Jim Donelon, Insurance Commissioner (2011)
The Press Club
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2011-08-22
Duration: 00:26:43
Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | DONELON, JIM | Louisiana. Insurance Department | Hurricanes | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Flood insurance | Named storm deductibles
Contributors:
- Donelon, Jim Speaker
Description
A speech by Jim Donelon before the Baton Rouge Press Club on August 22, 2011. Donelon is the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner. He discusses: the approaching peak of hurricane season; the recently updated higher risk for hurricane landfall; the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the need to heed evacuation orders; the benefits of the Federal Flood Insurance program; Louisiana’s ability to attract private sector insurance companies, which is becoming a model for the rest of the country; the safety of insurance fraud investigators, following the tragedy earlier in the summer that took the lives of two investigators; and named storm deductibles.