Texas / South Central News for December 2019
- Texas U.S. Attorney: Luxury Jeweler Pays Serviceman in Discrimination Case
- Texas’ Move to Control Coal Ash Pollution Could Mitigate Tougher EPA Rules
- 8th Circuit: Late Notice Bars Coverage Under Arkansas District’s ‘Claims-Made’ Policy
- Slew of Cannabis-Related Bills Filed in Advance of 2021 Texas Legislature
- Insurance Journal’s Most Noteworthy Topics of 2020: South Central Region
- BP Spill Money to Help Enlarge Louisiana Coast Island, Expand Wildlife Refuge
- Insurance Journal’s Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2020: South Central Region
- 2 Months After Hurricanes, Recovery Elusive for Louisiana Residents
- Social Inflation Lesson: Not Settling Cost Insurer Millions in Suit by Excess Insurer
- Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office: Fee Decreases on Jan. 1, 2021
- Combined Losses from Laura and Delta Top $5B in Louisiana
- Louisiana Virus Rules Dispute Returned to Lower Court
- 2019 Mississippi River Tanker Accident Caused by Poor Management, Miscommunication
- Federal Disaster Aid Approved for Oklahoma Winter Storm Recovery
- Workplace Fatalities Increased By 25% in Texas in 2019
- Louisiana Private Employer Work Injuries, Illnesses Down Slightly in 2019
- Judge Gives Oklahoma Bars, Restaurants Temporary Curfew Reprieve
- Through November, Texas Surplus Lines Premium 12% Higher than Last Year
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas Benefits Broker, PIATX
- 2 Die in Louisiana Salt Mine Ceiling Collapse
- 9 Appeals Court Judges Recuse Themselves in Louisiana Church Sex Abuse Suit
- Lawmakers: Insurance Disputes, Slow Response Hinder Louisiana Storm Recovery
- Oklahoma Housing Agency Faces Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit
- First Coronavirus Business Interruption Trial Gets Underway
- Texas Workers’ Compensation System’s Path to Wellness
- Innovative Risk Management in Dallas Names 4 New Partners
- Joint Louisiana Insurance Committees to Hear About Hurricane Claims, Pandemic
- Georgia Nonstandard Auto Insurer to Assume Business of Troubled Texas Carrier, ACCC
- Judge OKs Plan for Settling Hurricane Damage Lawsuits Against Insurers in Louisiana
- Hull & Company Acquires Assets of South & Western General Agency in Texas
- Wright National Launches Admitted Residential Flood Insurance Product in Texas
- Deadline for Hurricane Insurance Filings Set by Louisiana Law
- Texas AG’s Office: Whistleblower Firings Were not Retaliation
- Texas to Get Federal Disaster Assistance for Hurricane Laura Recovery
- Oklahoma’s CompSource Mutual Insurance Assigned ‘A’ Rating by AM Best
- Texas’ Marine Underwriters of America Acquired by DOXA Insurance Holdings
- Oklahoma Seeking to Make J&J Pay $9.3B to End Opioid Crisis in State
- NOW Insurance, Targeting Small Business, Professionals, Closes on $2.5M Seed Round
- Authorities Target Rise in Road Rage, Aggressive Driving in Houston-Area
- LDI: Proof of Loss Deadlines for Hurricane Claims in Louisiana Extended
- Comment Period on Coastal Texas Study Extended to Jan. 13
- LSU’s Immunity Claim in Frat Pledge’s Death Denied Review by U.S. Supreme Court
- Texas Windstorm Insurer to File for 5% Residential, Commercial Rate Hike
- Quinn to Chair Oklahoma Senate Insurance Committee
- Deadline for FEMA Help for Louisiana Hurricane Delta Victims Looms
- 2 Texans Plead Guilty to Spending Spree Funded by Cyber Fraud
- USDA Names Louisiana Hurricane Natural Disaster Areas; Ag Producers Eligible for Aid
- Dual FEMA Programs Aim to Provide Housing for Louisiana Hurricane Victims
- 7 Injured in Storage Tank Explosion at Texas Petroleum Facility
