Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Seeking Employer Representative for Workers’ Comp Appeals Panel
Mar 21 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance is seeking an employer representative to serve on the Texas Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel. The panel resolves policyholder disputes with insurance carriers that are referred by...
Storms Set Oil Field Equipment on Fire Near Houston
Mar 21 2016 // Lingering thunderstorms were blamed for a fire that damaged an oil field equipment site on March 19 near Houston and power outages in South Texas that left more than 50,000 homes and businesses without...
Despite Energy Job Losses, South Central States Report Some Employment Gains
Mar 21 2016 // While oil and gas industry job losses had an impact in the South Central states over the last year, Arkansas, Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas still saw decreases in unemployment rates in 2015. Year-over-year from 2014 to...
People – South Central
Mar 21 2016 // Texas-based LevelFirst, the wholesale broker and MGA binding facility owned by IIAT Services Co., has appointed Heath McCasland as vice president. McCasland will assume the responsibility of brokering new business...
Flooded Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to Remain Closed for Days
Mar 18 2016 // Highway officials say flooded Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas will stay closed through the weekend. Transportation officials closed the eastbound lanes early on March 15 as rising waters from excessive rains flooded the...
Dallas Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500M in Hip Implants Case
Mar 18 2016 // Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $502 million to a group of patients who accused the company of hiding flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that caused the devices to prematurely fail and left them facing...
North Texas Commuters Hit with Damaging Hailstorms
Mar 17 2016 // Severe thunderstorms moved in and around the Dallas/Fort Worth area this morning producing heavy rain, strong winds and hail as large as baseballs, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reported. Several businesses...
Rising Rivers, Bayous Force Texas Evacuations
Mar 17 2016 // Residents were evacuating their homes in Southeast Texas on March 15 as rivers swollen by days of heavy rain displaced thousands of people, forced the temporary closure of a major interstate and overwhelmed small towns...
NFI Roadrail and NFI Industries Settle Texas Wage Discrimination Suit
Mar 16 2016 // Federal officials say two New Jersey-based companies has settled a suit over unequal pay at a workplace in Texas. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that NFI RoadRail LLC and NFI Industries...
Seat-Back Failure Leads to $124.5M Texas Verdict Against Audi
Mar 16 2016 // A Texas jury ordered Volkswagen AG’s Audi unit to pay $124.5 million to an 11-year-old boy who was left brain damaged in a 2012 rear-end collision. The parents of Jesse Rivera Jr. claimed the seat back of the 2005...
Texas Seeks Comments on Windstorm Inspection Rule
Mar 10 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance is seeking comments on an informal working draft of amendments that would update the rule relating to items not requiring inspection for the purposes of windstorm and hail insurance...
Storm System Dumps Heavy Rain on South Central States, More Expected
Mar 10 2016 // A large storm system has drenched areas in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas that were already inundated with heavy rainfall this week. Two people have drowned in Oklahoma and Texas. Nearly a foot of rain fell over parts of...
Texas Hail and Wind Claims: We’re No. 1!
Mar 9 2016 // Texans like to brag that “everything’s bigger in Texas,” but sometimes that’s not something to be proud of. According to data recently released by State Farm, Texas led the nation in hail and wind...
Texas Adopts Revised Workers’ Comp Classification Relativities
Mar 9 2016 // Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has issued an order adopting revised workers’ compensation classification relativities. The order reduces the overall level of the classification relativities by 10...
North Texas Slammed by Storms: Homes Damaged, School Bus Stranded
Mar 9 2016 // A severe thunderstorm, possibly a tornado, damaged at least seven homes scattered over a rural area of North Texas. The storm roared through the area between Weatherford and Mineral Wells about 6:15 p.m. Monday at a time...
UT Dallas Students Receive Scholarships from Insurer Trade Group
Mar 7 2016 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation has honored five insurance and risk management students at the University of Texas at Dallas with scholarships and registration into the Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS)...
Police: 1 Injured When Generator Explodes at Texas Refinery
Mar 7 2016 // One person was injured when a generator inside a refinery near Houston exploded, authorities said on March 5. The incident occurred at the Pasadena Refining System Inc. The injured person was taken to a nearby hospital but...
Kansas Agency Joins Combined Agents of America
Mar 7 2016 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that Kansas-based United Agency joined CAA as its 53rd member. Offering both insurance and real estate solutions to Oklahoma and Kansas...
Texas Adopts Rules for Residential Property Dec Pages, TWIA Premium Surcharge
Mar 7 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported it has adopted rules pertaining to property insurance changes resulting from legislation passed in 2013 and 2015. Residential Property Declaration Page The new rules include...
Homeowners Insurance Claims Increase in Texas in 2015
Mar 7 2016 // Texas weather catastrophes caused a huge jump in homeowners insurance claims last year, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. Though claims increased by 120,000 over 2014, the number of policyholder complaints increased...
