LA| Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon urged all property and casualty insurers to grant deadline extensions to property insurance policyholders who are still struggling with their insurance claims from the historic 2020 storm season.
In Bulletin 2021-02 released Thursday, Commissioner Donelon urged insurers to give policyholders time beyond the approaching 180-day deadlines to demonstrate damage to their properties from last year’s record hurricane season. Policyholders are required to file a proof of loss that they suffered losses as a result of last year’s hurricanes, and the deadlines for hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta are rapidly approaching. February 23 is the 180th day after Hurricane Laura, but mandatory evacuations may have extended those deadlines.