Latest Texas Headlines
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Dallas Doctor, 6 Others Arrested in $375M Health Care Fraud Scheme
Mar 1 2012 // A physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five owners of home health agencies, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged participation in a nearly $375 million health care fraud...
Crime Prevention Campaign Joins Forces With Another Texas Town
Feb 29 2012 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has joined with the Grand Prairie Police Department in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and distribution...
Hackings, Emails Shine Rare Light on Texas-Based Intelligence Firm
Feb 29 2012 // Austin, Texas-based private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor) was paid by Coca-Cola to gauge the threat of Olympic protesters, provided Dow Chemical information on environmental activists, and...
Western Security Surplus’ Stevens Helps Launch Berry Family 5K
Feb 24 2012 // On July 3, 2011, while returning to their home in Houston, Texas, from an annual family road trip to Colorado, the Berry family found themselves victims of a tragic, fatal car accident. The Berry family’s minivan,...
Texas Regulators Looking at Ways to Restructure Windstorm Pool
Feb 23 2012 // Texas insurance regulators are seeking a consultant to explore options for restructuring the insurer of last resort for properties along the Texas coast. The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a request for proposal...
2011 an Exceptional Year for Tornadoes
Feb 23 2012 // While 2011 marked the fourth deadliest year on record for tornadoes in the United States, Texas was spared tornado-related fatalities and recorded fewer-than-average number of such storms. Not so Alabama, which led all...
Yung Named CEO at El Paso, Texas-Based JDW Insurance
Feb 23 2012 // W. Martin Yung has been selected chief executive officer for JDW Insurance, headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Yung is a shareholder and a member of the board of directors. He has served as president of the firm since...
Texas 2011 Legislative Update
Feb 21 2012 // Ambulance-chasing attorneys, frivolous lawsuit filings and contractual indemnification clauses were all subjects addressed by the Texas 2011 legislative session. Joanna Salinas, partner and manager of the Austin-based law...
U.S. Should Expect Another Above-Normal Tornado Season in 2012
Feb 21 2012 // The U.S. should expect an active severe weather season with above-normal tornadoes in 2012. That’s after a near-record number of tornadoes in 2011, according to forecasters at AccuWeather.com in State College,...
South Central Business Moves
Feb 20 2012 // TDECU, Assurance Insurance, Burridge Insurance TDECU Insurance Agency LLC has acquired two independent insurance agencies: Assurance Insurance Agency Inc. (Assurance) based in Bellville, Texas, and Burridge Insurance...
BP Wins Ruling Keeping Prior Accidents Out of Gulf Spill Trial
Feb 20 2012 // BP Plc won a court order to keep references to some previous accidents out of the trial to assess blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the oil company’s second victory in as many days to bar potentially...
Is Common Law Bad Faith Dying in Texas?
Feb 20 2012 // When a carrier is sued for denying a claim, it is usual for policyholders to raise claims of bad faith. For decades now, policyholders have frequently pled both common law (i.e., law created by cases) and statutory (i.e.,...
BP Keeps Prior Accidents Out of Gulf Oil Spill Trial
Feb 20 2012 // BP Plc won a court order to keep references to some previous accidents out of its trial to assess blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It was the oil company’s second victory barring potentially damaging...
Higginbotham Appoints Shell to Lead Transportation Insurance Unit
Feb 17 2012 // Texas-based independent insurance and financial service firm, Higginbotham, has appointed commercial insurance broker Jack Shell to develop its new transportation unit. Shell, hired in April 2011 at Higginbotham’s...
Drought Takes Toll on Texas’ Urban Forest
Feb 15 2012 // An estimated 5.6 million trees that once shaded homes, streets and parks in communities across Texas now are dead as a result of last year’s unrelenting drought, the Texas Forest Service says. The economic cost...
Safety, Security at Bio Labs Open to Interpretation, Not Matter of Law
Feb 15 2012 // To reach his office in Galveston National Laboratory, where scientists study deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, director James Le Duc swipes his key card at the building’s single entrance, which...
South Padre Mayor Appointed to Texas Coast Insurance Study Group
Feb 14 2012 // Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio has appointed South Padre Island Mayor Robert Pinkerton, Jr. to the Joint Interim Committee to Study Seacoast Territory Insurance. The committee will examine alternative ways...
BancorpSouth Insurance Hires Texas Region Marketing Manager
Feb 13 2012 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc. has added Larry D. Batie II as marketing manager for the Texas region. He previously served as account executive and assistant vice president at Marsh & McLennan Cos. Based in...
Roach Howard Smith & Barton Creates Karen Farris Scholarship Fund
Feb 13 2012 // In recognition of her leadership as CEO and move to chairman of the board, Dallas-based independent insurance agency Roach Howard Smith & Barton has established a scholarship honoring Karen K. Farris. The fund was...
BP Wins Ruling Keeping Prior Accidents Out of Gulf Spill Trial
Feb 9 2012 // BP Plc won a court order to keep references to some previous accidents out of this month’s trial to assess blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the oil company’s second victory in as many days to bar...
