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Victoria County, Texas, Flood Maps Ready for Review: FEMA
Jan 22 2021 // FEMA has made available for review revised preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Victoria County, Texas. The federal agency is urging property owners to review the latest...
DuPont Spinoff Will Contest Charges Over Deadly Gas Leak at Texas Plant
Jan 20 2021 // Corteva, a spinoff that took over DuPont’s agriculture division, will contest the charges against DuPont stemming from a 2014 poisonous gas leak that killed four workers at a Houston-area plant. A former DuPont...
DuPont, Former Employee Charged in 2014 Fatal Release at Texas Plant
Jan 20 2021 // E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. (DuPont) and a former employee have been indicted for knowingly violating requirements of federal safety regulations and negligently releasing an extremely hazardous substance at the...
Texas Extends Workers’ Comp Insurer COVID-19 Data Call to June
Jan 19 2021 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has extended until June 2021 its mandatory data call for information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after Dec. 1,...
Hub Acquires Assets of Texas’ Commercial Insurance Brokers
Jan 15 2021 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Commercial Insurance Brokers Inc., based in El Paso, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Commercial Insurance Brokers is a...
Texas Oil/Gas Drilling Permits Down But Well Inspections on Track
Jan 14 2021 // The Texas state agency for regulating the oil and gas industry says it issued the number of original drilling permits issued in December 2020 was down nearly by half compared with December 2019. However, the Railroad...
Texas Hospitality Sector Hardest Hit in Pandemic; State Has $1B Budget Hole
Jan 12 2021 // The coronavirus pandemic has created a nearly $1 billion deficit in the Texas state budget as the nation’s energy hub remains hampered by a slow recovery and a half-million fewer jobs than a year ago. The forecast by...
Agent Standards Among Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Legislative Proposals
Jan 12 2021 // In its recently published report to the legislature, the windstorm insurer of last resort for properties along the Texas coast has proposed several operational changes, including one that would allow it to develop...
Texas Denies Windstorm Insurer’s Rate Hike Request
Jan 11 2021 // Texas regulators have denied a request for a 5% rate increase by the state’s insurer of last resort for wind and hail for properties along the Texas coast. The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has rejected the...
Texas Bills Push Tougher Chemical Tank Rules to Stem Explosions, Spills
Jan 8 2021 // Deer Park, Texas, residents sheltered in place. The Houston Ship Channel shut down. Toxic chemicals spilled during Hurricane Harvey. And just last month, seven people were injured in a Corpus Christi fire. These are the...
Study Shows Impact of Property Protections on Texas Windstorm Insurer Rates
Jan 7 2021 // A report prepared by Willis Towers Watson showing the potential impact of increased coastal building standards on premium rates for Texas’ property insurer of last resort for coastal counties is now available for...
Advocates Hope Texas Will Ease Medical Marijuana Restrictions
Jan 7 2021 // Five years after Texas legalized medical marijuana for people with debilitating illnesses, advocates and industry experts say the state’s strict rules, red tape and burdensome barriers to entry have left the program...
Global Risk Solutions Acquires Texas Energy Loss Specialist, R Winkler & Co.
Jan 6 2021 // Claims adjusting and environmental risk management solutions provider, Global Risk Solutions Inc., has acquired specialist energy sector adjusting and consultancy firm R Winkler & Co., based in Sugar Land, Texas. Terms...
National Lloyds in Texas Rebrands as National Summit Insurance
Jan 5 2021 // Dallas-based National Lloyds Insurance Co. (National Lloyds), a subsidiary of ReAlign Insurance Holdings Inc. (ReAlign), has rebranded as National Summit Insurance Co. (National Summit). The rebranding follows the...
Global Risk Solutions Acquires Texas’ Tailored Adjustment Services
Jan 4 2021 // Global Risk Solutions Inc., a provider of property/casualty claims, environmental risk management and complex claims products and services, has acquired Tailored Adjustment Services Inc., based in Colleyville,...
Texas U.S. Attorney: Luxury Jeweler Pays Serviceman in Discrimination Case
Dec 30 2020 // The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas reported that luxury jeweler Harry Winston has paid a U.S. Army reservist to resolve a claim the company violated the Uniformed Services Employment and...
Texas’ Move to Control Coal Ash Pollution Could Mitigate Tougher EPA Rules
Dec 30 2020 // Texas may soon get authority over the disposal of ash from coal-fired power plants, a change that could insulate coal companies from tougher rules expected under a Biden administration. A proposal introduced by the U.S....
Slew of Cannabis-Related Bills Filed in Advance of 2021 Texas Legislature
Dec 29 2020 // Marijuana seems to be on the minds of Texas legislators judging from the many cannabis-related bills that have been filed so far in advance of the Texas legislative session that begins in January. Many of the filed bills...
Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office: Fee Decreases on Jan. 1, 2021
Dec 23 2020 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) is reminding wholesale agents and brokers that the stamping fee for recording surplus lines insurance policies in Texas will be lower beginning on Jan. 1, 2021. The...
Workplace Fatalities Increased By 25% in Texas in 2019
Dec 22 2020 // The number of work-related fatalities in Texas rose by 25% in 2019. A report on fatal occupational injuries in 2019 released by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) shows there...
