10 Questions: Jim Brown
Former commissioner tries to make insurance a front-burner topic among lawmakers, state officials and companies.
Where should a revamped downtown East Baton Rouge Library be located?
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Throwing pet owners a bone
After LSU running back Charles Scott scored the game-winning touchdown against Georgia on Oct. 3, Kevin Weeks’ 6-year-old German shepherd celebrated by jumping off the bed and tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left hind leg.
A threat to progress
Class-action lawsuits from the chaotic days after hurricanes Katrina and Rita threaten to derail some of Citizens’ recent advancements.
Entrepreneur: Hans Sternberg
For Hans Sternberg, selling Goudchaux’s/Maison Blanche in 1992 was strictly a business decision caused by an uncertain economy, failing banks and a realization that retail was changing in a way that made high-end department stores obsolete.
Coverage conundrum
With premiums rising and revenues falling, small businesses are choosing between letting employees go and dropping their insurance.
A Wink and a nod
Wink Companies looks to the future after its engineering business is purchased by a Houston-based company.
What’s in a name?
Named-storm deductible legislation brings help—but also higher premiums—for Louisiana homeowners.
10 Questions: JohnWortman
In two years under its CEO, Citizens has experienced success balancing its checkbook and depopulating to pre-Katrina levels.
Entrepreneur: Bronson Weatherford
Everybody thought Bronson Weatherford was crazy to leave a Fortune 500 company and strike out on his own at what might seem to be the worst possible time.
The winds of change
Storm insurance legislation is likely, though insiders warn against following the Florida example.
Bullish on Louisiana
The state’s market appears to be softening despite taking hits from two more damaging hurricanes.
Business interrupted
Small business owners find out the hard way that insurance doesn’t cover power outages.
Depopulating Citizens
An incentive program encourages out-of-state companies to take over policies from the state-run insurer of last resort.
The mandating game
Insurance mandates are all the rage during this Legislative session—much to the dismay of business and insurance groups.
Riding the wave
After retooling the way it conducted business, LWCC delivered its best dividends ever in 2007.
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