New Orleans based insurance agent brings Christmas joy to local elementary schools Insurance company donates toys for Christmas By Ashley Joseph | December 17, 2020 at 7:53 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 7:53 PM LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The help keeps rolling in to make sure kids in Southwest Louisiana are not forgotten this holiday season. New Orleans based insurance company Bowles & Associates, Inc. is the latest to donate hundreds of toys to some low-income elementary schools in Lake Charles. “I own an insurance agency and I was very close to the storms and saw the devastation. So, that’s what led us out this way this year,” said President Derek Bowles.