Texas / South Central News for April 2017
- Judge: Exxon Must Pay $20M for Emissions from Texas Plant
 - Oklahoma House OKs Bill Allowing Insurance Sales Across State Lines
 - Texas Workers’ Comp Nonsubscriber Reports Due April 30
 - Texas Mutual Names Bentley VP – Marketing, Customer Engagement
 - 7 Texas Auto Dealer Employees Charged with Insurance Scams, Theft
 - Pipeline Company Investigating 19,000-Gallon Oil Spill in Oklahoma
 - Daniels Takes on Marketing Role at Texas-Based ITS
 - Brightway Insurance Adds Texas Locations
 - 31 Students Awarded Scholarships from Insurance Council of Texas
 - Contract for Louisiana Flood Aid Program Administrator to Cost $227M
 - Bad: Train Clips Mirror; Worse: Louisiana Driver Opens Door, Loses It
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Commercial Insurance Brokers
 - Uninsured Driver Bill Signed by Oklahoma Governor
 - Louisiana’s Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Disappearing Coastline
 - Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Names 3 New Board Members
 - EPA Says 3 Injection Wells Source of Contamination in Oklahoma Creek
 - Texas Father, Son Charged in Alleged $16M Insurance Scam
 - Smith Joins Sales, Marketing Team at Crystal & Co. in Houston
 - Despite Opposition, Controversial Insurance Bill Moving in Texas Legislature
 - Houston’s Platform Partners Acquires Voluntary Benefits Firm, Beneplace
 - Appeals Court Affirms Texas Physician’s Workers’ Comp Fraud Conviction
 - Texas Stamping Office: ‘Industrial Insured’ Bill Passed by House
 - Ford Joins Texas Agents Group as Continuous Improvement Director
 - Texas ‘Hailstorm’ Bill Passed by Senate Committee
 - Texas Mutual Board OKs $260M Policyholder Dividend
 - Mired in Sex Assault Scandal, Baylor Hires 1st Female President
 - Texas Woman Awarded $760K for Oklahoma Skydiving Injury
 - Surplus Lines Insurance Bills Advance in Texas Legislature
 - Services for Texas Insurance Commissioner Mattax to Begin on April 20
 - Louisiana Law Firms Could get $87M Each For 2010 Oil Spill Litigation
 - Houston Manufacturer to Pay $150K to Settle Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
 - Texas Mutual Insurance Awards $1M in Safety Grants to Community Colleges
 - Oklahoma Commissioner to Host Healthcare Innovation Summit
 - Post-Katrina Lower 9th Ward Re-Development a Long Time Coming
 - Brown & Brown’s Huval Named to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Board
 - Texas Insurance Commissioner Mattax Passes after Cancer Battle
 - Oklahoma Hospital, Former Administrator, Doctors Agree to $1.6 M Settlement
 - Texas Stamping Office Notes Changes to Eligible Surplus Lines Insurers List
 - Federal Lawsuit: Texas High School Students Were Hazed, Assaulted
 - Texas Driver Who Collided with Church Bus Had Taken Pills, Records Show
 - $1.6B in Federal Aid Now Available for Louisiana Flood Recovery
 - Argo Surety Adds Liberty Mutual’s Bluzard in Houston Contract Surety Unit
 - TWFG to Honor Successful Agents at Mexico Resort
 - Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines
 - Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates Exec Joins RiskProNet Board
 - Oklahoma, British Professors Studying Terrorism Prevention for Buildings
 - Applicants Sought for Boards of Texas FAIR Plan, Windstorm Association
 - Deal Named Business Development Manager at LevelFirst in Dallas
 - NFP Acquires Arkansas’ Thomas Insurance Agency
 - Louisiana Surveying Homeowners with 2016 Flood Damage
 - Hackers Strike Dallas Emergency Siren System
 - TAGA, QBE NA Launch Herbicide/Pesticide Insurance Program in Texas
 - Weather Service: 17 Twisters in Louisiana Outbreak
 - Texas School Bus Crash Sends 23 Children, 1 Adult to Hospitals
 - Baylor Scandal Inspires a Slew of Texas Campus Sex Assault Bills
 - Oklahoma Earthquakes Lawsuit Against Energy Companies Dismissed
 - Arkansas Health Plan Panel Recommends Limits on Coverage for Opioids
 - Texas MGA MD Jensvold Adds Louisiana Office, New Team Members
 - Worldwide Facilities, Oklahoma Petroleum Assoc. Partner on Well Control Insurance
 - Outlook Good for Texting-While-Driving Ban, Texas Lawmakers Say
 - Investigators Collect Phone Data in Texas Bus Crash
 - Texas Jewelry Chain to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit for $30K
 - This Year Already Among Oklahoma’s Most Active for Wildfires
 - Louisiana’s Plan to Spend $1.2B in Federal Flood Aid Approved
 - Storms Kill 2 in Louisiana, Move East
 - USDA OKs Emergency Loans for Oklahoma Ranchers Affected by Wildfires
 - Analysis: Uncertainty Helps Keep Arkansas Medicaid Expansion Alive
 - Driver of Truck in Texas Bus Crash Admits Texting Behind the Wheel
 - 15 Texas Survivors Seek $250M-Plus in Mississippi Train-Bus Crash
 
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