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Baton Rouge, LA
Joined October 2010
๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ The Louisiana Department of Insurance was honored to participate in this yearโ€™s ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜ sponsored by the @BRPD. Outreach specialist Colby Billiot and our team enjoyed connecting with local residents and providing insurance guidance and information. Colby says events like this are a good way to meet people one-on-one. โ€œ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š.โ€ Thank you to the organizers and everyone who visited our booth.
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๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€โ€”๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ-๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€. Whether it's dealing with dishonest contractors after a severe storm or navigating scams during open enrollment periods, bad actors cost consumers and drive-up rates across the board. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ: At the Louisiana Department of Insurance, we have our eyes on fraud in every season. If you suspect fraudulent activityโ€”from post-disaster contractor scams to deceptive enrollment practicesโ€”don't wait. โ–ถ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: buff.ly/m4tviiZ #StopInsuranceFraud #BeInsuranceReady #ConsumerProtection
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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ If you suspect Medicare fraud, report it immediately to Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE or visit Medicare.gov/fraud. And as always, never give your Medicare Number, Social Security Number, or financial information to anyone you don't know.
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† If you have questions, contact us for help reviewing your coverage options. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ (๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ) counselors are Medicare experts who are trained to provide trusted, unbiased Medicare counseling at no cost to you. buff.ly/woiD1Dw
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๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—œ Operating a business in Louisiana means understanding and navigating the insurance market. Whether itโ€™s the cost of commercial property insurance, the need for liability coverage or understanding weather-related risks, knowing your insurance needs is important to the bottom line. Thatโ€™s why we were at the 21st Annual @BTRairport ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ can help businesses make the best decisions about their insurance requirements.
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๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: As reported by the @ijournal, home insurance rates have risen so dramatically over the past 10 years that the average premium now exceeds the average property-tax bill for many Americans. ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ: High homeowners insurance costs have placed a heavy burden on Louisiana families. Commissioner Temple and the LDI are working to stabilize the market and bring relief to homeowners across the state. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚: With new insurance options becoming available, now is an ideal time to review your coverage and compare rates to see what you could save. As Commissioner Temple notes, "๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ." ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: buff.ly/OawnH9O #LouisianaInsurance #HomeownersInsurance #LDI #InsuranceRates #ConsumerTips
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๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: Our team has been busy this week (and throughout the month). From meeting with State employees at the Dept. of Transportationโ€™s Benefits Fair to being on hand at the @AARPโ€™s Fraud Prevention summit, our goal is to make it easy for you to get your insurance questions answered. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: โ‰๏ธ I need a new roof. Is this covered by my policy? โ‰๏ธ My home was broken into and some valuables were taken. What do I do? โ‰๏ธ My hot water heater broke, causing my ceiling to collapse and water to flood my kitchen. How do I file a claim? How long does it take to get reimbursed? ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ: Hereโ€™s where weโ€™ll be next week. If weโ€™re near you, come join us and get answers to your questions. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป? Call us at 1-800-259-5300 or 225-342-5900
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๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎโ€ฏ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป or aโ€ฏstand-alone Part D plan, read your planโ€™sโ€ฏAnnual Notice of Change and Evidence of Coverage.โ€ฏThese list any changes for your plan in 2027.โ€ฏ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผโ€ฏ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ inโ€ฏthe planโ€™s costs, its benefits and coverage rules,โ€ฏand the planโ€™s formulary (the list of drugs your plan covers). ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€: If you are unhappy with any ofโ€ฏyourโ€ฏplanโ€™sโ€ฏchanges, you can change plans.
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๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ Weโ€™re hitting the road this week to connect with communities across the state! Come meet our team at outreach events, benefits fairs and fraud prevention workshops throughout October: ๐Ÿ“… ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ | ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ. ๐——๐—ข๐—ง๐—— ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ (๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ) | ๐Ÿด ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ | ๐—”๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ) | ๐Ÿต ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ | ๐—•๐—ง๐—ฅ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ (๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ) | ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น Thurs. Oct 29 | Capital Area Agency on Aging Health Fair (Gonzales) | 8 AM โ€“ 2 PM ๐Ÿ”น Thurs. Oct 29 | Acadiana Job Fair (Lafayette) | 9 AM โ€“ 12 PM ๐Ÿ‘‰ Visit LDI.LA.GOV/EVENTS for full details and more updates.
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๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ? ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜†. ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“‰ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ that you can take a proactive step that might lower your insurance costs? Taking this step โ€“ the Wind Mitigation Survey โ€“ can make you eligible for insurance discounts. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ outlines how this assessment can determine your home's ability to withstand storm damageโ€”and how this resiliency translates directly into savings on your policy. โ–ถ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: buff.ly/m4tviiZ #LDI #LouisianaInsurance #WindMitigation #FortifyHomes #ConsumerEducation #HomeownersInsurance
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๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ Weโ€™re hitting the road this month to connect with communities across the state! Come meet our team at outreach events, benefits fairs and fraud prevention workshops throughout October: ๐Ÿ“… ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”น T๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. โ€“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€., ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ | ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ. ๐——๐—ข๐—ง๐—— ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ (๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ) | ๐Ÿด ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ | ๐—”๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ) | ๐Ÿต ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ | ๐—•๐—ง๐—ฅ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ (๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ) | ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น Thurs. Oct 29 | Capital Area Agency on Aging Health Fair (Gonzales) | 8 AM โ€“ 2 PM ๐Ÿ”น Thurs. Oct 29 | Acadiana Job Fair (Lafayette) | 9 AM โ€“ 12 PM ๐Ÿ‘‰ Visit LDI.LA.GOV/EVENTS for full details and more updates.
