Latest Texas Headlines
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Wright National Launches Admitted Residential Flood Insurance Product in Texas
Dec 15 2020 // Wright National Flood Insurance Services has introduced an exclusive, admitted, stand-alone flood product in Texas: Wright Residential Private Flood Insurance. The product, which became available on Dec. 14, will be sold...
Texas AG’s Office: Whistleblower Firings Were not Retaliation
Dec 14 2020 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office told a state district court that it was not retaliating when it fired former top Paxton aides who had reported their boss to authorities for possibly breaking the law. In...
Texas to Get Federal Disaster Assistance for Hurricane Laura Recovery
Dec 14 2020 // Federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Texas to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Laura from Aug. 23-27, 2020, according to FEMA. Federal...
Texas’ Marine Underwriters of America Acquired by DOXA Insurance Holdings
Dec 11 2020 // DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC (DOXA) has acquired Conroe, Texas-based Marine Underwriters of America (MUA), a niche agency serving the marine industry with specialized insurance policies for ocean marine, inland marine and...
Comment Period on Coastal Texas Study Extended to Jan. 13
Dec 9 2020 // The public comment period on a state/federal study of needs and opportunities along the Texas coast has been extended for another month, according to the Texas General Land Office. The GLO and the U.S. Army Corps of...
Texas Windstorm Insurer to File for 5% Residential, Commercial Rate Hike
Dec 8 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail for properties along the Texas coast has directed its staff to file a rate increase of 5% for both residential and commercial policies with...
Migrant Farm Workers from Texas Allege Pesticide Exposure in Illinois
Dec 7 2020 // More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in Illinois cornfields, according to a federal lawsuit. The workers, including teenagers, senior citizens and a...
7 Injured in Storage Tank Explosion at Texas Petroleum Facility
Dec 7 2020 // Seven contractors were injured, four critically, when a storage tank at a petroleum facility in Texas exploded after catching fire on Dec. 5, according to fire officials. The fire began about 10 a.m. near a crude oil...
Texas Couple Sentenced to Prison in $15M Employee Benefit Plan Embezzlement Scheme
Dec 4 2020 // A Red Oak, Texas, couple have been sentenced to a combined 18-plus years in federal prison for their roles in a $15 million retirement plan embezzlement scheme, according to U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas...
TWIA Study Showing Rates Inadequate by 26% and 44% Sent to Board
Dec 3 2020 // A study showing rates for Texas’ insurer of last resort for communities along the Texas coast are inadequate by 26% for residential policies and 44% for commercial properties has been forwarded to the board of the...
Texas Warns Agents, Brokers Insurers Against Deceptive, Misleading Health Plan Marketing
Dec 3 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a reminder to insurance companies, agents, and marketers of discount healthcare programs that materially misrepresenting the terms and conditions of an insurance policy or...
Texas County Shuts Down Bars as COVID Hospitalizations Surge
Dec 2 2020 // A Central Texas county has closed its bars after area hospitalizations for COVID-19 exceeded a state mandated limit. Meanwhile in Houston, officials say they are having problems with some bars that have been allowed to...
Liquidation Requested for Texas Nonstandard Auto Insurer, ACCC
Nov 30 2020 // An application for an order of liquidation has been filed in a Travis County, Texas, district court for a Houston-based nonstandard auto insurer now in receivership. With the agreement of its board of directors, ACCC...
Recorded Texas Surplus Lines Premium Rose to $629.53 Million in October
Nov 30 2020 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) recorded $629.53 million in Texas surplus lines premium during the month of October. The premium recorded year to date through October represents a 13.8% increase over the...
Tornado Causes Damage, Injuries in Arlington, Texas
Nov 30 2020 // A pre-Thanksgiving Day tornado swept through parts of the Dallas-area city of Arlington on Nov. 24, damaging several apartment complexes and other buildings, displacing 75 families and causing minor injuries to three...
Texas Proposes Changes to Agent, Adjuster CE Requirements
Nov 25 2020 // Texas is proposing changes to continuing education (CE) requirements for agents and adjusters, and is seeking comments on the proposals. Among the CE changes proposed by the Texas Department of Insurance are: An expanded...
States Prepare Second Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google for December
Nov 24 2020 // A bipartisan group of U.S. states plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google as early as next month, according to two people briefed on the matter, potentially beating a more widely anticipated lawsuit from a...
Texas Reported 925 Traffic Deaths Involving Unbuckled Drivers, Passengers in 2019
Nov 19 2020 // While the majority of Texans, around 91%, use seat belts while driving or riding as a passenger in moving vehicles, too many unbelted people continue to die in traffic accidents, the state’s transportation department...
Texas Officer, City Sued by Family of Black Woman Shot Through Window
Nov 18 2020 // Family members of a Black woman who was killed when a white police officer fired through a window of her mother’s Texas home have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and the city. The federal lawsuit...
Hine Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
Nov 17 2020 // Amicia Hine, executive vice president with Worldwide Facilities LLC, MHI-MGA Division, in San Antonio, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Justin Kotrla, senior vice president, Property,...