- Texas Couple Sentenced to Prison in $15M Employee Benefit Plan Embezzlement Scheme
- CRC Group Acquiring Assets of Louisiana’s Continental Underwriters
- Farmers in 21 Louisiana Parishes May Qualify for Hurricane Laura Aid
- Flood Insurance Lessons Learned from the 2020 Hurricane Season
- TWIA Study Showing Rates Inadequate by 26% and 44% Sent to Board
- Texas Warns Agents, Brokers Insurers Against Deceptive, Misleading Health Plan Marketing
- Sentry’s Insurance Business Transfer Plan OK’d to Advance in Oklahoma
- Louisiana Begins Clearing Hurricane-Driven Sediment from Channel so Ships Can Pass
- Texas County Shuts Down Bars as COVID Hospitalizations Surge
- Louisiana Court: ‘Collectibility’ Can’t Be Used to Limit Legal Malpractice Damage Amounts
- Louisiana Deputy Sues Ex-Judge Over Racial Slurs in Text Messages
- Skyward Specialty Insurance Hires CNA’s Childs to Lead Construction Business
- Liquidation Requested for Texas Nonstandard Auto Insurer, ACCC
- $300K State Grant to Help New Orleans with Traffic Safety
- Recorded Texas Surplus Lines Premium Rose to $629.53 Million in October
- Tornado Causes Damage, Injuries in Arlington, Texas
- Louisiana School Superintendents Seeking Looser Quarantine Rules
- Texas Proposes Changes to Agent, Adjuster CE Requirements
- Best Agency to Work For: Upshaw Insurance Agency
- Louisiana Virus Aid Funds Run Low with Small Business, Local Requests Unmet
- Louisiana Ag Commissioner Pushing Farmers, Ranchers to Apply for Virus Aid
- Best Agency to Work For South Central: INSURICA
- Louisiana’s Main Street Recovery Program to Award Another $2.3M in Grants
- RSG’s Trident Marine Managers, Global Special Risks Join Forces in Houston
- Best Agency to Work for South Central: G&G Independent Insurance
- Louisiana a Founding Member of ‘Cannabis Regulators Association’
- NTSB: Offshore Louisiana $750K Liftboat Loss Caused by Faulty Preload Procedure
- Louisiana Issues Hurricane Zeta Data Call
- Texas Reported 925 Traffic Deaths Involving Unbuckled Drivers, Passengers in 2019
- Etier Appointed Assistant VP at Dwight Andrus Insurance
- Texas Officer, City Sued by Family of Black Woman Shot Through Window
- Gray Surplus Lines Insurance to Launch Dec. 1 in Louisiana
- Oklahoma Places New Restrictions on Bars, Restaurants Amid Virus Surge
- Tornado in Arkansas on Sunday Injured 4 People, Destroyed Homes
- Hine Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
- Texas Issues Call to Insurance Companies for 2019 North Texas Storm Data
- HIIG in Houston Rebrands as Skyward Specialty Insurance Group
- Babineaux Named Chief Sales Officer at Louisiana’s Dwight Andrus Insurance
- Oklahoma Ice Storm Damage Up to $27M; Disaster Declaration Requested
- 6 Louisiana Parishes Named Disaster Areas: USDA
- Texas Automobile Insurance Plan’s 4.8% Commercial Auto Rate Hike Approved
- 25K Virus-Linked Claims Filed with Texas Workers’ Comp Carriers Through June 30
- Vertafore Reveals Potential Breach of Texas Driver Information
- Citrus Groves, Plant Nurseries Near New Orleans Pummeled by Zeta
- Louisiana Court Schedules Trial on First Coronavirus Business Interruption Lawsuit
- Texas Seeks Comments on Windstorm Insurer Rules, Classification for Oil, Gas
- Fire, Explosions Shut Down Production at Texas Smoked Turkey Facility
- FEMA to Louisiana Homeowners: Don’t Pay Company for Blue Roof Tarps
- Grand Jury Indicts New Orleans Attorney in Staged Accident Probe
- Johnson Controls, Manpower to Pay $40K in Oklahoma Harassment/Retaliation Suit
- 5 more Louisiana Parishes OK’d for Federal Disaster Assistance
- Judge Upholds El Paso Virus Surge Business Restrictions
- Baton Rouge Council Nixes $5M Settlement in Police Killing of Alton Sterling
