( February 3, 2026, 1:07 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge denied a motion to remand by an insured in a dispute with his lender over its alleged failure to endorse settlement checks as an additional payee in a hurricane coverage dispute involving a now-insolvent insurer, finding that removal of the case to federal court was timely and the amount in controversy at the time of removal exceeded the jurisdictional minimum of $75,000....