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.
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.
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.
BATON ROUGE — Legal experts aren't giving up on their effort to change Louisiana's jury trial laws, which they say are to blame for the state's sky-high automobile insurance rates.
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has been quoted as saying he believes lawsuit abuse is one of the biggest reasons auto insurance rates are so high in Louisiana, and at least one attorney agrees with him.
A man who is serving as his own legal counsel is suing an insurance company he alleges engaged in a civil conspiracy to defraud him and withhold his money.
A Metairie man is suing an insurance company, a state agency and several individuals for alleged wrongful termination, employment law violation and fraud.
Leo D. Congeni GRETNA – A Gretna-based towing company is suing a statewide trust claiming it was misled into participating in an insurance trust that may result in the company paying nearly $300,000 for the trust's bankruptcy.
Cazayoux BATON ROUGE - U.S. Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced July 16 that Richard L. Chambers, Sr., 67, of LaPlace, pled guilty in federal court to using an interstate facility in aid of racketeering.
