Texas / South Central News for September 2013
- OSHA Levies $175K in Fines in Fatal Arkansas Crane Accident
- MarketScout Expands Workers’ Comp Specialty Division
- Oklahoma Safety Checkpoint Nets 17 Citations for Driving Without Insurance
- Texas-Based Replacement Services Firm Moving to New Offices
- Louisiana State Treasurer Suggests State-Run Flood Insurance Plan
- Capson Physicians Insurance Adds Coppersmith to Management Team
- Report: Oklahomans Can Access 53 Health Care Plans
- Louisiana Commissioner: Citizens Insurance Policy Count at New Low
- Lawsuit: Pollution from Louisiana Fire Making Residents Sick
- Swift Joins Higginbotham/Swantner & Gordon as Marketing Manager
- Former Jefferson Parish Administrator, Agency Owner Agrees to $10K Ethics Fine
- Louisiana Commissioner: Complexity of Health Law ‘Mind-Boggling’
- TWFG Surpasses 300-Branch Mark with 24 New Offices
- Wal-Mart Driver Honored for 4M Accident-Free Miles
- Work-Related Fatalities Decline in Louisiana in 2012
- Arkansas: Health Insurance Rates Lower than Expected in New Marketplace
- Louisiana Insurance Agent Arrested
- U.S. Wants Supreme Court to Take up Hobby Lobby Case
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Expands Offshore Energy Team in Houston
- Texas Insurance Community Aims High in United Way Campaign
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Challenge New Workers’ Comp Law
- IMA Names Broz President, Maley Executive VP in Dallas Office
- Texas Governor, State Senator Square Off on Health Exchange Navigator Rules
- Gas in Assumption Aquifer Thought to Be from Sinkhole
- Oklahoma Officials Say Hepatitis C Was Spread at Dental Clinic
- Concerns Raised in Louisiana about Navigating Health Exchange
- Texas-Based NLASCO Re-Brands as National Lloyds Corp,
- State Auto Announces Western Region Staffing Additions
- MarketScout Adds Bourret in Commercial Program Underwriting Practice
- All Risks Ltd. Opens an Office in New Orleans Area
- Arkansas: 156 Bridges Deficient, Fracture Critical
- New Deputy Commissioners Appointed at Texas Department of Insurance
- Texas A&M: Lessons We Learned From Hurricane Ike
- Harrington Joins IRMI as VP of Marketing, Sales
- Louisiana Citizens Lowering Commercial Property Rates
- U.S. Risk Names Reed Senior Broker in Dallas
- Central Texas Utility Sues Tree Trimmer Over Fires
- Global Insurance Co. Expands Taxi, Para-Transit Coverage to Texas
- Specialty Risk Associates Adds 3 Commercial Underwriters in Louisiana
- Houston Insurance Agent Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
- Texas Windstorm Insurance Rates to Rise Again in January
- Oklahoma Governor Makes Workers’ Comp Team Appointment
- Louisiana Brewer Sued Over Mechahopzilla Beer
- Capital Benefits Group in Texas Becomes a Higginbotham Company
- Honore Backs Louisiana Lawsuit Against Oil Companies
- BP Texas Refinery Neighbors Seek Billions at Toxic-Gas Trial
- Tulsa Oral Surgeon Accused in Health Scare Sued
- Rebel Claimants In BP Spill Settlement Get Expedited Hearing
- Insurance Pros in Politics: Insurance Good Training Ground for Political Leadership
- Sinkhole in Oklahoma City Swallows Car; No Injuries
- Appeals Court Rules Against Louisiana Abortion Providers in Liability Case
- 1st Team Partners with Aon Cornerstone in Louisiana
- Krauter & Company Brings Brokerage Services to Texas
- Rebel Claimants in BP Spill Settlement Get Expedited Hearing
- Oklahoma Sees Double Digit Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
- Roach Howard Smith & Barton Adds Harris in Employee Benefits Division
- Investors in $7B Stanford Swindle Start Getting Payouts
- IIAT’s Small Agency Conference Set for Oct. 6-7 in San Marcos
- The Hanover Says It Is Committed to Oklahoma
- State Looks at Louisiana Highway 70 Detour Options Near Sinkhole
- San Antonio Adjuster Pleads No Contest to Felony Theft of Insurance Payments
- Judge Orders Armstrong to Answer Doping Questions in Insurer Case
- Brownsville Remains Texas’ Safest Driving City
- Finch Named National Managing Director of Admitted Markets at MarketScout
- Oklahoma Woman, Pet Kangaroo Find New Home at Zoo
- HUD Announces $37M in Disaster Aid in Oklahoma
- South Texas Counties Among Highest Rates of Uninsured in Nation
- 10 Years of Tort Reform in Texas Bring Fewer Suits, Lower Payouts