While State Farm will be increasing property insurance premiums, it will also be lowering auto insurance rates. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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One more cold morning and then mild temperatures through Christmas. Jeff Palermo has the details…
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While State Farm will be boosting premiums on property insurance policies by an average of almost ten-percent statewide, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says it will be lowering auto insurance premiums by almost six-percent on average.
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Temple says State Farm requested the decrease because it paid fewer losses in the last year than it had expected to pay out.
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Temple says there’s a direct correlation between the amount of claims that insurance companies pay out and the rates it charges drivers, and that’s one of the reasons the legislature passed laws cracking down on things like lawsuit abuse and hand-held cell phone use while driving.
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Tyler Shough was one of the heroes for the Saints yesterday, earning his first comeback victory of his NFL career in leading the team to a 20-17 win over the Panthers. It was the Saints’ fourth win of the season, Shough’s third win as a starting quarterback and the team’s second win in a row. It was also Shough’s first win in the Superdome, which he says made it that much more important.
The key play came with 12 seconds left and the Saints out of timeouts, when Shough ran it down the middle for four yards and slid. Panthers safety Lathan Ransom hit Shough as he was sliding, drawing a 15-yard penalty – putting Smyth in perfect position to kick a 47-yard field goal to win the game. Shough says he and his teammates were ready to sprint to the line for him to spike the ball and stop the clock.
The game winning drive started at the Saints’ nine yard line with 57 seconds left, and the Saints had only one timeout to work with in order to get into Smyth’s range. Shough says the entire offensive unit was locked in.
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It was cold this morning, with temperatures below freezing and afternoon highs barely hitting 50 degrees. If you hate the cold, good news — Shane Pendleton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Shreveport, says we’ll see a warm-up beginning tomorrow afternoon.
Pendleton says one more cold night can be expected into tomorrow morning, then milder temperatures the rest of the week.
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Looking ahead to next week, Pendleton says we can expect unseasonably warm and dry conditions for Christmas week.
High temperatures next week will range from the upper 60s to the 70s.