Texas / South Central News for February 2019
- Texas Bill Would Require Citizenship to Purchase Auto Insurance
 - Worker Dies After Falling at School Construction Site in Louisiana
 - TDI: Former Texas Insurance Agent Who Faked Cancer Claims Sentenced
 - Search Continues for Remaining Body at Texas Plane Crash Site
 - More Than 50 Tons of Catfish Recalled by Houston Seafood Company
 - Collier Appointed COO of Austin’s Service American Indemnity
 - Insurance Council of Texas Seeks Leadership Award Candidates
 - FedNat to Buy Maison Homeowners Insurance Operations from 1347 Holdings
 - Zurich Insurance Acquires Dallas Digital Applications Firm, Sea Pine Technologies
 - Texas’ Harris County to Get $320K Federal Grant for Flood Tunnel Study
 - Fire Severely Damages Downtown Businesses in Guthrie, Oklahoma
 - 3 Killed in Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Near Houston
 - TxDOT: Traffic Fatalities Increased in Energy Producing Regions
 - Louisiana Officials Warn of Goods Stolen from Storage Units, Sheds
 - Arkansas Panel Approves Rules for Use of Previously Banned Herbicide
 - Houston Insurance Broker Launches Online Tool to Connect Agents, Customers
 - Officials: Up to 100 Pedicabs Destroyed in Austin Warehouse Fire
 - Shipping Company Fined $2M for Dumping Oily Waste into Gulf
 - Palmer Joins EPIC’s Energy, Marine Practice in Houston
 - Louisiana Flood Victims Still Waiting for Federal Recovery Grants
 - Texas Woman Sentenced for $46K Workers’ Comp Fraud
 - Round 12: Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Shedding More Policies
 - Winter Weather Advisories in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas
 - Woman Awarded $37M by Texas Jury over Seat Belts
 - Texas Bill Would Protect First Responders’ Work Comp Claims from Illegal Denials
 - Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Texas’ Myron F. Steves & Co.
 - Hubbell Promoted to Chief Risk Officer at TDECU
 - Texas Indoor Gun Range Cited for Lead Exposure, Fined $214K
 - State Farm Lowering Auto Insurance Rates in Texas
 - High Insurance Rates, Escape Cited in Closure of Texas Prison Transport Firm
 - Fire Danger High in Oklahoma, Texas Panhandles
 - Insurance Broker Lockton Opens New Orleans Area Office
 - WNC Insurance Services Names Wurmser President, Lender-Placed Insurance
 - USI Insurance Services to Acquire U.S. Risk Insurance Group
 - New Orleans Aims for Greater Safety with New Rules for Charter School Buses
 - Hamilton Reappointed to Lead Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel
 - Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Oklahoma’s Westphalen Insurance Services
 - Insurance Department Recovered $12.8 M for Arkansans in 2018
 - Bus Video Shows Oklahoma Principal Used Phone During Texas Crash, Attorney Says
 - Fowler Joins RHSB as VP – Employee Benefits Practice Leader in Fort Worth
 - 3 Injured in Texas Scaffold, Construction Elevator Accident
 - State Farm to Again Lower Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
 - Alliant Adds Cox to Employee Benefits Group in Austin
 - Texas Governor, Officials Urge Feds to Clear Way for Harvey Money
 - Alleged 2018 Staged Vehicle Crash Leads to Arrest of 4 in Louisiana
 - Brown Reappointed as Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner
 - Knight Appointed Texas Sales Director for Athens Administrators
 - AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Group
 - Houston’s Risko Strategies Unveils Scholarship Insurance for Student Athletes
 - Crude Oil Spills in Northern Oklahoma; Cleanup Underway
 - Louisiana Insurance Exec Arrested for Theft of Nearly $1M
 - Shell Offshore Agrees to $2.2M Fine for 2016 Gulf Oil Spill
 - More Than 1 Ton of Chicken Products Recalled by Texas Company
 - Hub Acquires Assets of Texas Agency, US Insurance Source
 - Independent Agent Group Taps Texas Mutual as Endorsed Work Comp Carrier
 - Parent-Centric Auto Insurer, Apparent, Launches in Texas
 - Texas Brokers Have Until Feb. 28 to Correct Late-Filed Surplus Lines Policies
 - Control Risks Names Cahill Director of Product Risks in Texas
 - Cybersecurity Expert Tapped for Oklahoma’s Top Emergency Management Post
 - Cleanup Underway After Massive Oklahoma Oil Spill
 
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