TWIA Committee Recommends 5% Increase in 2024 Residential Rates, 8% for Commercial July 12, 2023 The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Actuarial & Underwriting Committee met Tuesday, July 11 and voted to recommend increasing rates for...
Lack of Heat Safety Standards Puts Texas Workers at Risk, as Heat-Related Deaths Continue to Rise July 12, 2023 By Francisco Uranga Maynor Estuardo Álvarez used to stand the Texas heat, but not anymore. Something changed in his body last summer while...
Study: 96% of Injured Texas Workers Return to Work Within Three Years July 11, 2023 By Ezra Amacher More than 9 in 10 injured Texas employees returned to work within one year post-injury and 96% returned to work...
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Seeking Reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre July 11, 2023 By Jake Bleiberg An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to...
2019 Houston Chemical Fire Could Have Been Prevented, Federal Investigation Finds July 10, 2023 By Alejandra Martinez A massive Houston-area chemical fire that burned for three days in 2019 could have been prevented if proper procedures were...
People Moves: Stephens Insurance Appoints Krutsch July 10, 2023 Stephens Insurance Appoints Rich Krutsch as Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits Division Stephens Insurance, LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc.,...
Texas Man Charged With Arson in 2018 Fire That Killed 5, Displaced 200 Others July 7, 2023 SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) – Officials in San Marcos, Texas, have named the man charged with intentionally starting a fire...
Fire Caused by Fireworks Kills 1, Injures 4 in East Texas July 7, 2023 GILMER, Texas (AP) __ A man was killed and four other people were hurt after officials say a fireworks accident...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Offers Recovery Tips After Severe Storms July 6, 2023 Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Gled Mulready offered recovery tips following the severe storms that hit Tulsa over Father’s Day weekend, causing...
Court: Tulsa Can’t Give a Choctaw Man Ticket Because City is on Reservation Land July 6, 2023 By Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Tulsa lacks the jurisdiction to prosecute a Native American man cited by police for speeding because...