Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Power Grid Operator Says State Is Better Prepared for Extreme Cold
Dec 5 2024 // Texas’ grid operator warned that the state should prepare for extreme cold this winter but said the state’s main power grid is better equipped than in previous years to withstand a powerful winter storm. At a...
Texas-Based Upland Expands Into Product Recall
Dec 4 2024 // Upland Capital Group announced it is expanding into a new market with the introduction of a Product Recall product to its portfolio. The new product focuses on product defect coverage for component parts and consumer goods...
Texas Farmers Say Forever Chemicals in Fertilizer Poisoned Their Land
Dec 2 2024 // JOHNSON COUNTY — Tony Coleman recognizes the signs all too well. A cow drools strings of saliva. Then it starts to limp, each step slower. Then it grows stiff. Then it’s quick. There’s nothing to be done. The...
Texas Workers’ Comp is Growing, Profitable, Adding Doctors
Dec 2 2024 // Texas’s worker’s compensation market is stable and steadily growing. The workers’ comp market is one of the few consistently profitable lines in the state, according to the Worker’s Compensation...
Texas Agency Seeks $100M to Tackle Well Blowouts
Dec 2 2024 // Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, has asked lawmakers for an...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Rating of Texas Mutual
Nov 27 2024 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “aa-” (Superior) from “a+” (Excellent) of Texas Mutual Insurance...
Texas Public Utility Commission Reports on CenterPoint Energy’s Beryl Response
Nov 26 2024 // When Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas on July 8, its damaging 80-mile-per-hour winds took down thousands of trees and knocked out much of the electricity system. More than 2.6 million Texas power customers...
Texas Reaches $12.6M Settlement Related to 2019 Port Neches Chemical Explosion
Nov 25 2024 // Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced...
Texas Jury Awards $2M in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against SkyWest Airlines
Nov 25 2024 // A federal jury has awarded $2 million in punitive damages against SkyWest Airlines and $170,000 for emotional harm to Sarah Budd, a female parts clerk, to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
CSB: 27,000 Pounds of Toxic Gas Released in Texas Hydrogen Sulfide Release
Nov 21 2024 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released an investigation update into a fatal hydrogen sulfide release at PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Texas. The incident occurred on October 10, 2024, and killed two workers and injured 13...
Texas Medical Center Settles Racial Hiring Discrimination Case
Nov 19 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have entered into a conciliation agreement in which the federal contractor will pay $900,000 in back wages and interest to resolve...
Inszone Acquires LIA of Texas
Nov 18 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of LIA Texas, LLC, an agency based in Dallas, Texas. This strategic acquisition enhances Inszone’s footprint in Texas, enhancing the company’s ability to...
Texas Pharmacy Owner Sentenced in $41M Health Insurance Fraud
Nov 18 2024 // A Dallas pharmacy owner who routinely billed insurance companies for headache sprays, pain creams, and scar creams never dispersed to patients was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the...
Texas Assisted Living Facility Fined for Firing Nurse With Sleep Disorder
Nov 18 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination and...
Texas DWC Seeks Comments on Employer Forms
Nov 14 2024 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on revised static forms: DWC Form-005, Non-Subscriber Notice to Division of Workers’ Compensation. DWC...
Texas Workers’ Comp is Growing, Profitable, Adding Doctors
Nov 14 2024 // Texas’s worker’s compensation market is stable and steadily growing. The workers’ compensation market is one of the few consistently profitable lines in the state, according to the Worker’s...
World Insurance Associates Expands in Louisiana, Texas With 5 Acquisitions
Nov 12 2024 // World Insurance Associates LLC (“World”), announced today that it acquired the business of five entities with locations across Louisiana and Texas on August 1, 2024. The agencies are The Firm of Louisiana...
Hub Acquires Texas’ ANCO Insurance
Nov 12 2024 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of ANCO Insurance Managers, Inc. (ANCO Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Bryan, Texas with six additional offices,...
Judge Says NY Can’t Use ‘Unconstitutional’ Law to Block Migrant Buses From Texas
Nov 12 2024 // New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering migrants free bus rides to the city from the southern border, a state judge has...
AI Thermostats Pitched for Texas Homes to Relieve Stressed Grid
Nov 8 2024 // Three of the biggest names in US home energy automation are coming together to offer some relief to the beleaguered Texas electrical grid. Power supplier NRG Energy Inc. is partnering with Renew Home LLC to distribute...
