging industry says she will support the Republican challenger to the state's insurance commissioner in this fall's primary election.

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  Talbot says regardless of insurance commissioner's race, 'legislative fix' is needed to address industry woes

  Louisiana’s long-serving Republican insurance commissioner is being faced with a challenger for the upcoming primary election in the Fall. Jim Donelon is being challenged by Tim Temple for the October 12 statewide election. Temple is a republican from the Baton Rouge area in Louisiana.

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  Auto insurance rates fall through competition, commissioner's office explains

  For countless drivers in Louisiana, auto insurance rates have long been a burden. But relief is soon coming to policyholders of Louisiana Farm Bureau, the insurance commissioner says.

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  Experts say Louisiana's high insurance rates reflect a culture of litigation

  Louisiana has the second-highest auto insurance rates in the nation, which many business organizations believe is directly correlated to the litigious environment of the state.

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  Lawsuit abuse blamed for rising auto insurance rates

  Louisiana residents will be seeing an increase in car insurance rates this year. Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has said that lawsuit abuse is a major cause of the high rates in the state, according to a column in The Advocate. The executive vice president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana agrees.