Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Rail Services Firm Faces $419K Fine After Oklahoma Workers’ Deaths
Feb 10 2021 // A Texas-based rail products and services company has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for violations that resulted in the deaths of two workers at a site in Hugo, Oklahoma. An investigation by the U.S....
Massive Fire Destroys County Courthouse in Texas; Arson Suspected
Feb 7 2021 // A suspect has been arrested been taken into custody following a massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of an 111-year-old Texas courthouse, an official says. The fire at the Mason County Courthouse in...
Texas Approves Redpoint/Tesla Auto Insurance Policy Form
Feb 5 2021 // It looks like Tesla has gone all-in on Texas. Not only is the electric car company moving some manufacturing operations to Austin, its founder, Elon Musk, is said to be relocating there, and it will soon be offering its...
Study: 40 Out of 120 Texas Workers’ Comp Insurers Are ‘High Performers’
Feb 5 2021 // Forty workers’ compensation insurance carriers out of 120 assessed in Texas scored high enough to be placed in the “high performer” tier in a study recently released by state workers’ comp...
Texas Hotel Management Firms to Settle Pay Discrimination Suit for $400K
Feb 5 2021 // Two Texas-based hotel management firms have agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging gender pay discrimination at a hotel they operated in Louisiana. In its lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Texas Governor Calls for COVID-19 Liability Protections for Businesses
Feb 4 2021 // In his State of the State address on Feb. 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott advocated liability protections for businesses faced with lawsuits related to the coronavirus pandemic. In his prepared remarks, Abbott said business...
Drought, Wildfire Threat Lead to Disaster Declaration in Texas
Feb 3 2021 // Saying exceptional drought conditions pose a wildfire threat in a large swath of West and Southwest Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for counties in those areas of the state. Abbott said drought...
Texas’ Cudd Well Control Providing Energy Expertise to Worldwide Facilities
Feb 2 2021 // Worldwide Facilities LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, is partnering with The Woodlands, Texas-based Cudd Pressure Control Inc., through its Cudd Well Control...
Texas Governor Vows to Fight President Biden’s Energy, Climate Agenda
Jan 29 2021 // Gov. Greg Abbott, looking to show an early contrast with President Joe Biden, visited the Permian Basin on Jan. 28 and announced a series of steps the state would be taking to push back against the new Democratic...
Texas Holiday Inn Owner Sued for Firing Pregnant Employee
Jan 29 2021 // Federal officials have sued the owner of a Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Corpus Christi, Texas, for firing a temporary employee because she was pregnant, Awon Phie LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn Express &...
Deadline for Late-Filed Texas Surplus Line Policy Corrections: Feb. 15
Jan 28 2021 // Corrections or adjustment forms for late-filed Texas surplus line insurance policies included on November or December 2020 monthly late filers reports are due by Feb. 15, 2021. After this date, no additional modifications...
Texas Surplus Line Insurance Premium Neared $8B in 2020
Jan 28 2021 // Texas recorded nearly $8 billion in surplus lines premium in 2020. The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported that surplus line premium in the state increased to $7.92 billion in 2020, up 14% from $6.95...
Texas Governor Urging Protections for Businesses from Virus-Related Lawsuits
Jan 26 2021 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he is pushing state lawmakers to protect individuals and companies that opened businesses during the pandemic against coronavirus-related lawsuits. While the governor did not provide specifics...
Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Rate Hike Request Denied
Jan 25 2021 // Texas regulators in early January rejected 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 denied the...
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...
