Insurance.
New Orleans Home Rule Charter, art. VI, § 6-303
in effectSection 6-303. - Insurance.
(1) Insurance against fire, windstorm, and other hazards may be procured for the protection of the property of the City in such amounts and under such conditions as the Council shall ordain.
(2) The City may, without waiver of its governmental immunity, procure public liability, bodily injury, and property damage insurance covering such risks and in such amounts as the Council may ordain, provided all such policies of insurance shall contain a stipulation that the insurer shall not assert the governmental immunity of the City as a defense of any suit on such policies.
(3) All insurance shall be procured by the Department of Finance from companies licensed by the state to insure the types and amounts of risks involved.
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PAI_HORUCH_ARTVIFIADPR_CH3PRDIPR_S6-303INFetched: 10/28/2026
