Markets/Coverages: SageSure, Markel Collaborate to Expand Capacity in Coastal States August 27, 2024 Managing general underwriter SageSure announced it is collaborating with Markel to introduce new capacity to its expanded markets program, broadening...
Childcare Provider to Pay $43K in Back Wages After Retaliation Against Texas Worker August 27, 2024 The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered the Southlake, Texas location of a national childcare provider to reinstate an employee...
Smoke Plume Over Houston Fades After TPC Restores Power August 26, 2024 By Antonia Mufarech and Lucia Kassai Texas chemical producer TPC Group Inc. has restored normal operations at its facility that spewed thick, black smoke into the...
Louisiana Insurers Required to Submit Hurricane Season Data by Aug. 30 Deadline August 26, 2024 Insurers in Louisiana have until Friday, Aug. 30 to compete a data call relating to property and casualty homeowners’ insurance...
Texas DWC to Hold Brown Bag Series on Dispute Resolution August 26, 2024 The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a Brown Bag Series with stakeholders in the workers’...
Judge: EPA Can’t Use Civil Rights Act to Fight Industrial Pollution in Louisiana August 26, 2024 By Kevin McGill A federal judge has weakened the Biden administration’s effort to use a historic civil rights law to fight industrial pollution...
Texas and Southwest Face Scorching Heat Wave August 23, 2024 By Ken Miller and Nadia Lathan AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest this week, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days...
Blackouts in Extreme Weather Create Demand for Cleaner Backup Power August 23, 2024 By Alexa St. John Software engineer Kenna Ofoegbu in Houston, Texas tries hard to keep his three kids cool during the summer and that...
Arkansas County to Pay $3M Settlement Over Detainee’s 2021 Death in Jail August 23, 2024 FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A county in western Arkansas has approved a $3 million settlement with the family of...
Is Heat Causing Branches to Fall Off Trees? Scientists Aren’t Sure August 22, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis In 2003, as Paris sweltered through a heat wave that would go on to kill an estimated 15,000 people across...