Following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Louisiana’s insurance outlook remains stable. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the storms’ impact falls below the catastrophic level seen in hurricanes like Ivan.
Temple emphasized that while Louisiana has largely escaped significant damage this season, the global nature of reinsurance must be considered.
Investigators in St. Tammany Parish now have a name to go with a body recovered from Lake Pontchartrain 38 years ago. Using genealogy and DNA testing, they have identified the body as that of Pamela Lee Hupp. Lieutenant Suzanne (soo-ZAWN) Carboni says the process was long and hard, but it was worth it.
Cut 11 (13) …identify this individual.”
A die-hard Taylor Swift fan from Metairie books practically an entire downtown New Orleans hotel for the Taylor Swift concerts, but not to make an easy profit. Rebecca Fox booked 191 rooms at the Holiday Inn New Orleans-Downtown Superdome hotel for about 500 dollars each for four nights this week. She says since she booked the rooms immediately after the Superdome shows were announced, she got a relative bargain
Cut 3 (11) “…for quad occupancy.”
Fox says she re-sold all the rooms that she booked at exactly the price she paid, so she’s not making any profit.