Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safety Hazards at Texas Manufacturing Plant Lead to $58K in Fines
Jun 19 2012 // A manufacturing facility in Texas has been fined $58,000 by federal regulators for exposing workers to safety hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited...
Texas Regulators Fine Loya Insurance for Improper Ads
Jun 18 2012 // Texas regulators have fined Loya Insurance Co. $300,000 for what investigators call unfair and deceptive business practices. The Department of Insurance also says Loya failed to file accurate information on rates for its...
Dallas Hailstorm Insured Losses Could Reach $2 Billion
Jun 18 2012 // Inspecting hail damage. AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Nathan Hunsinger Insured losses from the massive hailstorm that struck the Dallas area on Wednesday could reach as much as $2 billion, making it one of the most...
2 Sentenced in Texas for Soliciting Accident Victim’s Family
Jun 18 2012 // An attorney and a case runner have been sentenced in Texas on felony charges related to soliciting business from a victim’s family after a fatal accident. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reported that Corpus...
People – South Central
Jun 18 2012 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has a newly elected 2012-13 Management Committee. The new committee includes: President Roger Luttrell, president of Benton-Luttrell-Brown in Van Alstyne,...
Business Moves – South Central
Jun 18 2012 // Southport Lane, Lonestar Holdco, Dallas National Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, through its subsidiary Lonestar Holdco LLC, will acquire Dallas National Insurance Co., a Texas based property and...
Aulenbacher Joins American Underwriting Managers as Marketing Director
Jun 15 2012 // American Underwriting Managers, a surplus lines MGA with offices in Southlake and San Antonio, Texas, has added Gay Aulenbacher, as vice-president, director of Marketing. Aulenbacher has served in the insurance agency and...
Thousands Lose Electricity in Texas Thunderstorms
Jun 14 2012 // More than 20,000 homes and businesses lost electricity after storms rolled through parts of Texas. Utility officials say the largest outage area Wednesday was near Houston, in north Harris and Montgomery...
Texas Offers $5.7M In Grants For Alt Fuel Vehicles
Jun 13 2012 // The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is offering $5.7 million in grants to replace diesel vehicles with ones that use hybrid or alternative energy technology. The grants are available under the Texas Clean Fleet...
Climate Change Will Alter Risks of Wildfire Worldwide: Study
Jun 12 2012 // Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years, according to climate scientists...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Technical Advisory Group Members Named
Jun 11 2012 // Texas top insurance regulator has named eight industry professionals to participate in an advisory group to work on issues related to windstorm insurance along the state’s coast. The Texas Department of Insurance...
Workers’ Comp Market Injured But Still Standing
Jun 8 2012 // Like the economy, the workers’ compensation market has suffered in recent years. Results for 2011 were no better than 2010. The good news: results for the workers’ comp market were not worse either. The...
Lawyer, Accident Case Runner in Texas Sentenced on Felony Charges
Jun 5 2012 // An attorney and a case runner have been sentenced in Texas on felony charges related to soliciting business from victim’s family after a fatal accident. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced in late May that...
Experts: Oklahoma, not Texas, Had Hottest Summer Ever
Jun 4 2012 // Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run. But in a hot, sticky dispute that no one wants to win,...
TWIA to Raise Rates, Remain Under Administrative Control
Jun 4 2012 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail in coastal counties will remain under the administrative control of state regulators and in August will file a 5 percent rate increase to become effective Jan. 1,...
Delcarations – South Central
Jun 4 2012 // Critical Restructuring “Restructuring is critical to TWIA’s ongoing operations so we don’t keep digging a deeper hole for ourselves. There will be no eminent decisions on the administrative...
Business Moves – South Central
Jun 4 2012 // BenefitSpecialists, Higginbotham Insurance Group Higginbotham Insurance Group and BenefitSpecialists announced the merger of their operations in Houston. BenefitSpecialists, an employee benefits broker in Houston, will...
Why Workers’ Compensation Claimants Hire Attorneys
Jun 4 2012 // Workplace trust, fear of claim denial and injury severity are the main reasons for attorney representation in workers’ compensation claims, according to Bogdan Savych, a public policy analyst with the Workers...
Texas Steps Up Insurance Fraud Fight with New Prosecuting Teams
Jun 4 2012 // Two of Texas most populated counties now have teams dedicated to fighting insurance fraud. Harris County (Houston) and Bexar County (San Antonio) both have new insurance fraud prosecutors and investigators whose salaries...
Travelers Introduces New Wind Credit for Fortified Homes in Texas
Jun 1 2012 // Travelers Insurance announced it is introducing a wind credit for fortified homes in Texas that meet established standards designed to resist the impacts of tropical storm and hurricane winds. Travelers currently offers...
