State: Car insured by Affirmative? Get new coverage. Now.

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's Office of Motor Vehicles reminds drivers whose vehicles are insured by Affirmative Insurance or Affirmative Casualty Insurance that they need to have new coverage by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. Otherwise, says Commissioner Karen G. St. Germain, they could face a penalty for cancelled insurance.The Illinois Department of Insurance ordered Affirmative into liquidation in March.Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has said that about 11,000 Louisiana policy holders are a