Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Property Management Companies Pay $55K in Disability Discrimination Suit
Dec 19 2024 // Texas property management companies Castle Hills Master Association Inc., Bright Realty LLC, Bright Industries LLC, and Bright Executive Services LLC will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Texas-Based DMc Insurance Partners
Dec 19 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Howe Insurance Group LLC, dba DMc Insurance Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. DMc Insurance Partners is a personal...
Highstreet Acquires Texas’ Collum Insurance Group
Dec 18 2024 // Highstreet Insurance Partners announced today its acquisition of Collum Insurance Group, LLC based in Richardson, Texas. Along with Collum’s 35 years of personal lines expertise, this transaction adds an additional...
Texas Economy Will Top France’s Thanks to Trump, Abbott Says
Dec 18 2024 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has a new ambition for the Lone Star State: surpassing France as one of the world’s largest economies. Abbott predicted that economic output in Texas would soon exceed that of the...
Texas Reports 252 New Cases of Groundwater Contamination
Dec 18 2024 // Texas agencies reported 252 new cases of groundwater contamination during 2023 in the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee annual report. The latest report compiles 2,870 open cases of groundwater contamination, some of...
EEOC Sues Texas Pizza Hut Operator for Workplace Discrimination
Dec 16 2024 // Ayvaz Pizza, LLC, doing business as Pizza Hut, which operates more than 350 Pizza Hut restaurants in ten states and multiple locations in the Houston area, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to...
Texas Accuses Allstate-Owned Arity of Data Privacy Violations
Dec 13 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a notice of violation against Allstate-owned Arity, a mobile data company that collects drivers’ information, for breaching the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act...
Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers for Deceptive PFAS Marketing
Dec 12 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicals The lawsuit alleges the companies for decades...
Federal Court Affirms $14M Penalty Against Exxon for Pollution in Texas
Dec 12 2024 // A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for thousands of violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the company’s refinery and...
Inszone Acquires Texas’ Southerland And Associates
Dec 11 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Southerland and Associates, Inc., an agency based in Austin, Texas. The strengthens Inszone’s footprint in Texas, enhancing the company’s ability to...
Inszone Acquires Commercial Insurance of Texas
Dec 11 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition Commercial Insurance of Texas Agency Services, a specialized agency based in Texas. This strategic acquisition strengthens Inszone’s presence in Texas and...
Deadly Air Show Crash in Texas Caused by Lack of Proper Planning: NTSB
Dec 11 2024 // WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly crash of two vintage military planes at a 2022 air show in Texas was caused by a lack of proper planning to keep aircraft separated and relying instead on a “see-and-avoid...
Texas Mutual Awards $4.5M in Grants to Support Workforce Safety
Dec 10 2024 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company is announcing the recipients in the second round of its 2024 request for proposal initiative. The company is awarding more than $4.5 million to nearly 70 organizations across the state to...
Texas Stock Exchange to Open Temporary Dallas HQ Next Year
Dec 10 2024 // The Texas Stock Exchange is getting ready to plant its flag in the Dallas real estate market. The upstart bourse backed by investors including BlackRock Inc. and Citadel Securities will open a temporary headquarters this...
NFP Expands Presence in Texas With Acquisition of Capstone Strategies
Dec 10 2024 // NFP announced the acquisition of Capstone Strategies, LLC, a P&C and benefits broker located in Midland, Texas. Capstone Strategies founders Blake Johnston and Brandon Sheppard will join NFP as senior vice presidents,...
Texas’ Push to Meet Power Demand Could Spark Uranium Mining Revival
Dec 9 2024 // In the old ranchlands of South Texas, dormant uranium mines are coming back online. A collection of new ones hope to start production soon, extracting radioactive fuel from the region’s shallow aquifers. Many more...
Texas Tire Distributor Faces $288K Fine After Forklift Operator’s Death
Dec 6 2024 // A U.S. Department of Labor investigation revealed that proper workplace safety training and correct storage of pallets taller than 16 feet could have prevented the fatal injuries suffered by a forklift operator at a tire...
Texas Senate to Pursue Ban on THC Products in 2025
Dec 6 2024 // Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that lawmakers in the state Senate would move to ban all forms of consumable tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, in Texas. Patrick, who presides over the Senate and largely controls the...
GEICO Chooses North Texas as Operation Hub for Commercial Insurance Business
Dec 5 2024 // GEICO announced the addition 500 new jobs in North Texas in an expansion of its commercial insurance business. Of these positions, 300 will support GEICO’s commercial operations at its Richardson office, which has...
Texas DWC Seeks Public Comment on Telemedicine Rule Proposal
Dec 5 2024 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is seeking public comments for a proposed rule to allow treating doctors to perform maximum medical improvement examinations by telemedicine...
