Latest Texas Headlines
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DOJ Tentatively Settles Suit Over 2017 Texas Church Shooting
Apr 6 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department said Wednesday it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million. More than...
People Moves: Henningsen Appointed Lockton Texas P&C CEO; Kephart joins TIPS
Apr 5 2023 // Henningsen Appointed CEO of Lockton Texas P&C Business Lockton Companies has appointed Jeff Henningsen as chief executive officer (CEO) for the Texas P&C business, with teams in Dallas, Houston and Ft. Worth,...
Texas Auto, Homeowners Premiums Grew Double Digits in 2022, Report Shows
Apr 4 2023 // The Texas market for auto and homeowners insurance grew double digits in 2022, according to an annual report put out by the Texas Department of Insurance. Texas insurers reported direct premium written for private...
Texas Department of Insurance Updates COVID Data Call Results
Mar 31 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updated COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims data, with insurance carriers reporting 98,000 COVID-19 claims and 468 fatalities through...
Texas Luxury Auto Dealership Fined $15K for Firing Employee Who Raised COVID Concerns
Mar 29 2023 // When an employee of a luxury auto dealership in Austin learned a co-worker had tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2020, they alerted the company’s management and requested they notify other employees...
Officials: Crews Failed to De-Ice Road Before Massive Texas Crash
Mar 27 2023 // DALLAS (AP) – The company responsible for maintaining a Texas interstate where 130 vehicles crashed in icy conditions two years ago, killing six and injuring dozens, failed to address the deteriorating road...
Environmental Groups Say Texas Isn’t Holding Polluters Accountable
Mar 24 2023 // More than 21,000 unexpected pollution releases by Texas companies have released over 400,000 tons of air pollution in Texas from 2016 to 2022, and companies in less than 1% of these cases have been forced by the Texas...
Texas Medical Liability Trust Reports Data Privacy Event
Mar 23 2023 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) provided notice that the company and its affiliates may have been affected by a recent data privacy event. On Oct. 12, 2022, TMLT identified suspicious activity within its environment...
Texas Governor Appoints Bolduc as Public Counsel for OPIC
Mar 22 2023 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed David Bolduc as the Public Counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025. The Office represents the interests of insurance...
Homeowners of America Applies for Texas Reciprocal Exchange
Mar 20 2023 // Porch Group, Inc. announced that its insurance business, Homeowners of America (“HOA”), has filed an application to form and license a Texas reciprocal insurance exchange (a “Reciprocal”) with the...
Texas Dollar Tree Store Fined $254K for Shortchanging Employee Safety
Mar 20 2023 // Soon after federal workplace safety inspectors arrived at a Dollar Tree store in Mount Pleasant, Texas, they found the national discount retailer again shortchanging employee safety – continuing a pattern of...
Texas Church Ordered to Pay Back Wages After Concerns About Rodents, Insects
Mar 17 2023 // After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas, Texas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in its cafeteria, kitchen and other areas, their employer acted far from charitably and...
Wind Farm in Southern Texas Draws Resistance
Mar 17 2023 // DEL RIO, Texas (AP) – Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind...
Texas Public Adjuster Indicted of Stealing $268K in Insurance Claims
Mar 16 2023 // A Texas public insurance adjuster accused of stealing more than $268,000 in insurance claims from multiple victims has been indicted by a grand jury in Kimble County. A Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) investigation...
Texas Oil & Gas Company Filed $39K After Employee Suffers Fatal Exposure
Mar 16 2023 // Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Texas High Court: No Immunity for City that Closed Flood Gate During Downpour
Mar 15 2023 // Eleven property owners whose homes were flooded after a city of Brownsville official closed a flood gate may proceed with their claims against the city because of a statute that waives governmental immunity for damages...
Texas Women Sued for Wrongful Death After Aiding in Abortion
Mar 13 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Three women in Texas are being sued for wrongful death by a man who claims they helped his now-ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion. It’s another test of state-enforced bans since the...
ALKEME Acquires Texas’ NAPA Insurance Center
Mar 10 2023 // ALKEME announced the acquisition of the NAPA Insurance Center, an Austin, Texas- based insurance agency that provides health and P&C Insurance to NAPA’s independently owned Auto Part Stores and Auto Care Centers...
Texas Gas Market Gets New Calls for Transparency Two Years After Winter Storm Uri
Mar 10 2023 // Texas’s notoriously opaque natural gas market is getting fresh calls for transparency and oversight, two years after the 2021 winter storm that left millions in the dark and more than 200 dead. Texas Representative...
NTSB Investigates Fatal Helicopter Crash Along Texas Gulf Coast
Mar 9 2023 // SEADRIFT, Texas (AP) – A helicopter crash along the Texas Gulf Coast killed two people, according to the local sheriff. The Robinson R44 helicopter was flying from Port O’Connor to the Calhoun County- Port...
