Doug Wertz was elected president of the Louisiana Claims Association during a board meeting at the LCA 2021 Annual Educational Conference and Trade Expo held June 7-9 at the Crowne Plaza Baton Rouge. A member of the New Orleans Claims Association, Wertz was LCA’s...

Stacy C. Auzenne, a defense attorney from Alexandria who handles workers’ compensation cases, has been named Claims Person of the Year by the Louisiana Claims Association. The announcement was made during LCA’s 27th Annual Education Conference and Trade Expo held June...

Debbie Lee, Americas Insurance Company, was installed president of The Insurance Professionals of Greater New Orleans (TIPOGNO) during ceremonies held June 3 at The Pearl Room in Harahan. Lee succeeds Liz LaGrange Asher, Eagan Insurance Agency, who remains on the...

Emily Hardinge, CRC Group, was installed president of the Insurance Professionals of Shreveport-Bossier during ceremonies held June 10 at the Silver Star Smokehouse in Bossier. Hardinge became president of IPSB in 2020, but there were no meetings in 2020 because of...

Heather White, a remote employee of McElveen Insurance, was installed president of the Insurance Professionals of Acadiana May 19 at Fezzo’s Seafood, Steakhouse, and Oyster Bar in Broussard. White succeeds Daphne Thibodeaux, McGriff Insurance Services, who remains on...

On June 24, Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) Executive Director John Wells, in his written report, updated the LIGA board of directors on the recent insolvencies of Bedivere Insurance Co.  and American Capital Assurance Corp. (AmCap).Bedivere was placed...

At its July 8 meeting, the board of directors of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. voted to disapprove LCPIC’s 2021 depopulation plan, approve the 2022 assessment rate and approve the 2005 deficit re-certification. During the meeting, LCPIC CEO Richard...

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation placed Sarasota-based Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co. under administrative supervision in May after the company failed to meet minimum surplus standards. While the administrative supervision of an insurance...

Workers’ Comp judges’ biases are as likely to determine the outcome of a disputed injury claim as the evidence is, regardless of how solid the evidence that the claimant committed fraud appears to be to the insurer’s attorney. The legal field is not black and white....