Louisiana's former insurance commissioner, who was jailedfollowing a conviction on seven counts of making false statementsto the FBI, has written a book detailing the rise and fall of hisinsurance career. In Justice Denied, Brown warns, “If you are inthe insurance business, keep your guard up.” Despite the fact that“insurance groups throughout the nation praised the job he did inrestoring Louisiana's reputation as a fair and competitive place todo business,” Brown was “blind-sided by the Justice Department withcharges that are still considered bizarre and without merit,”according to the book's marketing materials.

In April 2003, Brown was released from a federal prison inOakdale, La., where he had served a six-month sentence for lying toan FBI agent during an investigation into the failure of CascadeInsurance Co. Although he had remained commissioner while appealinghis conviction, following the U.S. Supreme Court's second refusalto hear his case, he resigned from the post. The book was writtenwhile Brown was in prison.

Brown is promoting his book aggressively, appearing on radio andtelevision stations and at book signings throughout Louisiana. Hedescribes it as, “A book every insurance professional shouldread.”