Officials in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, have begun the annual work of assembling the parish’s “Cat 5” flood team. The task force is charged with identifying places in the parish that flood excessively in heavy rain. The team was created following …
Dallas-based MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA, announced that Jason Dalton has joined the firm as an energy production underwriter. Dalton has over 15 years of experience in both the admitted and non-admitted marketplace. For three years, …
Dallas-based property/casualty insurance agency CoVerica has hired Jim Bailey as senior vice president. The role will include traditional vice president responsibilities, as well as developing the company’s California master agency. He will be based in Dallas. Bailey will also oversee …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved seven renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Program. These companies collectively employ approximately …
Woodward, Okla., will soon have a new tornado warning system. Apache Corp, an oil and gas exploration and production company, and the City of Woodward announced a $350,000 donation from the company to replace the city’s current tornado warning system …
The Labor Department has cited two subsidiaries of a Pineville, La.-based company for alleged safety and health violations. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced recently that it has proposed a total of $72,000 in penalties for Dis-Tran Steel …
Federal official have settled a whistleblower case against a New Orleans, La.-based riverboat company. The U.S. Department of Labor announced it has entered into a settlement agreement with St. James Stevedoring Partners LLC New Orleans to resolve findings by the …
Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment reached the highest mark in the state’s history in March, the Louisiana Workforce Commission has reported. A survey of employers by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates Louisiana’s nonfarm employment at 1,952,100, increasing in …
An Arkansas doctor convicted in a bombing that nearly killed the head of the state medical board lost a separate wrongful death case on April 20 and was ordered to pay $300,000 to family members of a former patient who …
The Jindal administration has gotten permission to redirect federal hurricane recovery money from housing aid programs to Superdome upgrades. Federal approval was discussed on April 19 in the Senate Finance Committee and was confirmed by Christina Stephens, a spokeswoman for …
