Texas / South Central News for March 2019
- CEO of Texas Petrochemical Tank Facility Apologizes for Fire
 - Surplus Lines Windstorm/Hail Bills Move Forward in Texas Legislature
 - Update: Truck That Exploded in Arkansas Was Carrying Ammonium Nitrate
 - Boulder Falls from Truck in Oklahoma, Killing 2 in Passing Car
 - Storage Tank Owner Sued by State, County Over Texas Petrochemical Fire
 - 1 Killed When Truck Carrying Chemical Explodes on Arkansas Highway
 - Hundreds File Claims Against Company in Wake of Texas Petrochemical Fire
 - Environmental, Economic Damage a Concern Following Texas Petrochemical Fire
 - Tokio Marine HCC Names Skarinka President, Public Risk Group
 - Louisiana Firm to Pay $70K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
 - Shipping Resumes in Houston Channel Closed After Chemical Tank Fire
 - Arkansas Insurance Department Warns of Fake Auto Policy Scam
 - Normandy Insurance Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage to Arkansas
 - Purdue to Settle Oklahoma’s Opioids Lawsuit Weeks Before Trial to Open
 - Arkansas Plant Board Bans Older Dicamba Formulas After Mid-April
 - Errors a Problem for Oklahoma Program Targeting Uninsured Drivers
 - Houston Channel Still Closed as Chemical Fire Cleanup Continues; Texas Sues ITC
 - Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas to Pay $75K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
 - Arkansas ‘Truth in Labeling’ Bill Signed by Governor
 - Texas Senate Passes Harvey Relief Package
 - Benzene Levels Rise near Petrochemical Fire Site; Residents Told to Shelter-in-Place
 - Houston-Area Petrochemical Blaze Probe Weighed by Federal Investigators
 - EPIC Insurance Brokers Adds Wells and Pitzer in Dallas
 - Texas Body Shop Owner Sentenced in Auto Insurance Fraud Case
 - Houston-Area Petrochemical Blaze Extinguished, Company Says
 - White Named VP, Chief Internal Auditor at LWCC
 - Houston-Area Chemical Blaze Intensifies After Loss of Water Pressure
 - Insurance Department Takes Over Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace
 - Cotuno Joins Alliant’s Texas Benefits Team as VP
 - Texas Insurer Group, State Farm Begin North Texas ‘Storm Tour’
 - Report: Texas Hospital Knew Elevator Needed Upgrade Before Malfunction
 - USG Promotes Berger to Regional Manager in Texas
 - New Forms, Rate Hikes Likely in 2019 Texas Homeowners Insurance Market
 - Oklahoma High Court Rejects Immediate Delay of Opioid Trial, Sets Hearing Date
 - Ratings of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Upgraded
 - Texas Storms Injure 1, Damage Buildings, Flip Small Airplanes
 - Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Testing of Self-Driving Cars
 - Oklahoma House Passes Bill to Help Small Businesses Grow
 - Louisiana VA OKs Insurance License Exam Fee Reimbursement for Veterans
 - Victims of 2016 Louisiana Flooding Sue Trump Administration Over Aid
 - Glenn Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Dallas
 - Arkansas Wildlife Safari Pays $75K to Settle Animal Welfare Complaint
 - Former Texas Hospital CEO Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Scheme
 - Oklahoma House Passes Bill Aimed at Increasing Volunteer Firefighter Numbers
 - Former Texas Agent Gets 5-Year Sentence for Selling Fake Insurance Policies
 - Post Harvey Flood Control Projects Underway in Houston Area
 - Oklahoma Judge Denies Purdue Pharma Bid to Delay Landmark Opioid Trial
 - Texas’ CRC Group Launches Insurisk Brand, Partners with AMRISC on Property Products
 - Exxon Mobil, U.S. Reach Settlement Over 2013 Texas Refinery Fire
 - Texas Insurance Adjuster Sentenced for Stealing $100K from Employer
 - Walmart’s Stills Named to RIMS 2019 Risk Management Honor Roll
 - Despite Improved Tornado Forecasting, Deaths Continue
 - Drug Companies Seek Delay in Oklahoma Opioid Trial
 - Hub Acquires Assets of Houston’s Peak Financial Group
 - Texas Canned Food Company Faces $194K in OSHA Penalties
 - Houston’s Tokio Marine HCC Names Schell as Next President; Burke to Retire
 - Alternative Service Concepts Promotes Barnes to Claims Manager in Houston
 - Recording Indicates Amazon Cargo Plane Crew Lost Control Seconds Before Crash
 - Report: Flooded Home Buyouts in Texas’ Harris County Less Than Strategic
 - Ryan Specialty Group Closes Acquisition of Oklahoma’s Westphalen Insurance
 - Ryan Specialty Group’s Acquisition of Myron F. Steves Complete
 - San Antonio Area Drug Company Sales Rep Pleads Guilty in $8M Fraud Scheme
 - In Pre-Mardi Gras Battle, Louisiana Jumbo Beer Seller Sues Over Trademark
 - Gun Retailer Sued by Families of Texas Church Shooting Victims
 - Report: Insurers in Texas Provide Security, Investment and Jobs for Texans
 - NTSB: Second Black Box from Doomed U.S. Cargo Plane Found in Texas Bay
 - Company Says Risk for Environmental Disaster From Pile in Louisiana Falling
 - Oklahoma’s Tulsa County Will Pay $350K in 2009 Jail Death Lawsuit
 - State Agency Shifts Focus as Medical Marijuana Demand in Oklahoma Rises
 
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