Legislation is nearing final legislative passage that would repeal what is known as the three-year rule. Currently, insurance companies can not drop a policyholder after they’ve been a customer for three years. Consumer advocacy group, Real Reform Louisiana, opposes the bill.

Ben Riggs says the bill would allow carriers to cancel up to five percent of their three-year protected policies without cause and the option to cancel more with permission from the insurance commissioner and those requests would not be subject to public disclosure.
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But Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says the three-year rule is not enticing new insurers to come to the state, it’s merely a deterrent.
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Final legislative passage to end the three-year could come this week.

A Louisiana school system will give high school juniors and seniors the option of a four-day school week, if they are performing well in the classroom. Brooke Thorington has more on this new approach Baker High School is taking.
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The LSU gymnastics team received a heroes welcome on Sunday as they returned home from Fort Worth, Texas with a national championship trophy. It’s the first national title for the 50-year-old program.