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Feds Sue Texas Firm for Firing 600-Pound Employee
Sep 29 2011 // The federal government has filed suit against BAE Systems alleging the company has violated disability laws by firing a morbidly obese employee at its Houston-area plant. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s...
Iowa Won’t File Criminal Charges Against Texas Firm
Sep 27 2011 // Iowa won’t pursue criminal charges against a Texas company that’s accused of exploiting developmentally disabled workers at a turkey plant in eastern Iowa. According to the Des Moines Register, the Iowa...
Insured Losses in Bastrop County Fire to Reach $250M
Sep 27 2011 // Insured damages from what has become the costliest wildfire in Texas history will climb to $250 million, an insurer trade group says. The Bastrop County Complex fire is now 98 percent contained, according to the Texas Fire...
Texas Denies State Farm’s Catastrophe Petition
Sep 26 2011 // The Texas Department of Insurance has denied a catastrophe determination petition submitted by State Farm Insurance Cos. in response to wildfires that have plagued the state in September. The department said it denied the...
Texas Car Dealer Convicted in Title Washing Scheme
Sep 23 2011 // A federal jury in Texas has convicted a car dealer from Rowlett for ‘title washing,’ a fraudulent process through which a vehicle’s title is corruptly altered to conceal information that should normally...
$97M Worth of Timber Destroyed in Texas Wildfires
Sep 23 2011 // East Texas is deeply rooted in the timber industry — and during the last 10 months, wildfires have wiped out more than $97 million worth of the region’s trees, the Texas Forest Service reports. Since wildfire...
Power Line Sparks Likely Caused Bastrop, Texas Blaze
Sep 22 2011 // Fire officials say sparks from electric power lines likely started the blaze that became the most destructive wildfire in Texas history. The blaze started about 25 miles east of Austin near Bastrop Sept. 4, destroying more...
Texas Workers’ Comp August Enforcements Include Fines of Up to $18K
Sep 22 2011 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced the following disciplinary actions that became final for August 2011. Cherokee Insurance Company of Warren, Mich. Order Number:...
Insurance Journal Names Trammell as South Central/Texas Advertising Rep
Sep 22 2011 // Wells Publishing has named Mindy Trammell as its new advertising sales representative in the South Central/Texas region for its flagship Insurance Journal online and print property/casualty insurance publications. Trammell...
Fire-Ravaged Texas Land May Lose Half Its Value
Sep 21 2011 // Texas property blackened by wildfires may suffer reductions in value by as much as 50 to 60 percent and a full recovery could take years, according to Lewis Realty Advisors, a Texas-based real estate appraisal and...
Texas Forest Service: Residents Should Clear Debris Around Homes
Sep 21 2011 // With the wildfire in Texas’ Bastrop County mostly contained, the Texas Forest Service is urging residents who live in the area affected by the 34,000-plus-acre wildfire to clear recently fallen pine needles and other...
Texas Mutual Announces Safety Group for Oil and Gas Industry
Sep 21 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a new workers’ compensation safety group: Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP). The group is open to qualifying businesses in the oil and gas production industry. Members of...
Bastrop, Texas, Wildfire Nearly Contained, Thousands Left Homeless
Sep 20 2011 // A wildfire that began more than two weeks ago in Bastrop County is 95 percent contained, according to the Texas Forest Service. The area is about 25 miles east of Austin. The TFS reports that the cause of the fire was most...
Texas Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates Set
Sep 20 2011 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the maximum weekly benefit rates for workers’ compensation income benefits is set at $787 and the minimum weekly benefit...
Former Controller for Texas Insurer Sentenced for Wire Fraud Scheme
Sep 20 2011 // The former controller for a Houston-based property/casualty insurance company has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for her conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving almost $1 million in loss to...
CAA Adds NTX Insurance Group
Sep 19 2011 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced the addition of it 48th member agency, NTX Insurance Group Inc. Located in North Texas, NTX Insurance Group has seven branch locations and maintains a...
State Auto Introduces Claims Team at Austin Facility
Sep 19 2011 // State Auto Insurance’s previously announced Austin, Texas, claims facility is now operational, the company reported. The following individuals serve on the claims team at the Austin facility: Sandra Robinson, claims...
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The Votes Are In… America’s Best Independent Agencies to Work For
Sep 19 2011 // Salaries and Benefits Lead but Quality of People and Relationships Win Votes, Too The results are in from the 2011 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. THE WINNERS...
Wildfires in Texas’ Bastrop County Destroy More than 1,500 Homes
Sep 19 2011 // The number of homes destroyed by wildfires in a single Texas county had risen to 1,554 as of Sept. 11, 2011. The massive Bastrop County Complex fire was one of a rash of wildfires that broke out across drought-stricken...
