South Central Regulation Report Card: Texas’ Grade Rises, Arkansas’ Drops December 22, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones No South Central state had the best score and none had the worst in a report recently released by a...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Group Insurance Associates December 22, 2016 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Group Insurance Associates Inc. in Metairie, Louisiana. Terms of the transaction were not...
Oklahoma Near the Bottom in U.S. Health Rankings, High in Uninsured December 22, 2016 Oklahoma ranks ahead of just four states in overall health, according to a report by the United Health Foundation’s America’s...
Oklahoma Creates Fracking Guidelines with Goal of Reducing Quake Risk December 21, 2016 By Liz Hampton Oklahoma is imposing guidelines to reduce the risk of earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing in its oil-rich shale formations, the...
Higginbotham Expands with Insurance Associates of the Southwest Merger December 20, 2016 Fort Worth-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham, and Insurance Associates of the Southwest (IAS) have merged their operations in Houston. IAS...
Austin Insurance Professionals Collect Money, Groceries for Food Bank December 20, 2016 The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. joined efforts in December to collect food...
New Orleans Settles Katrina Police Action Civil Rights Cases for $13M December 20, 2016 New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the settlement of three federal civil rights lawsuits stemming from city police actions related...
USI Acquires Austin-Based Employee Benefits Firm, Ball Peoples December 20, 2016 USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Ball Peoples, an employee benefits advisory firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. Since 1975, Ball...
Percentage of Non-Subscribers in Texas Workers’ Comp System Falls December 19, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones The percentage of companies that don’t participate in the Texas workers’ compensation system has fallen to the lowest level since...
Texas Issues Mandatory Data Call to Property/Casualty Insurers December 19, 2016 The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a mandatory annual data call to all insurance companies writing private passenger nonfleet...