LIGA board votes to assess companies

LIGA board votes to assess companies

When the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) board of directors met on Nov. 30, the board voted to use LIGA’s one percent assessment authority in 2021 to assess insurance companies in Louisiana. In addition, the board voted to authorize the full assessment...
P&C industry underwriting loss reaches $6.1 billion

P&C industry underwriting loss reaches $6.1 billion

Increased losses and expenses in the U.S. property/casualty industry during the first nine months of 2021 led to a $6.1 billion underwriting loss for the period, according to an AM Best report, released Nov. 29. The financial review is detailed in a Best’s Special...
Louisiana insurer plans to acquire policies

Louisiana insurer plans to acquire policies

Without mentioning the name of the insurance company, Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced Dec. 15 that a Louisiana licensed insurer plans to acquire all policies from Access Home Insurance Co. and State National Fire Insurance Co., two insolvent homeowners...
Coalition asks for greater transparency in NFIP rates

Coalition asks for greater transparency in NFIP rates

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon participated in a meeting on Dec. 13 organized by GNO Inc. to advocate for greater transparency on the new flood insurance rates in the National Flood Insurance Program that will take effect for renewing policies on April 1, 2022....
LDI takes on rehabilitator

LDI takes on rehabilitator

Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced Nov. 29 that he plans to take additional steps to protect Louisiana long-term policyholders of Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania from what Donelon believes to be “disastrous rate increases or benefit...
LDI takes on rehabilitator

LDI orders New Orleans agent to stop selling insurance

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) ordered New Orleans insurance agent Vilia Ann Ragas and her agency, Citywide Insurance Agency Inc., to stop their insurance business after Ragas failed to remit premiums she collected from clients. On Dec. 3, LDI fraud...