Texas / South Central News for August 2023
- Texas Agency Alliance Adds Four New Independent Member Agencies
- Five More New Orleans Residents Charged for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents
- Unprecedented Wildfire Season Ravages Louisiana as Drought and Heat Persist
- 18 Years After Katrina Levee Breaches, Group Wants Future Engineers to Learn From Past Failures
- Federal Government Opens Two Areas in Gulf of Mexico for Wind Farms, but No Companies Bid on Leases
- U.S. Department of Justice and Oklahoma Bank Reach Settlement Over Discriminatory Lending Practices in Tulsa
- People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Announces Quillman as Regional Lead for Texas
- Texas Construction Contractor Faces $263K in Penalties for Fatal Crane Collapse
- Louisiana Oil Refinery Fire Mostly Contained but Residents Worry About Air Quality
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Texas’ Skyward Specialty
- Goosehead Introduces Agency Launch Program for Recent College Graduates
- Wildfires Ravage Louisiana Amidst Record Heat and Drought
- Deadly Heat Wave Sweeps Central US, Threatening Power Grid and Straining Resources
- Texas Wire Drawing Company Faces $299K in Fines After Fatal Workplace Accident
- Biden Administration Finalizes Stricter Rules to Prevent Offshore Blowouts in Oil and Gas Drilling Rigs
- Louisiana Policyholders Have Until Aug. 29 to File Hurricane Ida Lawsuits
- Tropical Storm Harold Makes Landfall on South Texas Coast
- Texas Pipe Company Faces Department of Labor Lawsuit for Violating Whistleblower Protections
- Wright Flood to Launch Residential, Private Flood Insurance Option in 5 States
- New Texas Law Allows for Variable Speed Limits to Enhance Road Safety in Inclement Weather
- Amwins Specialty Auto Launches in Oklahoma
- Sweltering Heatwave Grips Central US, Record High Temperatures Recorded
- Texas Seeks Millions From Planned Parenthood in Suit Against Abortion Provider
- Tim Temple Elected as Louisiana’s Next Insurance Commissioner
- Arkansas Timberland and Sawmill Operator Faces $218K in Fines After Worker’s Fatal Injury
- Oklahoma Supreme Court to Consider Reparations Case for Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre
- TDI Appoints Knight as State Fire Marshal
- Texas Files Lawsuit Against Shell, Alleging $1M in Environmental Damage from Petrochemical Plant Fire
- Higginbotham Acquires Houston’s Iscential
- Texas Governor Issues Widespread Disaster Declaration Due to Wildfires
- Arkansas Restaurant Chain Sued for Sexual Harassment
- $3 Billion BP Deepwater Horizon Settlement Funding Massive Ecosystem Restoration in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish
- Grass Fire Near Austin, Texas Destroys Building, Displacing Hundreds of Residents
- Embattled Louisiana Law Firm Raised $40M from Florida Hedge Fund, Partner Says
- Attorneys in MMA Case Argue Punishment Disproportionate, Seek Fair Treatment
- Fire at a Texas Apartment Complex Causes Hundreds of Evacuations
- Attorneys for Last-Known Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Appeal Dismissed Reparations Case
- Inszone Expands in Texas With Acquisition of Speck Insurance
- TWIA Board Votes Down Recommended Rate Increases
- Southwest Will Appeal Judge’s Ruling Requiring ‘Religious Liberty Training’
- Worker Injured as Explosion at Texas Paint Plant Sends Fireballs into Sky
- Texas Legislature Takes Aim at the Use of ESG-Related Factors by Insurance Companies
- South Louisiana Parish Sues to Block Port of New Orleans’ $1.8B Container Port Project
- Texas Construction Company Fined $266K For Failure to Correct Fall Protection Systems
- Texas Court Rejects ‘Fishing Expedition’ Discovery Request to Home Depot
- Drag Performers and LGBTQ+ Advocates Sue to Block Texas Law Expanding Ban on Sexual Performances
- Boundless Rider Launches Motorcycle, ATV and Off-Road Insurance in Texas
- Texas Policy Protects Big Polluters From Citizen Complaints
- Oklahoma Governor Signs Executive Order Narrowly Defining “Female” and “Male”
- NR West Acquires Texas’ Foster Benefit Resources
- No Duty to Defend Doesn’t Mean No Duty to Indemnify, Federal Appeals Court Finds
- McDonald`s Franchise in Louisiana and Texas Illegally Hired Minors, Labor Department Finds
- 1 in 5 Texans Live in Flood Prone Areas, New Data Reveals
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