As of Friday, the state Department of Insurance had finished certifying the new roofs of 473 of the first 3,000 homeowners in the grant program. Another 109 are awaiting certification. In all, IBHS, ...

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is working with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to establish a targeted discount rate for homeowners who install a ...

NOLA-based Priority Roofing brings IBHS FORTIFIED™ standards to the Gulf South, helping homeowners survive severe ...

MOBILE APP. MANY HOMEOWNERS ARE TAKING TIME TO APPLY FOR THE FORTIFY ROOF PROGRAM. WELL, THE LATEST ROUND IS OPEN SO PEOPLE CAN APPLY IN THE LOTTERIES NOW PROGRAM AS MANY HOMEOWNERS WAIT TO SEE IF ...

More fortified roofs mean “more insurance companies will be interested in covering the greater New Orleans area, which will bring premiums down for everyone,” said councilman Matthew Willard.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Property insurance premiums in Louisiana have gone through the roof since 2020. Sen. Kirk Talbot says actual roofs can be part of the solution to that problem. “If we’re all going ...

If you live in an area where hurricanes are common, then you've probably heard of fortified roofing. This is a special designation for roofing with rigorous requirements designed to shield homes and ...

BATON ROUGE – The House voted 87-9 to allocate $64 million from excess collections by the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to expand a program that offers $10,000 grants to homeowners ...

After years of struggling to bring down rates of homeowners’ insurance, Louisiana lawmakers have coalesced around one program that has proven to lower premiums: Building stronger roofs. As the ...