- BRP Group’s BKS Partners to Acquire Houston’s Insgroup
- Hit to Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance from 2020 Storms Limited to $35M
- Texas Selects Insurance Services Office as Statistical Agent for Cat Event Plan
- Judge: Louisiana Governor Can Renew Virus Restrictions, for Now
- Texas’ TWFG Insurance Opens New Branches in 4 States
- Amini, General Counsel of Oklahoma Insurance Department to Retire
- Companies to Pay $70K to Settle Harassment, Retaliation Suit Filed in Texas
- RMS: Total Onshore U.S. Insured Zeta Losses Could Rise to $5B
- Texas Urging Safety as 20 Year Anniversary of Daily Traffic Deaths Nears
- LSU Frat Member Faces Hazing Charges; Victim Hospitalized
- Louisiana Arsonist Gets 25 Years for Torching 3 Black Churches
- Hurricane Zeta Insured Loss Estimates Range from $1.5B to More than $4B
- Houston’s HIIG Expands D&O Coverage for Public Companies; Adds Top Talent
- Alera Group Names Martinez in Houston as Chief Human Resources Officer
- Albrecht Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior VP in Dallas
- Man Wrongly Arrested in Fatal Shooting in Texas Sues for $3M
- Zeta’s Impact on Louisiana Island: ‘Like a Bomb Was Dropped’
- Oklahoma Governor Declares State of Emergency in 47 Counties Due to Ice Storm
- Zeta Leaves Southeast Louisiana Reeling Before Heading Northeast
- Louisiana Issues Insurer Data Call for Hurricane Delta Damage Claims
- Louisiana Gov. Edwards Rejects Legislation Giving Lawmakers More Emergency Power
- Americas Insurance Waiving Separate Deductible in Louisiana After Delta, Laura
- Alliant Insurance Services Names Pierce Executive VP in Dallas
- Hurricane Zeta Slams Louisiana With High Winds, Storm Surge
- Black Man Killed by Police in Louisiana Did Not Have Knife, Lawsuit Says
- Deadline for Louisiana Residents to Apply for Laura Aid Extended
- Higginbotham, Brisky & Perez Insurance Agency Merge in Texas
- Louisiana Hunkers Down as Zeta Takes Aim at State
- El Paso Judge Imposes Curfew as Virus Cases Overwhelm Hospitals
- UPDATE: Tropical Storm Zeta Makes Landfall in Mexico, Threatens U.S. Gulf Coast
- COVID-19 Aid Deadline Extended for Louisiana Fisheries Following Storms
- Texas Nonstandard Auto Insurer Placed into Receivership
- Texas’ Fairly Group Offering COVID-19 Insurance for College Sports Programs
- AccuRisk, Convex Expand Occupational Insurance for Texas Nonsubscribers
- 3.2-Magnitude Quake Shakes Area on Oklahoma-Kansas Border
- Company Cites Pandemic in Delay of $9B Louisiana Construction Project
- 3 More Guilty Pleas in Louisiana Staged Auto/Tractor-Trailer Crashes
- Feds Ignore Risk of Huge Gulf Spills to Endangered Species, Suit Says
- Ex-Blue Bell Creameries CEO Kruse Again Charged in Deadly Listeria Case
- Traffic Crashes in Texas Energy-Producing Areas Continue to Increase
- Dredge Scarcity Could Make Rebuilding Louisiana’s Coast Slower, More Costly
- Photographer Sues Over Univ. of Texas Mascot’s Pre-Sugar Bowl Charge
- Greenhouse Gas Storage Project Planned for Louisiana
- More than 6,500 Still in Louisiana Shelters After Hurricanes
- Dell Sued in Dallas for Violation of Equal Pay Laws
- Calhoun Joins LP Risk’s Brokerage Team in Houston as Sr. VP
- Ratings of Texas’ Hallmark Financial No Longer Under Review with Negative Implications
- 4 Accused of Staging Louisiana Big Rig Crash Settle for $4.7M
- 3 Workers Injured in Riceland Rice Plant Blast in Arkansas
- Major Disaster Declaration Approved for Louisiana
- Houston Arson Investigator, Arson Suspect Fatally Shot
- Texas Windstorm Insurer: Check, Money Order Payment Process Changes Start Oct. 21
- Commissioner: Oklahoma Completes First Insurance Business Transfer in U.S.
