La. House Insurance committee discusses reform legislation Homeowners insurance reform By Theresa Schmidt | May 4, 2021 at 7:26 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 8:01 PM LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Thereâs a move to reform the way homeownersâ insurance claims are handled, in the wake of Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Several bills were heard by the state house insurance committee today. Representative Brett Geymann was there with HB 585 that would have cost insurance companies more if they were found to be operating in bad faith. Geymann told insurance committee members horror stories of w...