Latest Texas Headlines
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Regulators Approve Texas Electricity Market Reform
Jan 20 2023 // The Public Utility Commission voted Thursday to make a substantial change to the state’s electricity market in a controversial effort to get the whole system to be more reliable. The agency said it will let the...
Relation Acquires Texas’ Laird
Jan 19 2023 // Relation Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired the assets of Kilgore, Texas-based Laird Insurance Agency. The transaction went into effect on January 3, 2023; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Laird offers a...
Texas Plane Crash Kills 4 Members of Tennessee Church
Jan 19 2023 // YOAKUM, Texas (AP) – A small plane crashed Tuesday while approaching a Texas airport, killing four members of a Tennessee church and leaving the lead pastor injured, authorities and the church said. The single-engine...
People Moves: TXOGA Names Carlton as President; Long Joins Alliant in Texas
Jan 17 2023 // TXOGA Announces New President of the TXOGA Insurance Agency The Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) has named Neal Carlton as president of the TXOGA Insurance Agency, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Carlton most...
Texas DWC Taking Comments on Change to Administrative Code
Jan 13 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced that is is accepting public comments on a proposed rule to amend 28 Texas Administrative Code Section 165.1. The changes would add...
Inszone Acquires Texas’ Mattis Insurance Agency
Jan 12 2023 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Mattis Insurance Agency. Founded in 1998 by Derrick and Dalia Mattis, and located in Houston, Texas, Mattis Insurance Agency provides protection for hundreds of...
Texas Lawmakers to Consider TWIA Funding, ESG This Legislative Session
Jan 12 2023 // Texas lawmakers returned to Austin this week for the start of the 88th Legislature, which portends to be a relatively quiet legislative session for hearing property and casualty concerns. “I think insurance is...
Texas Fencing Contractor Fined $20K After 15-Year Old’s Death
Jan 11 2023 // A federal workplace safety investigation into how a 15-year-old worker tragically suffered fatal injuries while installing fencing in Guthrie has found the employer failed to follow required workplace safety...
West Texas Mayor Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Jan 10 2023 // San Elizario, Texas mayor Isela Reyes was arrested Tuesday for insurance fraud, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. The FBI West Texas Border Corruption Task Force arrested Reyes for insurance fraud of over...
Texas Supreme Court Hears Whether ERCOT is Immune From Lawsuits
Jan 10 2023 // Lawyers argued before the Texas Supreme Court on Monday over whether the state’s power grid operator should be protected from lawsuits, a question that has become especially important after the deadly February 2021...
People Moves: McGriff Appoints 2 Leaders for Texas Operations
Jan 9 2023 // McGriff Appoints Two New Leaders for Texas Operations McGriff, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has hired two insurance industry veterans for new leadership positions in its Texas operations. David Garrett joins...
Texas’ Combined Agents of America Adds 24 Partner Agencies
Jan 9 2023 // Combined Agents of America (CAA) – a privately held aggregator group based in Austin, Texas – announced the additions of 23 new partner agencies to the organization. The group will now be comprised of 94 agencies...
People Moves: Texas Mutual Names Duncan as CEO of Health-Focused Subsidiary
Jan 6 2023 // Texas Mutual announces Duncan as CEO of new health insurance subsidiary Texas Mutual Insurance Company, based in Austin, Texas, has hired Meredith Duncan as the president and chief executive officer of the company’s...
6 Killed in 3-Vehicle Crash on Texas Highway, Authorities Say
Jan 4 2023 // GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) – A minivan trying to overtake a vehicle in a no-passing zone on a Texas highway crashed head-on into an SUV, which was then rear-ended by another vehicle, authorities said. Six people died and...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires CBS Insurance in Texas
Jan 3 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Abilene, Texas-based CBS Insurance LLP. CBS Insurance is a retail insurance agency providing property/casualty and health/benefits coverages to clients throughout Texas and the...
Texas’ ERCOT Given Federal Permission to Exceed Air Quality Limits
Dec 27 2022 // The U.S. Department of Energy has cleared the way for Texas power plants to pollute more than is usually allowed, such as by burning dirtier fuel oil instead of natural gas, to keep the electricity on through Christmas...
Texas Officials Confident in Power Grid as Temperatures Plummet
Dec 22 2022 // State officials warned residents Wednesday to prepare their homes and vehicles for the coming freeze while trying to reassure on-edge Texans that the electric grid will stay online. Temperatures are expected to plummet...
Texas Bankruptcy Judge Allows Sandy Hook Cases Against Jones to Proceed
Dec 21 2022 // HOUSTON (AP) – Cases can move forward against Alex Jones regarding the nearly $1.5 billion he’s ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook victims over his conspiracy theories about the 2012 school massacre, a federal...
Cadence Insurance Acquires Texas-Based Warriner & Associates
Dec 21 2022 // Cadence Insurance, Inc. announced the acquisition of certain assets of Houston, Texas-based Warriner & Associates Insurance Services, Inc. and Warriner Solutions, LLC effective December 1, 2022. With roots tracing back...
Texas Manufacturer Fined $298K for Ignoring Workers’ Concerns
Dec 19 2022 // A federal workplace safety investigation found that a Kyle vehicle parts manufacturer ignored repeated concerns raised by workers, and willfully exposed them to hazards related to unsafe machine operations, potential falls...