- Louisianans Warned of Contractor Fraud Following Dual Hurricanes
- Risk Theory Launches Downstream Energy Insurance Program for Contractors
- Catastrophe Risk Experts Estimate Up to $3B in U.S. Insured Losses from Delta
- Dillard’s to Pay $900K to Resolve Federal Race Discrimination Lawsuit
- Future Unsure for Many After Louisiana’s Back-to-Back Hurricanes
- IMA Selects Bryan to Lead Energy Group in New Houston Office
- Appalachian Underwriters Opens New Office in Texas
- Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner OKs Workers’ Comp Premium Rate Drop
- Relation Insurance Acquires Assets of Oklahoma’s Lucht Insurance Group
- City in Texas Hit with $1M Suit from Black Man Who Police Led by Rope
- Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $950M Insured Loss in U.S. from Delta
- Oklahoma High Court OK’s US Chamber’s Support of $465M Opioid Judgment Appeal
- State Takes over Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Home Repair Program
- AccuRisk’s Share of Texas Non-Subscriber Market to Grow with Acquisition
- Returning After Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Evacuees Face Power Outages, Extreme Heat
- BXS Insurance Acquires Alexander & Sanders Insurance in Louisiana
- Louisiana Insurance Commissioner: Pay Only 1 Hurricane Deductible Per Season
- Update: Louisiana Residents Flee as Delta Bears Down on U.S. Gulf Coast
- CoreLogic: Nearly 300K Gulf Coast Homes at Possible Risk From Delta
- Still in Recovery Mode, Louisiana Braces for Hurricane Delta
- Louisiana 4th Grader Sues School System Over BB Gun Suspension
- Pre-Delta, Gov. Edwards Declares State of Emergency in Louisiana
- U.S. Offshore Energy Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane
- Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S.
- HIIG in Houston Hires Rollins as Director of Underwriting, Property
- 3 Dead, 1 Hurt in Partial Collapse of Houston High-Rise Under Construction
- A New Agency, TWFG Casey Cato Insurance, Opens in Houston
- Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Fee to Decrease in January
- Energy Firm Evacuations Underway as Another Major Storm, Delta, Threatens Gulf Coast
- Arkansas Elementary School Teacher Dies From Coronavirus
- Judge Tosses Case Over Texas Chemical Plant Fire During Harvey
- Louisiana Race Track Settles With for $2.8M over Manure, Urine Discharges
- CRC Group Acquires Specialty Risk Associates in Louisiana
- $215M in BP Oil Spill Money Will go to Restore Louisiana Marshes
- G&G Independent Insurance Acquires Arkansas Insurance Advisors in Little Rock
- Cease and Desist Order Issued for Louisiana Agent for Alleged Premium Theft
- Texas Workers’ Comp Networks Have Lower Medical Costs Than Non-Networks
- Purging Texas Water System of Brain-Eating Microbe to Take 60 Days
- Fire at Collapsed Hard Rock Hotel Site in Louisiana
- Texas Records $717.76M in Surplus Lines Premium in August
- Agents Warned of ‘Creative’ Attorneys, Virus Lawsuits
- Texas Commissioner Sullivan: Thanks for Making My Time at TDI Memorable
- Deadly Microbe Water Warning Lifted for Final Texas City
- COVID-19 Legislative Session in Louisiana Began This Week
- Close Call with Laura Renewed Debate over Houston Storm Surge Barrier
- NFP Acquires Hutch Hubby & Associates in Austin
- Warning for Deadly Microbes in Water Lifted for All But 1 Texas City
- Texas Agency, A-MAX Auto, Expands in Houston Area
- Louisiana Utility: Hurricane Laura Repair Costs Now at $1.4B
