Texas / South Central News for March 2016
- Progressive Insurance Snags Texas Uber Drivers Account
 - Road, Bridge Damage from Louisiana Flooding Pegged at $20M
 - Southeast Texas School District Estimates $12M in Flood Damage
 - Model Home Fortified Against High Winds to Be Built in Tulsa
 - Workers’ Comp Costs Decline in Arkansas
 - Three Appointed to Texas Life/Health Insurance Guaranty Association Board
 - Arkansas Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud
 - 4 Parishes Added to Louisiana Disaster Declaration
 - USGS Report: North Texas Earthquake Risk ‘Elevated’
 - Why Companies Won’t Be Opting Out of Opt-Out Anytime Soon
 - Arkansas Orders Florida Health Plan to Stop Selling in State
 - FEMA to Louisiana Flood Victims: Don’t Wait to Begin Repairs
 - Federal Disaster Aid OK’d for 6 More Texas Counties
 - Louisiana Governor Seeks Disaster Declaration for 9 More Parishes
 - Worldwide Facilities Adds Collins, Sheehan in Dallas
 - Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner: Man Scammed Moore Tornado Victims
 - Homes Damaged by Severe Storms in Northwest Arkansas
 - Higginbotham, Capps Insurance Agency Merge
 - Hailstorms Pummel North Texas, Again
 - Arkansas Jury Sides with City in Employee Discrimination Suit
 - Thousands of Acres Burn in Oklahoma, Kansas
 - Texas Regulators: Mid-March Hail Storm Was Insurance ‘Catastrophe’
 - Federal Appeals Court Sides with Lexington Insurance in Deductible Dispute
 - Texas Seeks Data on Weather-Related Property Claims, Lawsuits
 - Update: With Property Claims Added, North Texas Hail Damage May Reach $600M
 - Fire Warning Covers more than Half of Oklahoma’s Counties
 - 35% of Arkansas Banks Closed in Past Decade
 - Southeast Texas Floods Bring Federal Disaster Declaration
 - Hail Damage in North Texas Could Cost $300M in Car Repairs
 - Texas Seeking Employer Representative for Workers’ Comp Appeals Panel
 - Survey: NW Arkansas Companies Seek to Hire Thousands, Expand Rapidly
 - Guilty Plea in Theft of $1.5M Insurance Settlement in Louisiana
 - Storms Set Oil Field Equipment on Fire Near Houston
 - Flooded Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to Remain Closed for Days
 - Oklahoma Treatment Plant Operator to Pay $1M for Drinking Water Violations
 - Dallas Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500M in Hip Implants Case
 - North Texas Commuters Hit with Damaging Hailstorms
 - Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner: Department Can Fund Itself
 - Rising Rivers, Bayous Force Texas Evacuations
 - NFI Roadrail and NFI Industries Settle Texas Wage Discrimination Suit
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Bomford, Couch & Wilson
 - Seat-Back Failure Leads to $124.5M Texas Verdict Against Audi
 - Water Starting to Recede from Homes in North Louisiana
 - Weather Service Assessing Possible Tornado Damage in Arkansas
 - Oklahoma Court Says Workers’ Comp 180-Day Rule Is Unconstitutional
 - Judge: BP not Required to Pay Moratorium-Related Oil Industry Losses
 - Denied Federal Flood Help, Oklahoma Governor Appeals
 - Louisiana Lashed by Severe Weather, Flooding
 - Cochran Named Eastern Louisiana Marketing Rep for Lighthouse Insurance
 - By a Big Margin, Oklahoma House Passes Insurance Mandate for Autism Coverage
 - Oklahoma National Guard Airman with Cancer Expects to Lose Insurance
 - H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Acquires New Orleans Site for Burns & Wilcox Center
 - Oklahoma Bill Would Confirm Oil & Gas Regulators’ Authority
 - Texas Seeks Comments on Windstorm Inspection Rule
 - Storm System Dumps Heavy Rain on South Central States, More Expected
 - Texas Adopts Revised Workers’ Comp Classification Relativities
 - GEICO Dallas Begins Moving to Richardson
 - ‘Cool’ Austin Icy Toward Uber, Airbnb, Bristling Tech Sector
 - North Texas Slammed by Storms: Homes Damaged, School Bus Stranded
 - Earthquake Response/Wastewater Reduction Plan for Central Oklahoma Unveiled
 - Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., Subsidiary Upgraded
 - OSHA Cites Biofuel Company over Louisiana Hydrogen Gas Explosion
 - UT Dallas Students Receive Scholarships from Insurer Trade Group
 - Group Sues ExxonMobil Over Baton Rouge Chemical Plant Emissions
 - Police: 1 Injured When Generator Explodes at Texas Refinery
 - Catastrophe Response Team Works to Protect Storm Victims
 - Reed Joins Midlands Management at Sr. Broker/Underwriter in Texas
 - Suit Alleges Texas Lawyers Bankrolled BP Oil-Spill Scam
 - Select Insurance Markets Adds Castaneda in Austin
 - FORTIFIED Home-High Wind, Hail Programs Launched at National Tornado Summit
 - Texas Mutual, VFIS Award Over $150K to Emergency Service Organizations
 - Post Tornado, St. John Parish Trying for Normalcy
 - Louisiana Flood Board Appeals Dismissal of Suit Against Oil Companies
 - McCasland Joins Texas-Based LevelFirst as Vice President
 - Cabbies in Louisiana Parish Sue UberX Drivers
 - Louisiana’s New Auto Insurance Monitoring System Now in Effect
 - 2015 a Record-Setting Year for Tornadoes in Texas
 
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