 He was succeeded by Moon Landrieu, the first person to win the mayor's office with significant black support.After his two terms as mayor, Schiro returned to selling insurance at his Victor Schiro Insurance Agency.After a campaign for the position of state insurance commissioner in 1975 when he polled 16 percent of the vote against the incumbent Democrat Sherman A. Bernard, Schiro continued selling insurance until he suffered a stroke in 1988.