- Texas Software Provider to Local Governments Reports Data Breach
- Dismissal Rejected; Arkema Chemical Fire Criminal Trial Resumes in Houston
- Louisiana Agent’s License Suspended for Misappropriation, False Insurance Certificates
- Texas Windstorm Insurer Seeks More Data on Rate Adequacy, Hurricane Modeling
- NTSB: Loose Joint Caused Train Derailment that Killed Man in Texas
- Texas Staffing Firm Sued for Disability Discrimination
- Texas’ Blue Bell Creameries to Pay $17.25M in Penalties for Listeria Contamination
- Texas Auto Insurance Plan Association Requests 4.8% Commercial Rate Hike
- On Inland Crawl, Beta Dumps Heavy Rains, Floods Streets on Texas Coast
- Harris, King Named Execs at CAC Specialty’s Natural Resources Practice in Houston
- Rainy Beta Lands on Texas Coast as Tropical Storm
- 5th Circuit Reasserts Bad Faith Not Necessary to Win Interest Penalty Against Texas Insurers
- 9 More Indicted in Louisiana Truck/Auto Staged Accident Schemes
- AmRisc Wholesale in Texas Is Now Waypoint Wholesale
- Well Repairs Off Texas Coast Halted Due to Tropical Storm Beta
- Slow-Moving Storm Beta Set to Drench Texas, Louisiana Coasts
- Louisiana Insurance Agents Get C&D Orders for Alleged Misappropriated Premiums
- Private Jail Company Sued over Texas Woman’s Death
- In a First, State Farm to Acquire Texas Nonstandard Auto Insurer GAINSCO
- 22 Injured in Crane Accident in Austin, Texas
- Oil Industry Begins Cleaning Up, Restarting Gulf Operations After Hurricane Sally
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires The Kirksey Agency in Louisiana
- Zurich NA Launches Nonsubscriber Work Injury Insurance Policy in Texas
- Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Brookstone Insurance Group in Texas
- 2 Charges Against Arkema, Manager over Plant Fire During Harvey Dismissed
- Baird Joins WSS’ Houston Surplus Lines as Sr. Broker/Underwriter
- Historic Flooding from Hurricane Sally Could Hit Gulf Coast
- Louisiana Health System Cited for Coronavirus Safety Violations
- Louisiana Says Agent Took Premiums but Didn’t Place Insurance
- Update: Hurricane Sally Threatens U.S. Gulf Coast as ‘Rainmaker’
- Hurricane Laura Evacuees Protest Slow FEMA Aid
- Lake Charles Evacuees Facing Evictions After Hurricane Laura
- Production Back After Louisiana Sugar Refinery Fire, Owner Says
- NHC: Tropical Storm Sally Strengthens to Hurricane
- Tropical Storm Sally Strengthens; Louisiana Braces for Another Hurricane
- Attendance Limits at Some Live Entertainment, Sports Events Easing in Houston
- Hurricane Laura Hit Louisiana Oil Storage Site; No Shortages Expected
- Post-Hurricane Laura Mosquito Clouds Killing Louisiana Livestock
- Texas Reminds Insurers, Agents of Data Accuracy Responsibilities
- Texas Counties See Drop in Flood Policies, Insurance Department Says
- Dallas Benefits Insurance Agency, Next Level, Partners with ThinkHR
- Texas Governor Extends Coronavirus Disaster Declaration
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Louisiana Agency, Todd & Associates
- Drones, Satellite Images Used to Assess Coastal Damage from Hurricane Laura
- Louisiana Emergency Rule Extends Insurance Premium Payment Time
- Hoy Named EVP, Auto Dealer Programs at Risk Point Underwriters in Dallas
- London Underwriters Launches Online Agent Platform in Texas
- Sheriff: 5 Boats Sank in Austin Area Trump Parade, No Injuries
- Hub Acquires Assets of The Employee Benefit Corp., Hollis Companies in Louisiana
