Latest Texas Headlines
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U.S. Law Firms ‘Hounded’ Relatives of Ethiopian Airlines’ Crash Victims
Dec 23 2019 // Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented U.S. law firms. They...
Texas Regulators Want Stiffer Penalty for Owner of Port Neches Plant That Exploded
Dec 20 2019 // Environmental and watchdog groups have long criticized the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for taking it too easy on polluters — and the TCEQ has often countered that its job is to coax industrial facilities...
Texas Insurance Department Adopts Rule on Surprise Medical Billing Waiver
Dec 19 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has adopted a rule outlining the narrow exception to the state’s new surprise billing protections, which apply to health care services provided on or after Jan. 1, 2020. Senate...
West Texas Insurance Exchange Acquired by Alera Group
Dec 19 2019 // Alera Group, an independent national insurance brokerage and wealth management firm, has acquired West Texas Insurance Exchange Inc., located in Odessa, Texas. West Texas Insurance Exchange serves the insurance needs of...
Texas Business Owner Must Pay $50K in Restitution in Work Comp Fraud Case
Dec 19 2019 // The owner of a South Texas truck stop has been ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. James Russell Williams owns George West Truck Stop pleaded guilty in a Travis...
Alliant Insurance Services Acquires TCOR Management in Texas
Dec 17 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired TCOR Management, a Texas-based risk management firm. The acquisition will expand the Alliant Energy & Marine talent base by 50 specialists and broaden the surety footprint across...
Special Report: The Charity Issue – Photos of Giving
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Tropical Storm Imelda: Another Unique Weather Event
Dec 16 2019 // Tropical Storm Imelda landed on the Texas Gulf Coast on September 17, 2019. Over the three-day duration of the storm, 43 inches of rain saturated some locations, with nearly 30 inches falling over a 12-hour period. Some...
People & Places
Dec 16 2019 // National Todd Jones QBE Insurance Group has appointed Todd Jones as CEO North America, succeeding Russ Johnston who the company said has decided to seek opportunities outside of QBE. Jones joins QBE from Willis Towers...
Man Must Repay $16.7K to Texas Mutual in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Dec 13 2019 // A Texas man convicted on workers’ compensation fraud charges must repay $16,727.70 in restitution to Texas Mutual Insurance Co., the insurer reported. Texas Mutual Insurance reported that Richard R. Gutierrez of...
Probe Finds Intercontinental Terminals Fire Near Houston Began with Broken Manifold
Dec 13 2019 // A March fire at a petrochemical terminal that spread a blanket of black smoke across Houston began when part of a manifold, which includes a pump and motor, on one storage tank broke, according to a report by local and...
Special Report: America’s Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For
Dec 12 2019 // The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the 2019 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The winners have been chosen by employees. Employees of the Best Agencies to Work...
Special Report: America’s Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For
Dec 11 2019 // The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the 2019 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The winners have been chosen by employees. Employees of the Best Agencies to Work...
Texas Mutual Distributes $1.1M in Grants for Workforce Development
Dec 11 2019 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has distributed $1.1 million in grants to 16 organizations across the state to fund workforce development programs. “The Texas workforce is one of the strongest in the country, and...
Texas Windstorm Insurer to Assess Members $90M for Harvey, Defer Action on Rates
Dec 10 2019 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board of directors voted today to assess member insurance companies $90 million based on losses from Hurricane Harvey and voted to defer further consideration of action regarding...
Special Report: America’s Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For
Dec 10 2019 // The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the 2019 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The winners have been chosen by employees. Employees of the Best Agencies to Work...
Report Shows Fire at Texas Facility Caused by Equipment Failure
Dec 9 2019 // A fire at a Houston, Texas-area petrochemical storage facility that burned for days in March was accidental and caused by equipment failure at a storage tank, according to a report released Friday by local and federal...
Plastics Manufacturer Settles Retired Texas Shrimper’s Lawsuit for $50M
Dec 9 2019 // A federal judge has approved a historic settlement agreement between Taiwan-based plastics manufacturer Formosa and an environmental activist represented by indigent legal services nonprofit Texas Rio Grande Legal...
Texas Woman, Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud in Separate Cases
Dec 6 2019 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that two Texans have been convicted of workers’ compensation fraud in two separate cases. The workers’ compensation insurer said Sharon Boachie of Arlington and Larry Toliver...
Texas City Again Issues Voluntary Evacuation Order over Chemical Plant Blast
Dec 6 2019 // Concerns over air quality have prompted a voluntary evacuation order that was in effect on Dec. 5 for a Texas Gulf Coast city where a pair of chemical plant explosions occurred last week. Port Neches issued the voluntary...
