Texas / South Central News for July 2019
- 2 Texas Workers Killed by Toxic Fumes From Fertilizer Truck
 - Roof Collapses at Houston Construction Site, Injuring 9 Workers
 - Labor Department Awards $1M in Unpaid Wages, Penalties to Oklahoma Employees
 - Rice U. Says Its Hurricane Plan for Houston Better Than $20B Coastal Barrier
 - Texas Windstorm Insurer: Rate Inadequacy Up Year Over Year
 - Post-Harvey Flood Mitigation Effort Ongoing in Dickinson, Texas
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana Brokerage Gillis, Ellis & Baker
 - Well Stopped After Central Oklahoma Hit With 3.1 Magnitude Quake
 - Authorities: Texas Woman Cooked Up Raw Beef Insurance Scam
 - Canadian Firm Sues Oklahoma Marijuana Dispensary for Copyright Infringement
 - OPIC Highlights Insurance Consumer Protections from Texas 2019 Legislative Session
 - Houston’s Dean & Draper Insurance Agency Joins Assurex Global
 - Company to Settle Federal Suit Over Sex Harassment at Texas Plant for $55K
 - Louisiana Workers’ Comp Carrier, LWCC, Adds Irby, Promotes Sanders
 - Executive Liability Unit of Great American Insurance Opens Dallas-Area Office
 - Report: Millions of Gallons of Waste Created by Texas Petrochemical Fire
 - Oklahoma Manufacturer Cited, Fined $187K for Serious Workplace Hazards
 - Surety Specialists Feighl, Hohlt Join EPIC in Houston
 - Worley, Brown Launch Legion Claims Solutions in Louisiana
 - New Barry Insured Loss Estimate: Not More Than $500M, RMS Says
 - Garcia Tapped as Communications Director at Insurance Council of Texas
 - SBA: $10.8M in Disaster Loans Made in Arkansas, so Far
 - Oklahoma County Joining Suits Against Opioid Manufacturers
 - Louisiana Ag Officials: Hurricane Barry Farm Damage Fairly Local
 - Louisiana Judge: State Court Suit Over Playoff ‘No-Call’ Can Proceed Against NFL
 - CoreLogic Estimates Barry Flood, Wind Losses at $500M to $900M
 - Texas Supreme Court Closes ‘Trapdoor’ of Pretrial Negligence Admission Requests
 - Risk Placement Services Expands Lawyers Liability Program to New York, Texas
 - Allstate Says 60% of June Insured Cat Losses Came from Texas
 - Worker Dies From Late June Explosion at Facility in NW Louisiana
 - Feds Approve Disaster Flooding Aid for 41 Oklahoma Counties
 - Texas Files Suit Against Aliera Healthcare Over Non-Licensed Insurance Sales
 - ICT’s ‘Speed Interviews’ Connect Texas College Students with Insurance Pros
 - Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $300M in Non-NFIP Insured Losses from Barry
 - Gulf Coast Still Faces Flood, Tornado Risks from Weakened Barry
 - Fidelis Group Holdings Adds Taylor as Sr. Claims Manager in Louisiana
 - Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up 13% Over Last Year
 - Oklahoma Accuses J&J of Dodging Liability for ‘Cunning’ Opioid Drug Push
 - Oklahoma, J&J Wrapping Up First Trial Over Opioid Crisis
 - Petri Honored with ICT’s Raymond Mauk Leadership Award
 - EC3 Brokers Expands in U.S., Adding Norris, Holley in Dallas
 - Barry Weakened After Landfall in Louisiana But Flooding Still Expected in Some Areas
 - Barry Expected to Make Landfall in Louisiana as Hurricane on Saturday
 - Refineries in Tropical Storm Barry’s Path to Keep Operating
 - New Orleans Hunkers Down as Tropical Storm Barry Nears Louisiana Coast
 - 5th Circuit: No Assertion that Drunken Driving Equals Intention to Crash
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas-Based BluePeak Advisors
 - Jacoby Joins RCP in Dallas as Healthcare Practice Leader
 - Now a Tropical Storm, Barry Takes Aim at Louisiana
 - Harrison Joins Holmes Murphy in Houston as VP, Business Development
 - As Gulf Storm Bears Down, New Orleans Faced with Threat of Two-Sided Flood
 - As Storm Forms in Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Oil Producers Shut Offshore Output
 - LP Risk Acquires Wholesale Insurance Broker, Houston Surplus Lines
 - Oklahoma Again Seeing Decline in Number of Earthquakes
 - FEMA: As of Mid-June, Arkansas’ Sebastian County Had Most Flood Claims
 - New Louisiana Rules for Self-Driving Trucks Effective Aug. 1
 - Fewer E&S Flood Insurance Policies in Texas Coastal Counties Post-Harvey
 - Houston Police: Number of Drunken-Driving Arrests Up Sharply
 - Oklahoma State Lawmaker Wants Study on Arkansas River Flooding
 - Brown Tapped as IIAT’s Account Manager of the Year
 - USI Insurance Services Acquisition of U.S. Risk Finalized
 - Kurtz Named Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Young Agent of the Year
 - Little Rock Diocese Settles Sexual Abuse Claims for $790K
 - Update: Voice Recorder Found in Texas Plane Crash; Victims Identified
 - 2 Killed in Accident at Shell Auger Gulf of Mexico Platform
 - Trident Marine, Signal Mutual Team Up on Waterfront Workers’ Comp in Texas, Louisiana
 - Historic Flooding Prompts Arkansas Governor to Order Levee Review
 - Oklahoma Oil Rig Count Down 27% Year Over Year
 - US Government Wants Some of Oklahoma’s $270M Purdue Pharma Settlement Money
 - Data: Oklahoma Highway Patrol Writing Fewer Tickets, Warnings
 - Under New Law, $700M in Louisiana Roadwork to Be Paid by BP Money
 - Swingle Receives IIAT’s 2019 Drex Foreman Award
 
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