- Johnson Joins Oklahoma’s First United Insurance as VP, Commercial Producer
- Louisiana Officials Say Evicted Woman Set Fire to Apartment Complex
- Amynta Acquires Workers’ Comp Book from Houston International Insurance
- Well Off Texas Coast Spewing Natural Gas Plume
- 11K People Seek State Shelter in Louisiana After Hurricane Laura
- Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Adds Skaggs, Boniol, Perkins
- West Texas Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Gun Supplier, Manufacturer
- Texas’ HIIG Launches New E&S Brokerage Business Unit
- Louisiana Insurance Producer Accused of Forgery, Fraud
- Key Air Monitors Offline After Laura Hits Louisiana Energy Hub
- Pool Disinfectant Caught Fire at Louisiana Chemical Plant, U.S. CSB Says
- USGS Reports 3.7 Mag Earthquake Struck Northeast Arkansas
- Cat Risk Modelers Air Worldwide, KCC Release Laura Insured Loss Estimates
- Rust-Ewing, Assurance One Changing Name to Texas First Insurance
- Fire at Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Chemical Plant Contained
- CoreLogic Estimates Hurricane Laura Insured Losses at $8B to $12B
- Update: Hurricane Laura Kills 6 in Louisiana, but Damage Is Less than Expected
- Fire Burns at Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Chemical Plant
- Damage from Whopper Hurricanes Increasing for Many Reasons
- Arkansas Sees Near-Record Increase in COVID-19 Deaths
- 4 Killed as Hurricane Laura Slams Louisiana, but Less Damage Than Forecast
- Arkansas Governor Rejects Panel’s Call to Close Bars to Prevent Virus Spread
- New Orleans Sues Owners Over Deadly Collapse of Hotel Project
- Analysts Warn of Effects of Hurricane Laura Losses on P/C Insurers
- Hurricane Laura Slows After Landfall; Inland Storm Surge Expected
- Former Texas Insurance Agent Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
- Hurricane Laura Expected to Be Category 4 When It Hits Texas, Louisiana
- Hurricane Laura’s Timing, Direction Bring Harvey, Katrina, Rita to Mind
- Bodies of Remaining 2 Missing in Texas Port Explosion Found
- Hurricane Laura Expected to Slam Energy Coast; On Track for $5-12B in Losses
- Texas Cities Issue Mandatory Evacuation Orders as Hurricane Laura Advances
- 11 Charged in Louisiana Staged Truck Crash Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Report: Data Shows Oklahoma Face Mask Mandates Are Reducing Virus Spread
- Gulf Coast Fears Tropical Storm Laura Could Become Deadly Hurricane
- Two Bodies Found, Two Missing After Explosion in Texas Port
- EPA to OK Use by American Airlines of Surface Coating to Fight COVID-19
- Dueling Storms Marco, Laura Hit Haiti, Dominican, Cuba on Way to Gulf Coast
- Gulf Coast Braces for Tropical Storm Marco; States Declare Emergencies
- Texas Insurance Agency Released from Suit by Restaurant Group Over Virus Losses
- Texas Pharmacy Marketer Charged in $60M Kickback Scheme
- Louisiana Governor Sets Goal: Net Zero Greenhouse Gases by 2050
- $300 Jobless Aid Starts Next Week in Louisiana; Bar Owners Appeal Closure Ruling
- As Texas Restaurant Industry Struggles, So Does Food Supply Chain
- Downed Power Line Blamed for Large Blaze at Dallas-Area Factory
- 10 Months Later, Worker’s Body Removed from New Orleans Hotel Debris
- Credit Rating of Southern Pioneer Property and Casualty Insurance Upgraded
- Federal Judge Declines to Block Louisiana’s Forced Bar Closures
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