Texas / South Central News for May 2024
- Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills to Boost Market Competition
 - Marsh McLennan Acquires Texas’ Perkins Insurance Agencies
 - Inszone Acquires Texas’ T Blackwell Insurance Group
 - Mercury Launches New Umbrella Insurance in Oklahoma
 - Latest Texas Storms Bring Damaging Winds, Baseball-Sized Hail
 - Texas Panhandle Braces for Damaging Hail and Wind: Weather Watch
 - Relation Insurance Services Acquires Oklahoma’s First Insurance
 - More Than 5 Million Texans Live in Flood-Prone Areas According to State Flood Plan
 - Texas Storm Leaves Thousands of Homes Without Power: Weather Watch
 - Texas Panhandle Prepares for State’s Next Big Wildfire
 - Uvalde Families Sue Meta and Call of Duty Maker
 - Storms Leave 15 Dead, Hundreds Injured in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
 - Shipping Companies Fined $2M for Dumping Oil in Atlantic Ocean
 - Arkansas Steakhouse Cleared in Lawsuit Over Social-Distancing Brawl
 - Plans to Spend Billions on a Flood-Prone East Texas Highway May Not Solve the Problem
 - Texas Manufacturer to Pay $35K for Denying Job to Applicant with Opioid Use Disorder
 - Texas Braces for More Heat, Storms and Floods: Weather Watch
 - People Moves: BenefitMall Appoints Wong Benefits Sales Executive for Texas
 - TWIA Prepares Biennial Report for Texas Legislature; Assoc. Sees Limited Claims From Houston Storm
 - Houston Storm Hit Most-Stressed US Grid With Power Outages at 140,000
 - Texas to Face Extreme Heat in New Test for Its Power Grid: Weather Watch
 - These Texans Aren’t Taking Buyouts Despite Repeated Floods
 - Power Restored to Majority of Houston Residents Affected by Deadly Storms
 - Houston Windstorm Causes Preliminary Economic Loss of $5-7B: AccuWeather
 - Up to 2,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled into Galveston Bay After Barge Accident
 - Thousands Remain Without Power After Deadly Storms Hit Houston
 - Inszone Acquires Texas’ JHC Insurance Agency
 - Deadly US Oil Blast Exposes Risks of Pushing Profits Over Safety
 - Texas Storms Leave 800,000 Without Power While Flights Grounded
 - Flood-Prone Houston Faces a Deluge of More Rain: Weather Watch
 - Last Wrongful Death Lawsuit From Astroworld Tragedy Set for Trial in September
 - Texas Is Warned of Blackout Risk as Sun Sets This Summer
 - Texas Lawmakers Zero In on Exploding Hemp Industry
 - Louisiana Department of Insurance Offers Guidance Following Severe Storms
 - Governor Signs Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Act Into Law
 - Teen Awarded $185K in Lawsuit Over Interference With Recording of Mother’s Arrest
 - Over 700 Tornado Reports Filed in 2024, Above Historical Average – AccuWeather
 - Louisiana Court May Reopen Window for Suits by Adult Victims of Child Sex Abuse
 - Decayed, Broken Utility Pole Caused Largest Wildfire in Texas History: Report
 - Inszone Acquires Texas’ Brazos Valley Insurance Agency
 - TWIA Board Approves $500M Line of Credit Ahead of 2024 Storm Season
 - Former Louisiana Lawmaker James D. Cain Passes Away
 - Nine Out of 10 Wrongful Death Lawsuits Settled Over Astroworld Crowd Surge
 - People Moves: Higginbotham Announces Executive Promotions in Financial Services, Employee Benefits
 - Texas Launches Compensation Program for Border Property Crime Damage
 - Dallas to Atlanta Brace for Severe Thunderstorms: Weather Watch
 - After Deadly Oklahoma Tornado, Storms Bring Twisters to Midwest
 - Alera Group Acquires Texas’ Trimble-Batjer
 - Texas Energy Company to Pay $260K to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit
 - Oklahoma Judge Blocks State’s Anti-ESG Law
 - People Moves: IMA Financial Group Names Mizell Director of Energy & Marine Practice
 - Houston Floodwaters Start to Recede; 800 Structures Damaged
 - Louisiana Governor Signs Package of Property Insurance Reform Bills
 - Clergy Sexual Abuse Probe Targets New Orleans Catholic Church Leaders
 - Higginbotham Acquires Texas’ Barnard Insurance Group
 - Skyward Specialty Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock
 - Flooded East Texas Town Begins Cleanup
 - Hundreds Rescued From Flooding in Houston
 - USI Insurance Services Acquires Texas’ Hignojos Insurance Agency
 - Miami Retirement Fund Class Action Alleges Globe Life Officers Concealed Fraud
 - Abuse Probe Into New Orleans Catholic Clergy Expands
 - PCF Insurance Acquires Georgia, Texas Brokerages
 - ‘Car Wreck Clyde’ Attorney in Texas Charged with Skimming $2.4M from Settlements
 - Texas Lawmakers Fault Xcel Power Pole in State’s Largest Fire
 - Southeast Seas Rising Faster Than Other Regions, ‘Turbocharging’ Floods, Report Finds
 - Louisiana Lawmakers Repeal ‘Three-Year Rule’ that Barred Policy Cancellations
 - Tornadoes Damaged 7,200 Residential Properties, Left $2B in Reconstruction Costs
 
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