Texas / South Central News for January 2015
- Lawsuit Against Union Pacific over Texas Veterans Parade Crash Begins
 - Arkansas Senate Votes to Continue ‘Private Option’ for Healthcare Insurance
 - 4 CAA Agencies Expand Through M&As
 - Former School Board Insurance Consultant Faces Ethics Charge in Louisiana
 - Texas Yogurt Company Founder Gets 5 Years in Prison for Arson
 - Consultant: Lafayette Parish Needs 15 Fire Stations
 - 4.2 Magnitude Quake Recorded in Northern Oklahoma
 - Texas Bill Would Modify ‘Claimant’ Definition in Medical Liability Cases
 - Oklahoma Senate Proposal Tackles Uninsured Drivers with DUIs
 - Texas-Based Roach Howard Smith & Barton Promotes Buchanan
 - 1.8M Oklahomans Now Impacted by Drought
 - New Orleans Residents: Police Shortage a Mardi Gras Security Risk
 - Oklahoma Supreme Court to Hear Oil Company/Earthquake Lawsuit
 - Deputy US Marshal Admits Guilt in Texas Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Names Conner, Ramsey Partners in Dallas
 - Oklahoma Jazz Hall : Insurance Debts Paid or Not?
 - Schroeder Named VP of Marketing Texas-Based ITC
 - Study Finds Workplace Trust a Predictor of Comp Outcomes in Arkansas
 - 5 Accused in Houston-Area Truck Crash ATM Theft
 - XL Group Adds to Insurance Underwriting Team in Dallas
 - Oklahoma AG Files Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against 2
 - Legislative Focus for Texas Windstorm Insurer: Funding, Depopulation
 - Balvin Joins Louisiana-Based Specialty Risk Associates
 - The On-Boarding Process: Making New Clients Feel like Family
 - Experts: Steady Rate of Earthquakes in Oklahoma in 2014
 - Texas to Help Pay Final Costs for Those Killed in Prison Bus Wreck
 - Texas Windstorm Expert Panel to Discuss Work at Public Meeting
 - Work Comp Death Benefits Awarded to Husband of Oklahoma Beheading Victim
 - 4.1 Mag Quake Recorded in North-Central Oklahoma
 - Grass Fires Burn 2,100 Acres in Oklahoma, Close I-35
 - Bank Customer Car Burglary Ring Busted in Louisiana
 - Earthquake Risk in North Texas Likely to Be Upgraded
 - Texas Regulators Recover $32.4M in Premium Refunds, Claim Payments
 - Felton Named Asst. VP – Marketing and Development at U.S. Risk Solutions
 - LevelFirst, Church Mutual Partner on Coverage for Religious Marketplace
 - Texas Bills Target ‘Named Driver’ Automobile Policies; Disclosure Rules Adopted
 - Taylor, Wrobel Join Southwest Risk in Dallas
 - Thieves Crash into Houston Store, Steal ATM
 - Prison Bus Strikes Train in West Texas, Leaving at Least 10 Dead
 - Louisiana Audits Find $31M in Unclaimed Life Insurance
 - Former Deputy AG Mattax Named Texas Insurance Commissioner
 - Texas Plant with Fatal Gas Leak Had Been Cited for Infractions
 - Texas Bill Would Protect P/C Agent Ownership of Expiration Rights
 - Texas Auto Injury, Fatality Crashes Rise Again in 2014
 - BTIS Expands Contractors’ General Liability Program to Louisiana
 - Louisiana Governor Appeals ‘Big Oil’ Suit to State Supreme Court
 - J. Mace Meeks Insurance Team Joins Insgroup in Houston
 - Higginbotham Adds Stick in Dallas as Sr. Loss Control Consultant
 - Texas Sees Record $5B in Surplus Lines Premium in 2014
 - Texas Officials Want Drug Database Moved from DPS
 - Gunman Sentenced to 35 Years for Dallas Insurance Robberies
 - Texas Lowers Workers’ Comp Maintenance Tax Rate
 - Ballinger on Growth, Professionalism in Texas Surplus Lines Market
 - Lawsuit Filed Against Texas Senior-Living Complex After Deadly Fire
 - More Earthquakes in Oklahoma in 2014 than in Past 30 Years
 - 10 Quakes Recorded in North Texas over 2-Day Period
 - Texas Staged Accident Scam Leads to 9 Years in Prison
 - North Texas Doctor Gets 12 Years for Insurance Fraud
 - Peters Named President, Exec. Director of Texas Independent Agents Group
 - Delta General Agency Adds Blaser in North Texas High Net Worth Unit
 - Texas Insurance Trade Group’s Video Aimed at Student Recruitment
 - 3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Central Oklahoma
 - Flood-Control Canal-Widening Completed in Southern Louisiana
 - New Louisiana DOI Website Aims to Help Consumers Shop for Rates, Agents
 - False Alarms Preceded Deadly Blaze at Texas High-Rise
 - Brown & Brown Subsidiary Acquires Hall-Wright General Agency
 - Weather Service: Fewest Tornadoes on Record in Oklahoma in 2014
 - Deputy US Marshal Admits Guilt in Texas Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Oklahoma Bill Targets Texting While Driving
 - Initial Unemployment Claims Rise in Louisiana
 - Raggio Joins Frost Insurance in Texas
 - Exxon Mobil Seeks to Bar Release of Files in Arkansas Pipeline Case
 
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