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Texas Environmentalists Plan Pollution Lawsuit Against Valero
May 23 2019 // Three Texas environmental groups have notified Valero Energy Corp. of plans to file a lawsuit under the U.S. Clean Air Act for pollution at the company’s Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, the organizations...
Surplus Lines Insurance Bills Sent to Texas Governor
May 23 2019 // Two pieces of legislation impacting the surplus lines insurance industry in Texas have been passed by state lawmakers and are headed to the governor’s desk, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
Testimony Ends in Texas Suit over Harvey-Related Overflow Dams, Floods
May 22 2019 // Testimony has ended in the lawsuit by some Texas residents seeking U.S. government compensation after their land flooded when two federally owned reservoirs overflowed during Hurricane Harvey. Testimony wrapped up Friday...
Brinson, Myers, Milvo Named to Texas Surplus Lines Office Board
May 22 2019 // Teri Brinson, Randy Myers and Leslie Milvo have been named to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) board of directors, with three-year terms set to run through Dec. 31, 2021. Brinson is vice president at LP...
Texas House OKs Bill to Spend More Than $3B for Flood Control Projects
May 22 2019 // Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas coast, the Texas House approved legislation that would pull more than $3 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to help pay for flood control projects...
Texas Moves Against Unlicensed Georgia Firm Selling Health Insurance Plans
May 21 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has filed an action to stop Georgia-based Aliera Healthcare from selling health insurance in Texas without a state license. The public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. May 28 at the...
Texans in Congress Push for Release of Billions in Federal Harvey Aid
May 21 2019 // After urging the Trump administration for over a year to release billions in long-awaited disaster relief funding to Texas and other disaster-affected states to no avail, Texans in Congress are now taking more aggressive...
Tornadoes Rake Texas, Oklahoma, Plains
May 20 2019 // A spate of tornadoes raked across the Southern Plains, leaving damage and causing few injuries, and parts of the region were bracing for more severe thunderstorms and possible flooding. Twisters destroyed at least two...
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May 20 2019 // National Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Baptiste Ossena, global product leader of Hull and Marine Liabilities (HML), is assuming additional responsibility as the North American regional head...
Austin Association of Insurance Professionals Installs 2018 Officers And Directors
May 17 2019 // The Austin Association of Insurance Professionals held their 2019 installation dinner on Tuesday at Balcones Country Club in Austin, Texas. The 2019/20 officers and directors for AAIP were installed. In addition, the AAIP...
Bills Proposing Climate Change Studies Stall in Texas Legislature
May 17 2019 // A few months before this year’s biennial legislative session, a report commissioned by Gov. Greg Abbott on lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey declared a dire need to “future-proof” the state. Some...
Burns & Wilcox Hires Garcia as Marketing Director in Texas
May 16 2019 // Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has added Saul Garcia to its management team as director of Marketing in Texas. The new role was created to support the company’s recent growth...
Gymnasts to Texas Lawmakers: Allow Sex Abuse Victims to Sue Institutions
May 16 2019 // Former U.S. national team gymnasts backing a Texas bill that would allow victims of sexual abuse more time to sue in civil court on Monday urged the state’s lawmakers to restore a key provision allowing those...
Wreckage Removed, Houston Ship Channel Reopened to Two-Way Traffic
May 15 2019 // The Houston Ship Channel reopened on Wednesday to two-way traffic after salvage crews removed two gasoline barges damaged in a weekend collision with a deep-draft vessel, officials said. About 11,280 barrels of gasoline...
Texas Officials Warn Against Eating Fish From Bays After Ship Channel Crash
May 15 2019 // Texas health officials have advised people not to fish or eat seafood from parts of some Houston-area bays as cleanup continues following last week’s tanker and barges accident and toxic leak. An official with the...
Official: Houston Ship Channel Restrictions Could Continue All Week
May 14 2019 // The Houston Ship Channel could remain under one-way travel restrictions all week following a collision between a deep-draft ship and a barge that spilled petrochemicals into the waterway, according to an official. About...
Texas Wind Turbine Maker Settles with Board Over Labor Practices
May 13 2019 // A Texas-based wind turbine manufacturer has reached a settlement with federal officials over alleged violations of U.S. labor laws. GRI Texas Towers Inc. f/k/a Gestamp Wind Steel US Inc. (GRI), based in Amarillo, entered...
Texas Lawmakers Question FAA Delay on Hot-Air Balloon Regulations
May 13 2019 // The Federal Aviation Administration has not passed a new safety regulation that legislators say would fortify supervision of the hot-air balloon industry and help avoid fatal crashes similar to a Texas crash that killed 16...
Texas Moves Closer to Boosting Private Flood Market
May 12 2019 // The nation’s second-largest market for flood insurance may soon join more than a dozen other states in waiving requirements that insureds first search the admitted market before placing a private flood insurance...
Texas Insurance Bills on the Move; Commercial Property Measure Heads to Governor
May 10 2019 // The Insurance Council of Texas has reported several insurance bills of interest are moving in the Texas Legislature as the end of the session draws closer. SB 590/HB 1411, which addresses amendments, cancellations and...
