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Thank you for updating your information with the LMTA! If you have received this issue of Truck Talk, we have you on our new email list. If you are a member and have not set up your member profile, please do so as soon as possible.

 

If you have any questions regarding our move and what has changed, please follow the link through the button below or contact the LMTA Staff.

 

LMTA Member Exclusive NO COST Employee Benefits 
Benefit plans from LMTA Insurance Management!

We are excited to share our partnership with Mengel Financial Group to bring our members our new benefit plans under LMTA Insurance Management!

 

Since 2005, Mengel Financial Group has been offering Voluntary Employee Benefits to meet the needs of companies and their employees. Mengel Financial Group is committed to providing our members with the best and most affordable group benefits based on their specific needs. Offering Voluntary Employee Benefits strengthens relationships with your employees and improves retention and recruitment. 

 

All of the benefits are offered at NO COST TO THE EMPLOYER. Mengel Financial Group has partnered with over 20 insurance carriers, which allows us to provide the best and most affordable benefits to satisfy our member's employee’s needs. Many of their benefit offerings are Guaranteed Issue requiring no medical questions or medical exam.

 

Mengel Financial Group has been saving companies, employees & owner operators money on benefits since 1989, working with the Georgia Motor Transport Association in recent years, providing their members with affordable benefits.

 

LMTA Insurance Management also has a local benefits specialist in Tiffany VanHazebroeck, located in Mandeville, LA. Tiffany is ready to help our member companies provide their employees with exclusive voluntary benefits!

 

For more information or inquiries on benefits - please contact Tiffany VanHazebroeck or Ted Mengel whose information is listed in their profiles here.

 

TIFFANY VANHAZEBROECK | Benefits Specialist
(678) 977-5175
tiffanyv@lmta.la 

 

TED MENGEL | CEO

(404) 314-6799

ted@lmta.la 

 

LA Dept. of Insurance Approves Citizens Rate Increase

Information & Tips Offered for Policyholders

OCTOBER 10, 2022 

 

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has approved Louisiana Citizens’ request for a 63% rate increase on its residential property insurance policies beginning January 1, 2023. The rate increase will not affect Citizens’ current policyholders until they renew their policy after that date.

 

Citizens is the state’s insurer of last resort. Louisiana law requires Citizens’ rate for each of its policy types in each parish to be at least 10% over the highest qualifying market rate or 10% over the actuarial rate, whichever is higher. 

 

The rate increase is almost totally a result of the increased cost of reinsurance for Citizens’ increased number of policies this hurricane season. The best way to reduce the burden of this and future Citizens rate increases is the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program, which is awaiting funding from the legislature. 

 

“There’s no sugarcoating it — this increase is extremely painful but required by law to make sure Citizens can handle a potential future disaster for its many policyholders,” said Commissioner Jim Donelon. “My staff and I are working with the legislature to attract more insurers to the state through the use of a program that was highly effective following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which will give Citizens policyholders, and all Louisianans, more and cheaper insurance options in the private market.”

 

Citizens policyholders should be aware of the following:

  • The rate increase will not affect your policy until renewal. For example, if you get a Citizens policy on November 1, 2022, your premium will be unaffected through October 31, 2023.
  • Citizens policyholders should contact multiple independent insurance agents at least monthly to request quotes from private insurers.
  • The LDI expects the number of insurers writing policies to increase in the coming months. Citizens will refund your unearned premium if you find a policy with another insurer before the end of your Citizens policy term.

MORE ON THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE

 

Federal INFRA Grant Awarded to North Baton Rouge Mobility Projects

INFRA (Infrastructure for Rebuilding America) Award of $59,619,429

Project Description:

This project has three components: 1) The Airline Highway North Expansion will improve a five-mile segment of U.S. Route 190 by adding a lane in each direction, improving turn lanes, and adding connections to local transit, bike and pedestrian networks; 2) The Florida Boulevard component will make pedestrian and bus improvements, and establishes BRT infrastructure along approximately six miles of Business U.S. Route 90. 3) The Scotlandville Parkway Mobility Network will convert an existing trail to a new, linear, multimodal pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists.

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ATA Law Enforcement Advisory Board Urges Investments in Truck Parking Capacity

Send to Gov, John Bel Edwards & Sec. Shawn Wilson

The letter from the American Trucking Associations' Law Enforcement Advisory Board addresses the shortage of commercial truck parking and the federal grant funding opportunities available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to address this safety issue. 

 

The trucking industry and its law enforcement partners are committed to improving highway safety and appreciate your attention to this important matter.

 

FMCSA Update: Biden-Harris Administration Brings Together Trucking Community to Help Expand Truck Parking

At meeting, Department of Transportation will highlight nearly $40 million in grants for truck parking projects, release Truck Parking Handbook

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will convene state, industry, and federal leaders at a meeting of the National Coalition of Truck Parking to share resources available in the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address the nation’s truck parking shortage, which puts all road users at risk and is costing truck drivers time and money. At the meeting, DOT will share a new handbook for States that details strategies for developing truck parking and best practices on designing and constructing new truck parking. Officials will also discuss the new and expanded funding resources that are eligible for truck parking projects to make the United States’ freight system safer and more efficient. This meeting builds on the commitments of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Trucking Action Plan, focused on creating a stable and safe trucking workforce that offers good-paying jobs to millions of truck drivers.

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WEATHER - National Weather Service: No Advisories

Here is an update from our partners at the New Orleans and Baton Rouge NWS.

 

Main Takeaways:

  • Tropics remain active, but there are NO impacts expected for our area over the next 7 days
  • Some rainfall will be possible Sunday into Monday with a passing cold front
  • Abnormally dry ground conditions will continue for the area
  • Cooler temperatures expected toward mid-week next week
 

ELECTIONS - PAR Guide to Constitutional Amendments

Nonpartisan educational review to help people understand the issues and the proposed changes on the ballots.

From PAR (Public Affairs Research Council) 

The 2022 Guide covers the potential impact of 11 constitutional amendments the public will consider on the Nov. 8 and Dec. 10 ballots. This nonpartisan, educational review helps you understand the issues and the proposed changes so you can develop your positions on each proposition.

 

To view the 2022 Guide, please visit the links below.

 

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