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Texas Windstorm Insurer: Submit Depopulation Documentation by August 25
Jul 26 2016 // Texas Windstorm Insurance Association member companies that want to participate in the Assumption Reinsurance Depopulation Program may now submit required documentation to both TWIA and the Texas Department of Insurance...
SMU Study Links Oil, Gas Wastewater Disposal to Texas Quakes
Jul 26 2016 // Seismologists researching minor earthquakes that since 2014 shook the Dallas area say disposal of wastewater from oil and gas production and hydraulic fracturing likely caused the tremors. The Dallas Morning News reports...
Texas Attorney: Information-Heavy Healthcare a Huge Target for Cyber Crime
Jul 25 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Healthcare organizations contain a wealth of personal information, making them them the number one target for cyber breaches, according to a Houston-based attorney who specializes in...
SLSOT’s Essary Intent on Using Data to Better Communicate with Stakeholders
Jul 25 2016 // Surplus lines may not be the most widely understood segment of the property/casualty insurance industry but for risk managers of large organizations it’s often the go-to market for complicated risks for which...
Workers’ Comp Disability Guidelines Withdrawn from Guidelines.gov
Jul 25 2016 // The Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI) has withdrawn its Official Disability Guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse, a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, operated by the U.S....
Damage Cost from Texas Spring Hail Storms at Nearly $700M: CoreLogic
Jul 25 2016 // According to new data released by CoreLogic, the 2016 hail season is already one of the most severe in Texas history, with year-to-date results reaching the nine-year average for U.S. hail storm damage. Estimated losses...
Friend or Foe? Texas Open-Carry Law a Challenge for Police
Jul 25 2016 // Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown Dallas on July 7 to protest police...
People – South Central
Jul 25 2016 // Three members of the board of directors of the Insurors Group LLC, an alliance of independent insurance agents in Texas, were recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas at the group’s convention in San...
Cattle Feeders Association Earns $716K Safety Dividend from Texas Mutual
Jul 22 2016 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded a dividend of $176,118 to the Texas Cattle Feeders Association workers’ compensation safety group. The dividend was earned based on the group members’ dedication to making...
Texas Air Liquide Plant Cited for Workplace Safety Violations
Jul 22 2016 // Federal safety officials have cited Air Liquide Large Industries US LP for workplace health and safety violations at the company’s plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
The Woodlands, Texas-Based TWFG Announces Expansions
Jul 22 2016 // Insurance organization, TWFG, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, announced it is expanding both locally and nationally. The company has opened 18 branches in 2016 and another three are expected to launch in August....
Texas Regulators Recognize Chaparral Industries for Safety Programs
Jul 21 2016 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation recognized Chaparral Industries for exemplary workplace safety programs and low rates of work-related injuries and illnesses at its Odessa facility. Director of Workplace...
Can States Stop Man-Made Earthquakes?
Jul 21 2016 // Stopping an earthquake before it starts? It sounds like a feat possible only for a superhero. But in Kansas and Oklahoma state policymakers are showing that insofar as humans are causing earthquakes, they can stop them,...
Prosecutors Reduce Counts Against Texas Lawyer in BP Oil Spill Fraud Case
Jul 20 2016 // A Texas lawyer and six co-defendants are now facing a reduced indictment of 73 charges, instead of 95, at federal trial on accusations that they faked more than 40,000 damage claims after the BP oil spill in 2010. Online...
ICT Honors Lawson Posthumously with Raymond Mauk Award
Jul 18 2016 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) posthumously honored Ron Lawson, former vice president at the Republic Group in Dallas, with the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award during the group’s 24th Annual ICT Mid-Year Property...
MetaBank Taps Cunningham and Koenig for AFS/IBEX in Texas
Jul 15 2016 // MetaBank has named Susan Cunningham senior vice president of sales for its premium finance division, AFS/IBEX. She will operate out of the Dallas and lead sales and marketing in Texas and adjoining states. Cunningham has...
Texas Companies Fined $120K for Safety Violations, Workplace Hazards
Jul 13 2016 // Unsafe working conditions have landed combined fines of more than $120,000 for two companies operating in the Texas oil and gas sector. Exterran Energy Solutions LP and South Texas Specialty Welders LLC were cited by...
CoreLogic Pegs Total Damage from Texas Spring Hail Storms at Nearly $700M
Jul 12 2016 // According to new data released by CoreLogic, the 2016 hail season is already one of the most severe in Texas history, with year-to-date results reaching the nine-year average for U.S. hail storm damage. Estimated losses...
Friend or Foe? Texas Open-Carry Law a Challenge for Police
Jul 12 2016 // Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown Dallas last week to protest police...
Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Adds Orellana as Human Resources Director
Jul 12 2016 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Denisse Orellana as director of Human Resources. For the past several years, Orellana has worked in the private sector for a promotional and marketing...
