Monday, May 2, 2022 Unless you have been living under a rock, you are doubtlessly familiar with the traffic issues facing Baton Rouge, and the infrastructure issues facing our state in general. Last week, the ongoing battle for funding a new Mississippi River Bridge raged on the state legislature. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 A few weeks back, I wrote about the upcoming session and how legislators write insurance bills to sway public opinion in their favor. Just this weekend the Advocate featured a headline that the homeowner’s insurance market is in crisis. READ MORE >>
Friday, March 25, 2022 Politicians' primary objective is to get reelected. Insurance companies' primary objective is to make money. If we can all agree to these premises, then we might be able to make sense of the bills before the State Legislature this session. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Protecting your businesses’ biggest asset. Perhaps what I love most about my business is helping other small business owners feel empowered to make insurance and financial decisions that will make their lives better. It scares me, however, that a number of small businesses that I talk to provide no employee benefits, or only health insurance to their employees. READ MORE >>
Thursday, May 27, 2021 Perhaps it comes with age, but as another birthday passed last week, I found myself contemplating my life and my last year. I found myself wondering what would come next-for my family, for my business, and for our community. I also found myself thinking about what I would write (my long overdue) blog about. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Life happens...a quote we've all heard, and probably even contemplated once or twice. Heck, it's even the slogan for a non-profit (https://lifehappens.org/) that advocates for average Americans to protect their incomes and families' livelihoods. There are times that we are reminded that the antithesis of living happens too. READ MORE >>
Monday, January 25, 2021Coastal Louisiana Insurance centers its values around people in every aspect of life. This weekend we went to Maison Des Amis to serve Sunday lunch to the residents there. Maison Des Amis is a shelter for about 35+ residents that have been left homeless in the Baton Rouge area due to a variety of mental illnesses. READ MORE >>
Friday, November 20, 2020Imagine it's 5:15 PM and you've been invited over to your neighbor's house for a cocktail. (Remember those days?) As you cast about for a matching pair of socks, your spouse cautions you against "holding forth on either politics or religion." That might create unnecessary tension. READ MORE >>
Thursday, October 15, 2020 Now that the storm has left the area, it's time to begin the clean up process. I hope that as you are reading this, you avoided any storm damage, and that you have internet and electricity restored. I think it's worth taking a minute to be thankful. As bad as this storm was, it could have been much worse. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 At the writing of this on October 7, 2020, Hurricane Delta is emerging from Mexico's Yucatan peninsula into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and meteorologists' forecasts presently put the storm on a path into Louisiana's Acadiana region, then northeast. READ MORE >>
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