Insurers are bracing for a hit of about $18 billion from Hurricane Ida in the United States and the Caribbean, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC) said on Wednesday.

Ida has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves over southwestern Mississippi. On Tuesday, Ida is expected to move across the Tennessee Valley. Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday at 11:55 a.m. in Port Fourchon.

Louisiana home and business owners have filed $10 billion in claims for damage caused by hurricanes and tropical storms in 2020, state figures show.

Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare is cracking down on unnecessary emergency room visits with a new policy starting July 1 that the American Hospital Association says will jeopardize patients’ health and threaten them with financial penalties.

Iberville Parish emergency officials say it will be weeks before the high water recedes and the extent of the damage can be determined.

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has received 1,497 complaints concerning the three hurricanes that struck the state last year and has recovered $41 million on behalf of those consumers as of April 30, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said.

Storms and flooding have killed at least four people in Louisiana this week, officials in the rain-deluged state said Wednesday.

Legislation that seeks to lay out a process for homeowners who suffered catastrophic hurricane damage to settle a claim dispute between their insurance company cleared a state House Insurance Committee Tuesday.

Six people were rescued near the coast of Louisiana after a commercial boat capsized about eight miles off Port Fourchon on the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Tuesday.

After hundreds of complaints about insurance providers to the Louisiana Department of Insurance mostly related to hurricane season damages, the state recovered more than $22 million for policy holders in 2020.

Insurers have paid or reserved $7.7 billion on claims in Louisiana through the end of 2020 from hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Zeta.

Robin Baudoin’s home in Sulphur looks today just like it did the day after Hurricane Laura hit Southwest Louisiana with its catastrophic damage over four months ago. Its roof is completely gone and nearly all of her belonging are in shambles.

One Lake Charles woman credits the power of social media in getting one step closer to having her hurricane-damaged home repaired after weeks of roadblocks with her insurance claim.

Lawsuit reforms supporters say will lower auto insurance rates went into effect Friday for the new year. The compromise reforms were agreed to by the Governor and Legislature last year.

An attorney in New Iberia, LA running for District Court Judge for Division ‘H’ in the 16th Judicial District is under investigation for her alleged role in an auto insurance fraud scheme.