An estimated 5.6 million trees that once shaded homes, streets and parks in communities across Texas now are dead as a result of last year’s unrelenting drought, the Texas Forest Service says. The economic cost resulting from the loss is …
Louisiana State Police report nine traffic-related fatalities so far this year. Out of those seven of eight people who died in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing seat belts. A ninth fatality involved a motorcycle. In a recent checkpoint in …
The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general insurance agency headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, has opened four new branch locations in four states. Katlyn Sebera has opened a new branch in Cypress, Texas. Sebera has three …
Houston-based Town & Country Insurance Agency Inc., a subsidiary of Encore Bancshares Inc. and an affiliate of Encore Bank N.A., has completed its acquisition of Whittington Insurance Agency. Whittington Insurance Agency is an independent insurance agency headquartered in League City, …
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio has appointed South Padre Island Mayor Robert Pinkerton, Jr. to the Joint Interim Committee to Study Seacoast Territory Insurance. The committee will examine alternative ways to provide insurance to the state’s seacoast …
Fort Worth, Texas-based independent property/casualty insurance agency, Lucien Wright Insurance Services Inc., announced it has moved its offices after being at the same location for 24 years. The firm has relocated to 6000 Western Place, Suite 100, Fort Worth, Texas …
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving more than $5.3 million in insurance payments from consumer complaints in 2011. LDI received 13,208 consumer inquiries and 3,453 official consumer …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s spokesman said he resigned on Feb. 10 after sending an official email to hundreds of people containing an off-color term for breasts. Glenn Craven told The Associated Press that he had sent the email and was …
BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc. has added Larry D. Batie II as marketing manager for the Texas region. He previously served as account executive and assistant vice president at Marsh & McLennan Cos. Based in Houston, Batie will have an active …
In recognition of her leadership as CEO and move to chairman of the board, Dallas-based independent insurance agency Roach Howard Smith & Barton has established a scholarship honoring Karen K. Farris. The fund was established with Texas Risk & Insurance …