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On @WWLAMFM's ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ today, @CommTemple provided an update on the Fortified Roof program: โ–ช๏ธ Awarded 3,000 grants earlier this year. โ–ช๏ธ LDI was just approved for an additional $50 million that will fund another 5,000 grants to homeowners. @CommTemple added that insurance companies and reinsurance companies support Fortified roofs because it reduces their exposure to losses, โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€.โ€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: buff.ly/nErGiey
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๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜… ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€? During Medicare Open Enrollment (running from October 15 to December 7), you will get a high volume of marketing materials. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: No matter which Medicare plan you are considering, protect your health and your wallet by confirming the answers to these three vital questions: ๐Ÿญ. ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? Provider networks change from year to year. Always verify that your doctors, specialists and preferred local pharmacies remain in-network for the upcoming plan year. ๐Ÿฎ. ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? Review whether your specific prescription drugs are still covered, and check if any specialized medical services or extra benefits (such as dental, vision or hearing) have changed. ๐Ÿฏ.๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€? Look beyond just the monthly premium. Calculate your expected out-of-pocket expensesโ€”including deductibles, copayments, coinsurance and the plan's maximum out-of-pocket limitโ€”to understand the true annual cost.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ. Colby and Zariel were on hand for the @CommerceofLA luncheon earlier this month. Theyโ€™ll join other team members in crisscrossing the state to meet with you and answer your questions. Hereโ€™s our schedule for October: ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. โ€“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€., ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ | ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ. ๐——๐—ข๐—ง๐—— ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ (๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ) | ๐Ÿด ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ | ๐—”๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ) | ๐Ÿต ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ | ๐—•๐—ง๐—ฅ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ (๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ) | ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—  โ€“ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐Ÿ”น Thurs. Oct 29 | Capital Area Agency on Aging Health Fair (Gonzales) | 8 AM โ€“ 2 PM ๐Ÿ”น Thurs. Oct 29 | Acadiana Job Fair (Lafayette) | 9 AM โ€“ 12 PM ๐Ÿ‘‰ Visit LDI.LA.GOV/EVENTS for full details and more updates.
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† Beforeโ€ฏchoosing your 2026โ€ฏcoverage, considerโ€ฏtheโ€ฏMedicare health and drug plan options in your area.โ€ฏYou may be able to get the same or better coverage at a more affordable price.โ€ฏ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€: For example, even if youโ€™re happy with your current Medicare Advantage or Part D plan, you should check to see if thereโ€™s another plan in your area that offers the same health or drug coverage at a better price.
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๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฌ๐— ๐—œ: Last week, Commissioner Temple joined Gov. Landry and State Representative Mike Bayham of Chalmette to meet with London-based reinsurance executives. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? The meetings focused on Louisiana's flood resiliency in an effort to convince industry leaders to have more confidence in the state's ability to better withstand catastrophic hurricanes. ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€: "Our goal with the tour of coastal flood protection structures, pumps, and land restoration work is to demonstrate that writing property insurance policies in Louisiana is not nearly as risky of a proposition as it was two decades ago," said Rep. Bayham. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: buff.ly/Ayrqd7R
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๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ: Since the beginning of the month, our team has traveled throughout the state to meet people in their own communities. From Southern University to Springfield and Lafayette, we want to meet one-on-one and answer your insurance questions. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น: This schedule shows where weโ€™ll be next week and the rest of the month. If we are set to be in a town near you, come meet our team and get your insurance questions answered.
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๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜! ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป is on the air making sure Medicare beneficiaries know that Open Enrollment is now underway. Hereโ€™s a link to his recent interview with Brain Haldane on @talk1073. You can also tune youโ€™re your favorite television morning shows over the next week to get information straight from Ron. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ: Costs are going up and it is important to avoid scammers who will try and take advantage of you. ๐ŸŽง ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: buff.ly/6stSh3b
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! (October 15 โ€“ December 7) ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜: Plans, premiums and out-of-pocket costs can change from year to year, so now is the time to review your options and make sure your coverage still fits your needs. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ: Use the official @MedicareGov Plan Finder to easily compare health and prescription drug plans available in your area by ZIP code: ๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/IibaOyR
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๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป? ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†. Use the link below to find out which plans are available to you depending on where you live. You can compare premiums, out-of-pocket costs, co-pays, drug benefits and more. ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ for information about 2027 Medicare Advantage Plans: buff.ly/JBudf02
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