Texas / South Central News for September 2014
- XL Group Adds Smelser to North America Property Team in Dallas
 - Lafourche Parish in Louisiana Sees Rise in DWI Arrests
 - Louisiana’s Vermilion Parish Plans to Build Flood Walls to Protect Schools
 - Truck Driver: Distraction a Factor in Fatal Oklahoma Crash
 - 10 Years and 12,000 Smoke Alarms in Texas
 - Analysis: Health Insurance, Other Issues Put Pressure on Louisiana Governor
 - Police: Fired Oklahoma Man Beheads Co-Worker, Attacks Another
 - Oklahoma Legislature Urged to Boost Nursing Home Staffing Rules
 - Neighbor’s Toxic Spill in Leads to Home Evacuations in North Little Rock
 - Texas Extended Warranty Company Sued by Minnesota AG
 - Private Sector Employment Records Set in Louisiana in August
 - Louisiana Parish Says Hazard Plan Update Nearly Complete
 - Louisiana AG: Law not Followed in Changing State Employee Health Insurance Plan
 - Texas Construction Company Owners Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
 - Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Arrested for Fraud
 - Flood Board Oil Lawsuit Supporter Backed by Panel
 - West Texas Battered by Torrential Rains
 - Oklahoma Volunteer Firefighter Charged with Arson
 - Ballinger to Retire from Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas
 - Oklahoma Man Drives Truck into Lake, Gets Charged with Insurance Fraud
 - Preliminary Flood Maps Available in Texas for Aransas, San Patricio Counties
 - $1.6M in Preparedness Grants Go to Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
 - Auto Wrecks with 3 or More Fatalities Rise in Texas
 - Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Recorded in Oklahoma
 - Louisiana Public Worker Health Insurance Program Hemorrhaging Cash
 - Texas-Based Cut Stone Manufacturer Fined $234.9K for Safety Violations
 - Slight Decline in Work-Related Deaths in Louisiana in 2013
 - Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates for Coming Year
 - Oklahoma Plating Company Fined $341.5K for Workplace Safety Violations
 - Corps Wants Changes at Louisiana’s Morganza Flood Control Structure
 - After Worker Dies Chevron Drains Natural Gas Pipeline Off Louisiana Coast
 - Texas Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
 - Outlook for Texas-Based Columbia Lloyds Insurance Revised to Stable
 - $3M Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme in Texas Leads to Prison Time
 - University of North Texas Scholarship Program to Honor McLendon
 - Roach Howard Smith & Barton Adds Tucker in Fort Worth
 - Texas-Based CAA Welcomes New Agency Member in Kansas
 - 4.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes near Guthrie, Oklahoma
 - Texas’ Oil Boom Counties See Rise in Traffic Deaths
 - Insurance Licensing to Halt in Arkansas for 10 Days in October
 - Texas Pickup Trucks Stolen the Most: NICB Report
 - Rate Change Ahead for Louisiana Citizens Insurance Commercial Customers
 - Attorney for Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Accused of Fraud
 - Magnitude 3.7 Quake Rattles Perry, Oklahoma, Area
 - Homeowner Insurance Rate Hikes not Challenged by Texas Commissioner
 - Texas Windstorm Insurer to Offer $500M of Unrated Debt: Muni Deals
 - Launch of State-Run Health Insurance Exchange Delayed in Arkansas
 - Houston Nurse Ordered to Return Nearly $40K to Texas Mutual
 - Texas Sees Decrease in Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2013
 - Ex-Workers Sue Closed Arkansas Hospital over Unpaid Insurance Premiums
 - Austin to Buy Out 300 More Storm-Flooded Homes
 - In Suit, Oklahoma Ex-Inmates Claim Private Halfway House Violated Civil Rights
 - Dewhurst to Lawmakers: How About Shutting Down Texas Windstorm Insurer?
 - 4.3-Magnitude Quake in Oklahoma: USGS
 - Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced for Selling Sans License
 - Georgiou, Gladwell, Lefebvre Join Ascot Underwriting in Houston
 - Researchers Developing Tool to Help Oklahoma Farmers Predict Drought
 - Roach Howard Smith & Barton Adds Stalcup in Fort Worth
 - Industrial Boom Driving Louisiana’s Ascension Parish
 - Anchor Insurance to Acquire Southeast Surplus Underwriters and Affiliates
 - Hohensee Named VP, Commercial Underwriting at Lane & Associates in Louisiana
 - Arkansas Marketplace Health Premium Costs Projected to Drop 2% in 2015
 - Texas Mutual Wins Health and Wellness Award
 - Trying to Summon Ghosts, Men Destroy Vacant Louisiana Mansion
 - U.S. Risk Opens New Office in Fort Worth, Texas
 - Oklahoma 2015 Health Insurance Exchange Rates Include Hikes, Decreases
 - Report: Response to Deadly Houston Fire Hampered by Confusion
 - Church Funding Emergency Alert System for West, Texas
 - $35M in Crops Lost to Flooding in Arkansas, Study Says
 - Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Filed Against Oklahoma Woman
 - Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Declining Again in Oklahoma
 - Stolen Statues Now Returned to Little Rock Park
 - Oklahoma’s Low Tornado Count Result of Cold Weather, Experts Say
 - Metal Sculptures Worth $30K Stolen from Little Rock Park
 - Oklahoma Widow Awarded $503K in Contested Workers’ Comp Case
 - Use of Hand-Held Cell Phones While Driving Banned in Austin
 
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