Texas / South Central News for September 2011 Agriculture Losses from Texas Wildfires Adding Up Oklahoma Governor Announces Storm Shelter Rebate Offer Shoemake Ushered in as President of Alamo Chapter of CPCU Harris County Flood Control District Unveils New Flood Mapping Tool Texas Man Sentenced to 60 Years for $100M Insurance Fraud Power Utility Sued After Massive Texas Wildfire Feds Sue Texas Firm for Firing 600-Pound Employee Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Seeks Exchange Support Higginbotham Promotes Bateman in Dallas Ad Campaign Seeks Limits on Civil Lawsuits in Louisiana Louisiana Agent Arrested for Alleged Insurance Fraud Improved Flood Rating Means Lower Insurance Rates for Louisiana Town Insured Losses in Bastrop County Fire to Reach $250M Texas Denies State Farm’s Catastrophe Petition Willis Energy Hires Farebrother to Lead Houston Sales Team Some Flood Zones to Shift with New Lafayette Parish Flood Maps Texas Car Dealer Convicted in Title Washing Scheme $97M Worth of Timber Destroyed in Texas Wildfires MHBT Appoints Moss as Employee Benefits Account Executive Power Line Sparks Likely Caused Bastrop, Texas Blaze Texas Workers’ Comp August Enforcements Include Fines of Up to $18K Insurance Journal Names Trammell as South Central/Texas Advertising Rep Fire-Ravaged Texas Land May Lose Half Its Value Texas Forest Service: Residents Should Clear Debris Around Homes Texas Mutual Announces Safety Group for Oil and Gas Industry Bastrop, Texas, Wildfire Nearly Contained, Thousands Left Homeless Texas Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates Set Former Controller for Texas Insurer Sentenced for Wire Fraud Scheme Louisiana’s Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Level for the Year CAA Adds NTX Insurance Group State Auto Introduces Claims Team at Austin Facility Appeals Period Starts for Flood Maps in Louisiana’s Bossier Parish Workers’ Comp Filing Approved in Oklahoma, Rates Expected to Drop Judge in Louisiana Won’t Stop State Health Insurance Contracts Texas Mutual Rewards Hospital Group with $209K Dividend Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The BeneTex Group Fire-weary Texas Residents Looking to Insurance Insured Losses from Texas Wildfires Could Reach $250 Million Oklahoma Insurance Broker to Seek U.S. House Post Texas Agents Donate $200K to Texas Volunteer Fire Departments State Farm Seeks 10% Homeowners Rate Hike in Texas Nearly 2,000 Homes Destroyed in Texas Since Labor Day Weekend How Can Insurance Agents Help the Texas Fire Victims? President Obama Signs Disaster Aid for Texas Wildfires String of Wildfires Takes Toll on Texas Firefighters Texas Wildfires Evacuees Anxious to Return Home HCC Insurance Holdings Promotes Kellems to Senior VP Oklahoma Seeks Waiver on Health Care Insurance MLR Requirement Louisiana Court Orders Injunction Against Insurance Fraud Ring Officials: Louisiana Home-Raisings Prevented Flooding from TS Lee Texas Mutual Rewards CompGroup AGC with $773K Dividend Texas Fires Kill 4, Destroy More Than 1,600 Homes 60 Homes Destroyed in Fire Northwest of Houston Arlington, Texas Officials Settle Taser Suit for $25,000 Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Arsons, Attempted Murder Central Texas Fires Slowly Being Contained but Blazes Continue Across State Texas July Enforcements Include $391K in Fines, Restitution Wildfires Burn Across Texas; Weekend Losses Expected to Top $100M Austin-based Insurance Agency Volunteers as Fire Victim Donation Site Former Oklahoma Attorney Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Embezzlement Texas Mutual Creates Work Comp Safety Group for Houses of Worship Tropical Depression Headed for Louisiana Woodlands Financial Group Expands Insurance Veteran Opens New Wholesale Operation in Dallas Gulf Coast Told to Keep Eye on Possible Storm Texas Mutual Rewards Medical Group with $874K Dividend Texas / South Central News Archives