Power fluctuations during rehearsals for the Super Bowl led organizers to use generators at Sunday’s game, which was then interrupted for 35 minutes by a partial blackout, a National Football League official said. About half of the Superdome in New …
It is a question that has lawyers and many others on the U.S. Gulf coast buzzing: Will BP strike a massive deal to settle the remaining claims over the Gulf of Mexico well blowout? BP could be nearing a settlement …
A state District Court judge has ordered two men to pay $414,484 in restitution after defrauding people in two states through a driveway asphalting scheme. Livingston Parish Assistant District Attorney Le’Anne Malnar said many of the 33 victims are elderly. …
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. on Wednesday finalized a $20 million settlement related to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, wrapping up one of two remaining storm-related settlements that have weighed on the company. Orleans Parish Civil District Judge …
State insurance regulators have rejected a request by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. to raise homeowners’ rates by 16.6 percent. The rate revision would have affected more than 300,000 policyholders and generated an estimated $71.2 million in additional premiums …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has rejected a request by State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. to introduce a regional deductible for homeowner’s coverage. Donelon tells The Advocate State Farm, Louisiana’ largest insurer, with more than 300,000 homeowner’s policies or 29 …
Officials say 11 new bubble sites have been found in inundated swampland west of an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish. The sites are roughly in a row west of an unnamed oilfield access road extending south from La. 70 …
Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have another 30 days to file claims for their flood losses. Policy owners now have until Feb. 21 to complete their proof of …
Assumption Parish officials say scientists have noticed a recent increase in seismic activity near the huge sinkhole at Bayou Corne, La., and worry that it might grow again. Parish emergency preparedness director John Boudreaux tells The Advocate that the increase …
State police have arrested a 23-year-old Denham Springs, La., man who was believed to have been distracted by a hand-held electronic device when he drove through a stop sign and killed an 83-year-old woman in Ascension Parish. Troopers say Audrey …