Louisiana government officials are attempting to shore up the commercial insurance market in the wake of the pullback of the state's largest writer in New Orleans.

Commissioner James Donelon and Gov. Kathleen Blanco held a meeting Tuesday with representatives of commercial insurance carriers to hear their concerns about the risks they face in the post-Katrina era in the state's catastrophe-prone coastal areas.

Last week, St. Paul Travelers announced it would not renew an undisclosed number of small and medium-sized commercial property accounts.

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