Texas / South Central News for January 2013
- Dallas Cowboys to Look at Drunken Driving After Arrests
 - Legislation Would Eliminate a Gun-Related Felony in Oklahoma
 - Texas Online Insurance Comparison Start-Up Raises $1.5M
 - Rural School Officials: Give Texas Teachers Guns
 - IICF Hosting Black Tie Event in Texas
 - After Disasters, Oklahoma County Struggles Against Drought
 - Combined Agents of America Adds 5 New Kansas-Based Members
 - Texas Medical Liability Trust to Provide Free EPL Coverage to Policyholders
 - Oklahoma Insurance Department Creates Anti-Fraud Advisory Board
 - State Farm Homeownes Rate Increase Denied in Louisiana
 - Drought Seen Worsening in Plains, Midwest States
 - Gun Sales Surge Leaves Texas Law Agencies Short
 - New Anti-Flooding Ideas Urged for South Louisiana
 - Oklahoma AG Challenges Federal Health Care IRS Claims
 - Deadline Extended for Isaac Flood Insurance Claims
 - Louisiana Commissioner Says ‘No’ to State Farm Regional Deductible Plan
 - Louisiana Insurance Department Helps Consumers Recover $6.4 Million
 - Arkansas Lawmakers Advance Guns in Church Bill Minus Insurance Provision
 - Texas Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Auto Insurers
 - Legislation Would Ban Texting While Driving in Oklahoma
 - App May Help Track Impact of Louisiana Coastal Losses
 - Ex-Stanford Executive Gets 5 Years in $7B Swindle
 - Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Promotes Taylor, Breard
 - Seismic Activity Rose, Then Dropped After Louisiana Sinkhole ‘Burp’
 - Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin Charged With Bribery
 - Arkansas Governor Reappoints Hood to Workers’ Comp Commission
 - More than 2,400 Bills Filed for 2013 Oklahoma Legislative Session
 - SUV Test Drive in Texas Turns Into Drug Deal
 - Arkansas Lawmaker Files Tort Reform Ballot Measure
 - Texas Bill Would Grant Liability Protection for Emergency Volunteers
 - Houston’s Chapman Schewe Now a Higginbotham Company
 - Auto, Homeowner Complaints Dropping in Texas
 - $6.4M in Insurance Claims Recovered for Louisiana Consumers in 2012
 - Texas Trade Group: Survey Shows Insurance Industry Doing It Right
 - Texas Brine, Louisiana Agree on Plan to Assess Sinkhole
 - Heavy-Duty Restricted Guns Legally Sold in Texas
 - TDI: Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Clauses Unfair to Policyholders
 - Texas Agency Management Seminar Celebrates 50 Years of Success
 - BP Oil Spill Settlement Payments Exceed $1B Mark
 - Number of Insurers Based in Texas ‘Average’ Compared to Size of Market
 - Oklahoma State Senator Criticizes Spending at Insurance Department
 - Parish in Louisiana Files New Charges in Hurricane Gustav Flood Appeal
 - Louisiana Citizens Insurance Proposes 7.7% Rate Hike
 - Plea Expected in Baton Rouge Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case
 - Float Driver Won’t Face Charges in Texas Train Crash
 - TMLT Dedicates $30M to Trust Rewards Program for 2013
 - Crocker Joins Higginbotham as Real Estate Practice Leader
 - 3rd Defendant in W Financial Group $17M Fraud Sentenced to Prison
 - Oklahoma State Senators Look to Arkansas for Workers’ Comp Answers
 - Louisiana: All Racehorses from Illinois Must Be Checked for Virus
 - Study: Uninsured Driver Problem Costs Oklahoma $8.8M a Year
 - HUB International Acquires Louisiana-Based Brokerage Benefit Concepts
 - Howey Named President of Southwest Risk LP
 - HIIG Energy, CAA Partner on Engineered Risk Energy Program
 - Louisiana Pie Maker Sues Fire Suppression Company, Insurers
 - Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner No. 2 User of State-Owned Plane
 - Willis North America Appoints Gilliam as Senior VP in Houston Office
 - HIIG Reorganizes Domestic Underwriting Operations
 - Texas Weather Catastrophes Cause $2.3 Billion Losses in 2012
 - Oklahoma Mom Sues Over Twitter Picture of Unclothed Daughter
 - Karber Joins Ashley General Agency
 - Oklahoma Business Group Urges ‘Administrative Approach’ to Workers’ Comp
 - Bridges Joins RSI International as Commercial Underwriter
 - Oklahoma Insurance Department Mourns Loss of Horace Rhodes
 - Hub International Acquires Oklahoma Independent Agency, CFR
 - Texas Surplus Lines Premium Exceeded $4 Billion in 2012
 - Oklahoma Agent Joins InVEST Board
 - Bangs, Stiltner Promoted by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.
 - Texas’ Expected Surplus Won’t Lessen 2013 Budget Fight
 - Texas Residents File Harassment Suit Against City
 
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