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Exxon Adds New York to Suit in Bid to Stop Climate Change Probe
Nov 14 2016 // Exxon Mobil Corp. sued New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to stop his investigation into what the company knew about climate change. The oil giant on Thursday revised a lawsuit it filed in June against...
TWIA: Agents Approve 18K Policies for Transfer to Depopulation Program
Nov 10 2016 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced the passage of an important milestone in its Assumption Reinsurance Depopulation Program (Assumption program): agents have approved 18,000 policies for possible...
Medical Care Readily Accessible for Injured Employees in Texas, Study Shows
Nov 9 2016 // Access to medical care for injured workers has greatly improved in Texas over the past 15 years, a study commissioned by the Texas Department of Insurance shows. A September 2016 study by TDI’s Research and...
1.8 Million Western U.S. Homes at Extreme or High Wildfire Risk, Report Shows
Nov 7 2016 // Data provider CoreLogic’s new annual Wildfire Risk report designates 1.8 million single-family homes across 13 Western states as being at “Extreme” or “High” risk of wildfire damage,...
Texas Commissioner Approves Rate Changes for Auto Insurance Plan
Nov 4 2016 // Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has approved rate changes for private passenger and commercial automobile insurance provided through the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA), which is the...
Texas Stamping Office Updates Surplus Lines Eligible Insurer List
Nov 4 2016 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) reported the following changes to the eligible insurer list. Alien insurers effective 10/1/2016 include the following: The Hanover Atlantic Insurance Company LTD. Helvetia...
Applicants Sought for Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Assoc. Board
Nov 3 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance is accepting applications through November 30 for a public member position on the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association board of directors. The appointment term is for...
Texas Company Hit with $224K in Fines for Workplace Safety Violations
Nov 3 2016 // A Mineral Wells, Texas-based manufacturer is facing more than $224,000 in fines levied by federal safety officials after an investigation found the company failed to protect workers from safety and health hazards. The U.S....
Insurance Council: Texas Leads Nation in Vehicle/Animal Collisions
Nov 2 2016 // Texas has twice as many motorists killed in vehicles colliding with wild animals than any other state, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reports. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), more than...
Texas Woman Claims Injuries Caused by Takata Airbag, Sues Honda
Nov 2 2016 // A Texas woman has sued American Honda Motor Co Inc. and the U.S. subsidiary of airbag maker Takata Corporation for at least $1 million, claiming that she was badly injured in a low-speed car accident because the propellant...
Confie Acquires Texas Auto Insurance Agency
Oct 26 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Hulme Corp., dba Alamo Auto Insurance of East Texas. Founded in 2001 and based in Tyler, Texas, Alamo Auto focuses on providing...
1.8 Million Western U.S. Homes at Extreme or High Wildfire Risk, Report Shows
Oct 26 2016 // Things haven’t gone as bad as they could have so far in 2016 coming off last year’s record-setting wildfire season in the Western U.S., according to a report out today detailing wildfire risks to properties in...
Exxon Heads for Courtroom Faceoff With New York in Climate Change Probe
Oct 25 2016 // Exxon Mobil Corp. is headed to a courtroom in New York for the first time to try to block the state’s demand for accounting documents about how climate change will affect its finances. New York Attorney General Eric...
Texas Fines Zenefits $550K for Using Unlicensed Brokers
Oct 24 2016 // Texas insurance regulators have fined human resources software startup, Zenefits, $550,000 for its past use of unlicensed health insurance brokers. The Texas Department of Insurance said YourPeople Inc., known as Zenefits,...
Rodeo Promoter Resolves Lawsuits Against 2 Texas Cowboys Over $1M Prize
Oct 21 2016 // Lawsuits alleging two calf ropers rigged a 2015 Texas rodeo to share a possible $1 million bonus prize have been dismissed following undisclosed settlements. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports settlement details...
New Texas ‘Two-Step’ Program Aims to Simplify Workers’ Comp Disputes
Oct 19 2016 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is taking a promising pilot program statewide to help simplify and speed resolution of some disputes. A pilot started last year splits up related claim issues so that a...
In Safety Push, Texas Troopers Riding School Buses
Oct 18 2016 // Some Texas troopers are giving up patrol cars and instead ride school buses in a child safety effort. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the plan is part of National School Bus Safety Week, which began Monday and...
Texas DWI Cases at Risk as Lab Expert’s Credibility Questioned
Oct 17 2016 // Thousands of DWI convictions in North Texas could be jeopardized after the testimony of a state forensic scientist recently came under scrutiny, according to a newspaper report. Christopher Youngkin was involved in a 2013...
Texas Health Clinic Owner Sentenced for Workers’ Comp, Insurance Fraud
Oct 17 2016 // The owner of a Houston health clinic pled guilty to insurance fraud after billing for medical services – often provided to injured employees – despite having no licensed medical staff at the clinic, the Texas...
Texas Insurance Officials Fine Zenefits $550K for Noncompliance
Oct 14 2016 // The Texas insurance regulators have fined human resources software startup, Zenefits, $550,000 for its past use of unlicensed health insurance brokers. The Texas Department of Insurance said YourPeople Inc., more commonly...
