Latest Texas Headlines
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Worker Injured as Explosion at Texas Paint Plant Sends Fireballs into Sky
Aug 8 2023 // GARLAND, Texas (AP) – A worker was injured early Monday when an explosion set a paint manufacturing plant in the Dallas suburbs ablaze and shot a series of fireballs into the night sky. A company spokesperson said the...
Texas Legislature Takes Aim at the Use of ESG-Related Factors by Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2023 // Insurance companies are increasingly incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their underwriting processes when they examine risk. However, despite the increasing adoption of ESG-related...
Texas Construction Company Fined $266K For Failure to Correct Fall Protection Systems
Aug 7 2023 // Despite an extensive history of serious and repeat violations dating back more than a decade, a Houston, Texas steel erection company again failed to correct fall protection systems hazards, a federal workplace safety...
Texas Court Rejects ‘Fishing Expedition’ Discovery Request to Home Depot
Aug 7 2023 // A Texas appellate court threw out a trial court order that approved a plaintiff’s overly broad discovery request in an employee’s personal injury lawsuit against Home Depot. A panel of the 9th Court of Appeals...
Drag Performers and LGBTQ+ Advocates Sue to Block Texas Law Expanding Ban on Sexual Performances
Aug 4 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that expands what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct,...
Boundless Rider Launches Motorcycle, ATV and Off-Road Insurance in Texas
Aug 4 2023 // Boundless Rider, a venture-backed digital MGA, announced that it is available for purchase in Texas, with plans to expand to additional states later this year. Owners of on-road and off-road motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs,...
Texas Policy Protects Big Polluters From Citizen Complaints
Aug 3 2023 // PORT LAVACA — On a rugged stretch of the Gulf Coast in Texas, environmental groups called foul in 2020 when an oil company sought pollution permits to expand its export terminal beside Lavaca Bay. Led by a coalition of...
NR West Acquires Texas’ Foster Benefit Resources
Aug 2 2023 // NR West, the parent company of The Insurance Exchange, a premier Dallas-based General Agency, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Foster Benefit Resources, a full-service General Agency specializing in fully...
Baseball-Size Hail Makes Insuring Solar and Wind Farms Pricier
Aug 2 2023 // The Scottsbluff solar farm in western Nebraska was built to withstand most hailstones. But the icy pellets that rained down in late June were bigger than baseballs. The hail — part of a larger pattern of severe storms,...
No Duty to Defend Doesn’t Mean No Duty to Indemnify, Federal Appeals Court Finds
Aug 2 2023 // A federal appeals court has clarified, at least under the realm of Texas law, when an insurer has a duty to indemnify – even if it has no duty to defend a tort action against the insured thanks to an unambiguous...
McDonald`s Franchise in Louisiana and Texas Illegally Hired Minors, Labor Department Finds
Aug 1 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A McDonald`s franchise that controls 12 restaurants in metro New Orleans violated child labor laws and has hired more than 80 minors in two states, the U.S. Department of Labor said. CLB Investments...
1 in 5 Texans Live in Flood Prone Areas, New Data Reveals
Aug 1 2023 // Almost 6 million Texans, or about 20% of the population, live in an area susceptible to flooding, according to first-of-its-kind data gathered as part of a statewide effort to harden Texas against floods and rising sea...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $43B in H1, Surpassing 10-Yr Average: Munich Re
Jul 28 2023 // Natural disasters during the first half of 2023 cost insurers an estimated US$43 billion with an overall economic price tag of $110 billion, according to Munich Re. These insured losses were slightly lower than the US$47...
Texas’ Tokio Marine HCC Unveils New Look Website
Jul 27 2023 // Tokio Marine HCC, headquartered in Houston, Texas, announced it has overhauled its website reflecting a fresh new brand look, as it continues its journey to deliver an easier and more rewarding online experience for...
Texas Glass Manufacturer Earns OSHA Star Designation
Jul 26 2023 // OSHA has awarded Cardinal IG Waxahachie, a glass manufacturer and provider based in Waxahachie, Texas, with a “Star” designation for excellence in workplace safety and health management. The action follows an...
Acrisure Brand Roll out Reaches Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma
Jul 24 2023 // Acrisure said that local partners in its South Region will be rebranded as Acrisure in a continuation of the firm’s global brand roll out. As part of the roll out, Acrisure businesses in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas...
Federal Government to Allow Lease of Gulf of Mexico Areas for Wind Farms
Jul 20 2023 // GALVESTON — The federal government on Thursday announced the first-ever chance for companies to lease areas in the Gulf of Mexico to build wind farms, including two parcels roughly 30 miles off the Texas coast near...
Texas Oil Company Fined $1.3M for Excess Emissions
Jul 20 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $1.3 million fine on a Texas oil and gas company for excess emissions from tanks, flares and other equipment the EPA using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera...
Texas Mutual Insurance Company Awards Over $4 Million in Grants to Nonprofits
Jul 19 2023 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company has awarded more than $4 million in grants to several Texas nonprofits, part of its commitment in community funding to nonprofit organizations. Texas Mutual has committed funding to nonprofit...
Texas’ American National Rebrands Logo
Jul 18 2023 // Galveston, Texas-based American National Insurance Company announced a comprehensive rebranding initiative to modernize its brand, its first significant rebranding update in 50 years. The company unveiled a new logo and...
