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Allstate: Texas Hail Event Accounts for Half of April Cat Losses
May 19 2016 // The Allstate Corp. announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of April 2016 of more than $600 million, pre-tax ($411 million after-tax). Half of the losses stem from one severe hail event in Texas last...
UT Study Links Recent Texas Quakes to Oil Activity
May 19 2016 // A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin concludes that human activity has been a factor in earthquakes throughout the state for nearly 100 years. The study conclusions are in a paper to be published...
Bus in Fatal Texas Crash Had Seatbelts Only in First Row
May 18 2016 // Officials investigating a charter bus crash that killed eight people and injured 44 on a rain-slicked South Texas highway said that the vehicle had seat belts only in the first row. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt....
Vehicle Problems Not New for Bus Company in South Texas Crash
May 17 2016 // The small South Texas bus company involved in a rollover crash that killed eight people and injured 44 others had twice been ordered by Louisiana state inspectors in 2015 to take one of its buses off the road to fix brake...
NTSB Investigating Texas Bus Crash That Left 8 Dead, 44 Hurt
May 16 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating a charter bus crash in far South Texas that killed eight people and injured 44 more in a single-vehicle rollover, officials said. Seven people died at the scene Saturday morning, May...
Federal Officials Say Damaged Guardrail Caused Texas Prison Bus Wreck
May 13 2016 // Federal investigators have confirmed that a West Texas prison bus accident that killed two prison guards and eight inmates was caused by the bus striking a piece of displaced highway guardrail. The National Transportation...
Texas Town Faces Questions After Arson Blamed for Fertilizer Plant Blast
May 13 2016 // One question has lingered in the Central Texas farming town of West since a fertilizer plant caught fire in 2013 and exploded, killing 15 people and damaging at least $100 million in property: What caused the blaze? On May...
Supreme Court Enters Final Stretch with Key Decisions in Limbo
May 13 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court has managed to steer away from controversy in the three months since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. That’s about to get harder. The court is opening the last phase of its nine-month...
Great American Insurance Acquires Service Lloyds Texas Nonsubscription Business
May 12 2016 // Great American Insurance Group and Service Lloyds Insurance Co. announced the acquisition of Service Lloyds’ Texas nonsubscription book of business by Great American. The acquisition was effective April 29, 2016. The...
ATF: 2013 Fire at Texas Fertilizer Plant Intentionally Set
May 11 2016 // The Houston Field Division of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) says the fire that caused an explosion that took the lives of 15 people at the West Fertilizer Co. plant in West, Texas,...
Uber, Lyft Suspend Service in Texas Capital Because of Background Checks
May 11 2016 // Uber and Lyft have suspended ridesharing service in Austin, Texas after voters decided against overturning city requirements that include fingerprint-based background checks for their drivers. Nearly 56 percent of voters...
Tornadoes Survival Tips from Texas to Nebraska
May 11 2016 // Storms swept through the nation’s midsection Monday, spawning numerous tornadoes. While tornadoes can form any time weather conditions are right, the area from Texas to Nebraska typically sees tornadoes between April...
Two-Car Crash On Rainy Texas Highway Kills 5
May 11 2016 // Five people are dead following a two-car crash on a rainy Texas highway on Mother’s Day. The Texas Department of Public Safety tells the Austin American-Statesman it happened Sunday afternoon near the town of...
Voters in Texas Capital Keep Fingerprinting for Rideshare Drivers
May 10 2016 // Fingerprinting drivers for ride-hailing companies must continue in Texas’ capital city after voters rejected a $9 million campaign by Uber and Lyft to overturn the safety measure. Both Uber and Lyft threatened to...
Pilgrim’s Pride in Texas Expands its Recall of Cooked Chicken Products
May 9 2016 // Pilgrim’s Pride in Waco, Texas is expanding a 5 million pound recall that federal food safety regulators say includes a variety of chicken products potentially contaminated with foreign materials. Friday’s...
Minnesota NFL Star Donating $100K to Flood Relief in Texas Hometown
May 6 2016 // Adrian Peterson grew up in Palestine, Texas, and has felt the support of its people as he rose to prominence in the NFL and when he endured the hardships that followed. Now, in his hometown’s hour of need, the...
U.S. Insured Catastrophe Losses from 13 Events in Q1 Add Up to Worst in Decade
May 5 2016 // Catastrophe activity in the U.S. led to $3.8 billion in insured losses in 29 states during the 2016 first quarter, with much of the damage hitting Texas. Those events were the worst in a decade in terms of frequency and...
Texas Insurer Group Awards Scholarships to 27 Students
May 5 2016 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently awarded a total of $32,000 in academic scholarships to 27 insurance and risk management students at six Texas universities. The students attend...
Lockton Aligning Texas Operations into Two Business Teams
May 4 2016 // Lockton announced on Wednesday that it will create two new business teams to align its Texas operations. Lockton’s Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth property/casualty operations will combine into a single...
IMA Financial Group Acquires Waldman Bros in Dallas
May 4 2016 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. has acquired Waldman Bros, a Dallas-based insurance brokerage offering commercial insurance solutions, employee benefits and high-net-worth private client insurance expertise. The subsidiary...
