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Post-Harvey Flood Mitigation Effort Ongoing in Dickinson, Texas
Jul 29 2019 // Crews are working to unclog tributaries and bayous snaking through Dickinson to reduce the risk of flooding nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey caused significant damage to the Houston suburb. The August 2017 storm...
Authorities: Texas Woman Cooked Up Raw Beef Insurance Scam
Jul 29 2019 // Authorities are accusing a Texas woman of taking part in an undercooked scheme in which she claimed she was served raw hamburger meat at two different locations of a fast food chain. Cassandra Brooks, a former lieutenant...
OPIC Highlights Insurance Consumer Protections from Texas 2019 Legislative Session
Jul 26 2019 // The Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) has released a list highlighting some of insurance-related bills passed by the Texas Legislature this year that contain protections for consumers. Some of the consumer...
Company to Settle Federal Suit Over Sex Harassment at Texas Plant for $55K
Jul 25 2019 // G2 Corporation, doing business as Screen Tight, has agreed to pay $55,000 and furnish significant relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC...
Report: Millions of Gallons of Waste Created by Texas Petrochemical Fire
Jul 24 2019 // The cleanup of millions of gallons of waste and polluted water is far from over four months after a large fire burned for days at a Houston-area petrochemical storage site. Intercontinental Terminals Company, the...
Garcia Tapped as Communications Director at Insurance Council of Texas
Jul 23 2019 // Camille Garcia has been named director of Communications and Public Relations for the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). Garcia spent 20 years with State Farm Insurance and for 14 years she led its communications and...
Texas Supreme Court Closes ‘Trapdoor’ of Pretrial Negligence Admission Requests
Jul 19 2019 // Insurance companies should take note of a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Texas that closes a “trapdoor” pretrial discovery gambit by plaintiffs’ lawyers that exposed defendants to sanctions for...
Risk Placement Services Expands Lawyers Liability Program to New York, Texas
Jul 19 2019 // Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based Risk Placement Services (RPS) has expanded its exclusive admitted lawyers professional liability program into New York and Texas, states considered to have the largest number of attorneys in...
Allstate Says 60% of June Insured Cat Losses Came from Texas
Jul 18 2019 // Announcing total estimated catastrophe losses for June, Allstate Corporation attributed 60 percent of those losses to four severe wind and hail weather events that primarily impacted Texas. Allstate estimated catastrophe...
Texas Files Suit Against Aliera Healthcare Over Non-Licensed Insurance Sales
Jul 17 2019 // A lawsuit has been filed by the State of Texas seeking to stop Georgia-based Aliera Healthcare from selling health insurance in the state and engaging in the business of insurance without a license, the Texas Department of...
ICT’s ‘Speed Interviews’ Connect Texas College Students with Insurance Pros
Jul 17 2019 // On July 11, the Insurance Council of Texas’ (ICT’s) 4th Annual Speed Interview and Network Session connected students from universities across Texas with 23 insurance companies and agencies. “The speed...
Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up 13% Over Last Year
Jul 16 2019 // Surplus lines premium in Texas has increased to $3.48 billion at the 2019 mid-year point, up 13.4% over 2018’s mid-year total of $3.06 billion, according to data reported to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas...
Petri Honored with ICT’s Raymond Mauk Leadership Award
Jul 15 2019 // The Insurance Council of Texas has presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award to Verle Petri, a long time insurance executive and expert on Texas insurance regulation and policy. ICT honored Petri with the award during...
Texas Law Targets Surprise Medical Bills in Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2019 // Texas lawmakers in the recent legislative session passed a bill addressing surprise medical bills injured employees have received after being treated at federal military facilities. Senate Bill 935 requires workers’...
Texas Supreme Court Closes ‘Trapdoor’ Pretrial Ploy that Exposed Defendants to Sanctions
Jul 15 2019 // Insurance companies should take note of a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Texas that closes a “trapdoor” pretrial discovery gambit by plaintiffs’ lawyers that exposed defendants to sanctions for...
5th Circuit: No Assertion that Drunken Driving Equals Intention to Crash
Jul 12 2019 // If a drunken motorist collides with another vehicle, can the incident truly be called an accident? A federal judge in Texas said “no” and dismissed a plaintiff’s lawsuit seeking punitive damages from...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas-Based BluePeak Advisors
Jul 12 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired BluePeak Advisors LLC, headquartered in Bartonville, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With employees operating across the United States, BluePeak Advisors...
Florida-Based Windhaven, The Hearth Insurance Group Tap Wollenberg as CFO
Jul 11 2019 // Susan Wollenberg has been selected to serve as chief financial officer for Windhaven Insurance and The Hearth Insurance Group, according to Jimmy E. Whited, CEO of the Florida-based companies. Wollenberg will be...
LP Risk Acquires Wholesale Insurance Broker, Houston Surplus Lines
Jul 10 2019 // Texas-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, LP Risk, has acquired the assets and operations of Houston Surplus Lines, an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage. Houston Surplus Lines team will...
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Announces STATE WINNERS of the 2019 OUTSTANDING CSR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Jul 10 2019 // Austin, TX, July 10, 2019 – Each year, a group of exceptional insurance professionals are chosen by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research to represent their states and compete to become the...
