According to WBRZ, a homeowner is having trouble with her insurance company, which tells her it won't release her supplemental insurance money without an itemized receipt. There's only one problem: the person who might have that receipt is behind bars.Vanessa Clymer says it's been a year-long battle and she can't get her insurance company, ASI, [...]
We Louisianans know that Mother Nature can quickly destroy property. For that reason, many of us wisely find the appropriate type of insurance to cover unexpected events. But what happens if that bad day comes, and for one reason or another the insurance company, whom you have paid all of your hard-earned premiums to, decides [...]
In April, Vincent Piazza Jr. & Sons Seafood Inc. filed suit against a former employee in the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna, Louisiana, alleging breach of contract and fraud. According to the claim, the plaintiff hired the defendant in 2002 as a sales supervisor and manager. The defendant was arrested for obscenity in 2018, [...]
KATC reported that police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for killing cattle in Port Barre. Jameson Lagrange, 20, was arrested by the Louisiana Livestock Brand Commission on four counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. According to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, a rancher recently [...]
Now that you've settled on the home you want to buy and understand the contract, here are some other important terms to make sure you're familiar with. Contingencies These are provisions in a contract that require one or more certain acts to occur before the contract becomes binding. One of the most common examples [...]
Most insurance policies extend the definition of an uninsured motor vehicle to include a hit-and-run vehicle. A hit-and-run vehicle may be defined as a vehicle that causes bodily injury to the insured arising out of physical contact of such vehicle with the insured or with the automobile, which the insured is occupying at the time [...]
According to WBRZ, a major roadway in West Baton Rouge was shut down as law enforcement responded to an apparent work accident involving power lines the morning of Tuesday, July 17. LA 415 was closed near I-10 around 11:20 a.m. after sheriff's deputies and paramedics arrived on the scene. Sources told WBRZ that a crew [...]
While LSU did not bring home the national championship from Omaha in last week’s College World Series, the relationship between Baton Rouge and “Baton Rouge North” was further strengthened. The hospitality of Omaha to LSU fans was matched by the Tiger’s support of Omaha’s businesses. One Omaha businessperson described LSU fans as an “economic force by themselves.” Our [...]
Congress is set to reform the National Flood Insurance Program later this year. We have written before about how the NFIP has needed reform for years — it is $25 billion is debt. One of the suggested ways to fix some of the problems with the NFIP is to make it easier for private insurers [...]
As we have noted in previous posts, flood insurance policyholders have deadlines they must comply with to ensure full and fair payments from their insurance companies. These deadlines are critical — failure to meet them can result in denial of claims. One of the most critical deadlines is the deadline for the insured to provide [...]