A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus, state health officials announced Friday. It is the first human H5N1 case detected in Louisiana. For now, the case is considered a “presumptive” positive until testing is confirmed by the Centers for … Read more
The Hurricane season in 2024 has been extremely wrathful and led to tragic loss of human lives and caused havoc in states like Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia. According to science.org, the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton have caused an estimated combined damage of over $300 billion in just two weeks. Hence, the hurricanes have … Read more
ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch with a challenge to the state’s approval process. The battle over the plant is occurring despite the fact that part of the impetus to build it is a provision in a key … Read more
Despite strong income growth that has helped improve personal auto insurance affordability in Louisiana, the state remains the least affordable among its Southern neighbors and the rest of the United States, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). In 2022, the average annual premium expenditure per vehicle for auto insurance in Louisiana was $1,588, which … Read more
Francine was upgraded to a hurricane final evening and the sixth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has strengthened to sustained winds of 100 mph and now heads for landfall in Louisiana, the place reinsurance dealer Gallagher Re anticipates insured losses within the low single digit billions of {dollars}.Hurricane Francine at the moment … Read more
