Texas / South Central News for August 2024
- ‘Potentially Explosive’ Military Devices Involved in Deadly Arkansas Crash
- TDI to Hold Two Public Meetings on TWIA’s Filing of 10% Rate Increase
- 4 Killed, 10 Injured When Passenger Van Rolls Over in Texas Highway Crash
- People Moves: Cooley Joins Graham Rogers Insurance as Transportation New Business Underwriter
- Appeals Court Revives Tesla’s Challenge Against Louisiana Law Banning Direct Sales
- Texas Officials Sued Over Anti-ESG Law Targeting Wall Street
- Oklahoma Bulletin Addresses Upcoming Legislative Changes
- Texas Lawmakers Consider Regulations to Address Risks of Artificial Intelligence
- Inszone Acquires Texas’ Keith Williams Insurance Agency
- Markets/Coverages: SageSure, Markel Collaborate to Expand Capacity in Coastal States
- Childcare Provider to Pay $43K in Back Wages After Retaliation Against Texas Worker
- Smoke Plume Over Houston Fades After TPC Restores Power
- Louisiana Insurers Required to Submit Hurricane Season Data by Aug. 30 Deadline
- Texas DWC to Hold Brown Bag Series on Dispute Resolution
- Judge: EPA Can’t Use Civil Rights Act to Fight Industrial Pollution in Louisiana
- Texas and Southwest Face Scorching Heat Wave
- Blackouts in Extreme Weather Create Demand for Cleaner Backup Power
- Arkansas County to Pay $3M Settlement Over Detainee’s 2021 Death in Jail
- Is Heat Causing Branches to Fall Off Trees? Scientists Aren’t Sure
- Two Killed in West Texas Plane Crash That Set Off a Fire
- The Hilb Group Expands Central Region Presence With Texas Acquisition
- Compounding Disasters in Lake Charles Highlight Need for Disaster Preparedness
- People Moves: Alliant Appoints Aguirre to Lead New Commercial Surety Practice
- Jury Finds Parents of Texas Student Accused of 2018 Mass Shooting Not Negligent
- Texans’ Bid to Stay Cool in Heat Lifts Power Use to New High
- One Killed After Natural Gas Pipeline Explodes In Louisiana
- Texas Grid Faces Biggest Test of Summer With Extreme Heat
- Arkansas Governor Declares Emergency After Thunderstorms Knock Out Power
- Texas Jury to Decide if a Student’s Parents are Liable in Deadly School Shooting
- Skyward Specialty Launches Aviation Program
- People Moves: Skyward Specialty Hires Four Regional VPs and Two Underwriters
- Oklahoma Printing Business Ordered to Pay $47K After Employee Was Called an Ape
- Oklahoma Town to Pay $7M to Exonerated Former Death Row Inmate
- Pressure Mounts on Texas Regulator as ‘Zombie’ Oil Wells Spill Toxic Fluids
- J&J Eyes Texas as Venue for Next Round of Baby Powder Fight
- People Moves: FTI Consulting Names Thompson Senior Managing Director
- Texas Sues GM for Allegedly Collecting Drivers’ Data, Then Selling it to Insurers
- Drax Global Reports Violating Air Emissions Limits at Louisiana Plants
- Skyward Specialty Enters the Mortgage (Re)insurance Market
- Competitor Dies During Swimming Event of CrossFit Games at a Texas Lake
- Tesla Sued by Family of Electrician Who Died at Austin Facility
- Texas Attorney General Opens Probe Into CenterPoint Over Beryl
- Oklahoma Contractor Faces $85K Fine Over Fatal Trench Collapse
- Court Orders Regulators to Fix Process, Reconsider Gas Export Projects in South Texas
- Dog Chewing on Lithium-Ion Battery Sparks House Fire in Oklahoma
- 4 Killed When Small Airplane Crashes in Oklahoma City
- Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Lawsuit Alleging Hair Discrimination at Houston High School
- Warner Pacific Acquires Texas’ Ashmore Agency
- Arkansas Fines PBMs $1.5M for Violating State Law
- Study Links Fracking Wastewater Injection to Surface Blowouts in West Texas Oil Wells
- People Moves: Benefield Joins B&R as SVP and Broker
- El Paso Contractor Faces $260K Fine After Employee Fatally Injured in Trench Collapse
- NHTSA Seeking Information on Fatal Tesla Cybertruck Crash in Texas
- Tulsa Commission to Study Reparations for 1921 Race Massacre Victims and Descendants
- Push for Flood Mitigation Draws Concerns Over Impact in Mississippi and Louisiana
- Texas Carbon Monoxide Poisonings Spike After Hurricane Beryl
- Texas Assisted Living Facility Sued for Firing Worker With Sleep Disorder
- Exxon Delays Golden Pass LNG to Late 2025 on Contractor Dispute
- Chevron to Quit California for Texas After Warning on Regulation
- Oil and Gas Power Lines Suspected of Causing Texas Panhandle Wildfires
- Symphony Risk Opens Austin Office, Names Burns President of Specialty Business
- Officials Cleaning Up Oil Spill in Southern Louisiana Parish