Latest Texas Headlines
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Some Texas Insurance Wholesalers Find Strength in Independence
Jun 4 2018 // There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas is no exception. But some Texas wholesale brokers and managing...
TWIA Seeking Preliminary $175M Insurer Assessment for Harvey Losses
Jun 4 2018 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is seeking regulatory approval for a $175 million assessment to TWIA’s insurance company members for Hurricane Harvey losses. Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast on Aug....
Texas Grocer H-E-B Recalls Some Ice Cream Treats
Jun 1 2018 // The H-E-B grocery chain has issued a voluntary recall for some ice cream distributed to stores in Texas and Mexico amid concerns about metal possibly in the products. San Antonio-based H-E-B on Wednesday announced the...
Workers Sue Valero Over April Texas Refinery Explosion
Jun 1 2018 // More than 20 workers filed a lawsuit in Houston on Thursday against Valero Energy Corp. seeking damages for injuries sustained in an April 19 explosion at the company’s Texas City, Texas, refinery, the Houston...
Cities Still Owed Funds from Last Hurricane Season as New Season Gets Underway
Jun 1 2018 // Allen Owen, the mayor of Missouri City, Texas, wants to do more to protect his town from the next disaster. But the city hasn’t gotten any of the roughly $1 million in federal disaster funds he said it’s owed...
CoreLogic: Texas, Louisiana Highly Vulnerable to Hurricane Storm Surge Losses
May 31 2018 // Texas and Louisiana are among the top three states for potential storm surge losses at the start of the 2018 hurricane season, which begins on June 1. That’s according to Irvine, California-based CoreLogic, a...
Texas Governor Unveils School Safety Plan, Proposed Gun Law Changes
May 30 2018 // Note: This story originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. Less than two weeks after 10 people were killed in a southeast Texas school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott laid out a 40-page, 40-strategy plan for preventing future...
Texas Insurance Commissioner Launches ‘Keep it Simple’ Campaign
May 30 2018 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan is aiming to ensure that plain language prevails at the Texas Department of Insurance website with a “keep it simple” campaign. Sullivan is a plain language champion,...
People, Organizations Working Together to Hurricane-Proof Houston-Area Community
May 30 2018 // The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, working in collaboration with area residents, the Clear Lake City Water Authority, or CLCWA, and Exploration Green Conservancy, have been collaborating to transform an...
Texas Mutual Names Ward as COO, Haugaard as Sr. VP-Policyholder Services
May 29 2018 // Austin-based workers’ compensation carrier, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, has appointed Jeanette Ward as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO) and Kim Haugaard as its new senior vice president of...
A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Texas’ Spartan Insurance
May 29 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Spartan Insurance Company (Spartan) in Pearland,...
Texas School Shooter’s Father Believes Son Was Bullied
May 23 2018 // A 17-year-old student accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school should be seen as a “victim” because he may have recently been bullied, causing him to lash out, his father said. In a phone...
San Antonio Among Numerous Texas Cities With Drought Water Use Restrictions
May 23 2018 // Some South Texas cities have started restricting water usage due to dropping Edwards Aquifer levels amid drought conditions. The Edwards Aquifer Authority this week announced Stage 1 pumping restrictions after the 10-day...
Texas Agency Disputing Claim That Trooper Sexually Assaulted Woman
May 23 2018 // The Texas Department of Public Safety said it disputes allegations that one of its state troopers sexually assaulted a woman while he was arresting her on suspicion of drunken driving. A lawyer representing the woman said...
TWFG in Texas Gets Capital Infusion for National Growth
May 22 2018 // The Woodlands Financial Group has completed the sale of a minority interest in its capital stock to RenaissanceRe Ventures U.S. LLC. The transaction will provide a capital infusion that Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG will...
Business Moves
May 21 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services, Crystal & Company Alliant Insurance Services, a Newport Beach, Calif.-headquartered specialty insurance brokerage firm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire New York-based...
Midwest Included in Goosehead Insurance Expansion Plan
May 21 2018 // A North Texas-based insurance agency that operates nationally via a dual corporate/franchise model is planning on expanding following its April 27 initial public offering (IPO). Goosehead Insurance, headquartered in...
More Texans Exposed to Tornadoes Amid Urban Sprawl
May 18 2018 // Mark Fox cringes every time he relives the day his worst weather nightmare came true. April 3, 2012, was a hot and humid day in North Texas, and the unstable atmosphere spawned 17 tornadoes in five hours in the Dallas-Fort...
EPA Wants to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Regulations
May 18 2018 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took steps on Thursday to roll back and delay Obama-era rules aimed at improving safety at chemical plants, which had come in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in...
Claims Against Texas-Based Karolyis Not Addressed in $500M Nassar Settlement
May 18 2018 // The $500 million settlement Michigan State University reached with more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar doesn’t address claims against other parties, including...
