Flood Insurance Lessons Learned from the 2020 Hurricane Season December 4, 2020 By Jim Albert At long last, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has officially ended. The grim statistical tally highlights a dramatic year, the...
TWIA Study Showing Rates Inadequate by 26% and 44% Sent to Board December 3, 2020 A study showing rates for Texas’ insurer of last resort for communities along the Texas coast are inadequate by 26%...
Texas Warns Agents, Brokers Insurers Against Deceptive, Misleading Health Plan Marketing December 3, 2020 The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a reminder to insurance companies, agents, and marketers of discount healthcare programs...
Sentry’s Insurance Business Transfer Plan OK’d to Advance in Oklahoma December 3, 2020 Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance (Sentry) has gained approval from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to submit its Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Plan...
Louisiana Begins Clearing Hurricane-Driven Sediment from Channel so Ships Can Pass December 2, 2020 Port officials have begun clearing a shipping channel in Louisiana after sediments pushed into the waterway by hurricanes made the...
Texas County Shuts Down Bars as COVID Hospitalizations Surge December 2, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano A Central Texas county has closed its bars after area hospitalizations for COVID-19 exceeded a state mandated limit. Meanwhile in...
Louisiana Court: ‘Collectibility’ Can’t Be Used to Limit Legal Malpractice Damage Amounts December 1, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones Are a plaintiff’s damages in a legal malpractice case limited to the amount they could have collected in a judgement...
Louisiana Deputy Sues Ex-Judge Over Racial Slurs in Text Messages December 1, 2020 A Black Louisiana sheriff’s deputy has sued a white former judge, saying a racial slur in her private text messages...
Skyward Specialty Insurance Hires CNA’s Childs to Lead Construction Business December 1, 2020 Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has added Rick Childs as senior vice president, Construction, to lead its...
Liquidation Requested for Texas Nonstandard Auto Insurer, ACCC November 30, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones An application for an order of liquidation has been filed in a Travis County, Texas, district court for a Houston-based...