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House Republicans Eye Disaster Aid, Short-Term Funding Bill
Dec 19 2017 // House Republicans agreed Monday on $81 billion in disaster relief for areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires, the largest standalone aid bill in recent years, according to a document provided by a Republican lawmaker. The...
The Charity Issue: Photos of Giving
Dec 18 2017 // The Keane Insurance Group John Keane, president of The Keane Insurance Group, founded the Keane Charitable Group in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti. Since then, The Keane Group has raised more than $1 million to build...
Texas’ Use of Federal Harvey Funds Clouded by Lack of Transparency
Dec 18 2017 // Texas has been awarded billions in federal aid to help recover from Hurricane Harvey and the devastating flooding that followed, but it’s unclear how the state is spending its share of the money. State records...
After the Storms: The Insurance Industry to the Rescue
Dec 18 2017 // When disaster strikes, the insurance industry plays a critical role in helping affected individuals, businesses and communities get back on their feet. After all, an insurance policy is a promise to pay when tragedy and...
Destruction of Expensive Toys Leads to Guilty Plea in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 18 2017 // A Texas pilot in early December pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and arson charges, associated with, among other things, intentionally crashing a plane in the Gulf of Mexico and destroying other expensive planes,...
Texas Regulators Say Workers’ Comp Costs Down 63% Since 2005
Dec 15 2017 // More Texas businesses are providing workers’ compensation insurance as the cost of coverage continues to decline, according to the Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation...
Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office to Accept ACH Payments in Early 2018
Dec 14 2017 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) announced it will begin supporting Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, effective early first quarter 2018, as part of the new electronic filing system that will be...
Attorneys, Not Adjusters, Handle Claims at Texas Medical Malpractice Insurer, Capson
Dec 13 2017 // Austin, Texas-based Capson Physicians Insurance Co. announced it is providing in-house attorneys, rather than adjusters, to help facilitate claims for insureds. According to Capson Physicians Insurance President and...
Report: Nearly $60M in Texas Windstorm Insurer Hurricane Ike Claims Still Unpaid
Dec 13 2017 // The Houston Chronicle reports that several school districts, cities and other government agencies are still waiting for a Texas insurer to pay nearly $60 million in claims from Hurricane Ike, adding to more insurance...
Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner: Post-Harvey Deadline Extensions to End in January
Dec 12 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a bulletin announcing a date for the end of extensions for workers’ comp deadlines and procedures related to Hurricane...
Special Reuters Report: The High Cost of Building in High Flood Risk Areas
Dec 12 2017 // When Hurricane Harvey sent two feet of water rolling into this small community about 35 miles north of Houston, Alfredo Becerra had to flee his modest 1,500-square-foot house. Muddy floodwater submerged the furniture and...
Bridges Tapped to Lead INSURICA’s Texas Region
Dec 11 2017 // Oklahoma City-based independent insurance agency, INSURICA, has named Mark Bridges to lead its Texas operations as regional president. Bridges is currently the president of INSURICA DFB Insurance Services Inc. (formerly...
Texas Pilot Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud in Gulf of Mexico Crash
Dec 11 2017 // A Texas pilot who survived a 2012 Gulf of Mexico plane crash and used an iPad to record his time in the water acknowledges it was insurance-related fraud. Theodore Robert Wright III pleaded guilty on Dec. 7 in Tyler to...
Harvey-Related Woes Linger on Some Texas Farms
Dec 11 2017 // For days after Hurricane Harvey flooded her Sour Lake, Texas, neighborhood, Deanna Coburn’s farm was silent, without its usual chorus of bleating goats and crowing roosters. The Beaumont Enterprise reports her...
Workers’ Comp Administrators Group Helps Texas DWC Employees Affected by Harvey
Dec 8 2017 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Ryan Brannan has thanked members of the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) for the generosity and goodwill they’ve shown to...
Texas Surplus Lines Premiums Exceed $5B at November’s End
Dec 8 2017 // Surplus lines premium recorded through the end of November rose to $5.04 billion in Texas, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). This total represents a year-to-date increase of 6 percent over the...
Texas’ Harris County OKs Post-Harvey Flood Construction Rules
Dec 7 2017 // Officials in a Texas county devastated by Hurricane Harvey have approved new regulations on building construction in flood-prone locations, rules they touted as the nation’s toughest for a major metropolitan...
Texas Company Earns Safety Award from Workers’ Comp Division
Dec 7 2017 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has recognized Lauren Concrete for exemplary workplace safety programs and low rates of work-related injuries and illnesses at its Brenham, La Grange, and Waller...
Poll: Many Harvey Victims Say They Still Need Help
Dec 6 2017 // More than three months after Hurricane Harvey walloped Texas, many affected residents say they’re still not getting help they need and President Donald Trump is getting low marks for his handling of the disaster,...
Texas Mutual Builds New Workers’ Comp Health Care Network – WorkWell, TX
Dec 4 2017 // Workers compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., plans to launch of its own health care network for policyholders, called WorkWell, TX. Within this new network, all aspects of claims and care will be managed by...
