A statewide poll conducted for the Times-Picayune and the Advocate finds only 21-percent of voters approve of how Governor Landry’s handling the state’s insurance crisis. UL-M political science professor Pearson Cross says the low the percentage could be that voters lack understanding of the insurance reform legislation that’s lawmakers are debating…
On the subject of gun control, 63-percent are in favor of requiring a permit to conceal carry.
Baton Rouge Police Corporal Jason Lee has no idea when he pulled extra duty Saturday it would include delivering a baby. Lt. L’Jean McNeely with BRPD says it’s very fortunate that Lee was at the right place at the right time, and while it wasn’t Lee’s first time observing the miracle of birth.
Mom and baby Noah are reportedly doing well.
Waiting for the governor’s signature is a bill to allow property insurance companies to drop customers if they’ve been a policyholder for three or more years. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says by reducing regulations on insurance providers, it will result in more companies writing homeowners policies. But Ben Riggs, executive director of Real Reform Louisiana, says repealing the three-year rule will not spur on more competition among private insurance carriers…
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Temple says ending the three-year rule is just one of several reform measures that will help bring more insurance companies to Louisiana
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New Orleans Representative Matthew Williard is also concerned the legislation will result in more homeowners being forced to use Citizens Insurance.
The legislation only gives insurers the ability to cancel up to five percent of its total policyholders in Louisiana and no more than five-percent in a single parish.