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Keystone Adds Texas’ Perkins to Network
May 3 2023 // Keystone, the fourth largest participant-owned insurance agency network in the nation, added Perkins Insurance Agencies, LLC, based in Abilene, Texas, to its growing network of agencies in the state. A second-generation...
Chubb: No Duty to Defend Texas Subway Franchise in Killing Case
May 3 2023 // ACE American Insurance Company (Chubb) says it has no duty to defend a Texas Subway franchise sued by the family of a former worker killed on site by an ex-boyfriend. In a complaint for declaratory relief filed last week...
Texas Mutual Approves $340M Dividend Distribution
May 2 2023 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced today that its board of directors voted unanimously to approve a $340 million dividend distribution in...
Suit Over Texas Woman’s Jail Death Settles for $7M
Apr 28 2023 // DALLAS (AP) – A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other...
Texas Contractor Fined $257K After Fatal Trench Collapse
Apr 27 2023 // A Houston-area contractor’s repeated failure to follow federal workplace safety procedures during excavation operations contributed to a worker’s death near Manvel in October 2022, a federal workplace safety...
Disaster Declaration Approved for Texas Counties With Damage From Winter Ice Storms
Apr 25 2023 // President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration Saturday for 13 Texas counties, freeing federal relief for areas damaged in last winter’s crippling ice storms. Disaster relief will be available for state agencies,...
Newly Active Sinkhole in Southeast Texas Town Has Some Residents in Fear
Apr 20 2023 // DAISETTA, Texas (AP) – When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had feared it might engulf their small Southeast Texas town. But after growing to 900 feet (274 m) across and...
Texas Court: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers
Apr 18 2023 // Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas...
Texas Freight Train Collision Injures 2
Apr 18 2023 // CHICO, Texas (AP) – A train collision and subsequent derailment injured two rail employees in Texas, according to a company official. A Union Pacific freight train collided with an unoccupied train that was parked on...
Officials: Crews Failed to De-Ice Road Before Massive Texas Crash
Apr 17 2023 // 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 conditions, federal officials...
Dairy Farm Fire Kills 18,000 Cows in Texas Panhandle
Apr 14 2023 // LUBBOCK — More than 18,000 cows died and one farm worker is in critical condition following a dairy farm fire in the Texas Panhandle. The fire started Monday night at South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, about 66 miles...
Dollar General Stores in Texas, Wisconsin Cited for Blocked Exits
Apr 14 2023 // At Dollar General stores near Houston and Green Bay, federal workplace safety inspectors found exit routes and walkways blocked — unsafe conditions that make safe and quick emergency evacuation difficult or impossible...
Texas House Advances Bill That Would Expand Medical Marijuana
Apr 12 2023 // Texans who suffer from chronic pain and potentially other debilitating conditions would be able to access the state’s medical marijuana program under a bill advanced by the Texas House on Tuesday. The bipartisan...
Texas Property Management Company Pays $85K Over Harassment Suit
Apr 11 2023 // Alden Short and Hinson Jennings, a Dallas-based property management company, will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Empty Tank Cars Derail in Texas Rail Yard, No Injuries Reported
Apr 11 2023 // KENDLETON, Texas (AP) – No injuries were reported after three empty tank cars derailed but remained upright in a Southeast Texas rail yard on Monday, the train’s owner said. A locomotive leaked fuel but it was...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Texas’ Boley-Featherston
Apr 10 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Wichita Falls, Texas-based Boley-Featherston Insurance. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Boley-Featherston is a retail insurance agency with expertise...
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...
