Uptick in Texas Workers’ Comp Claims Ends 20-Year Downward Trend June 9, 2021 Despite the economic slowdown resulting from the COVID-19 business closures, the total number of workers’ compensation claims reported to the...
Louisiana Bill to Ban Handheld Phone Use While Driving Fails in Senate June 8, 2021 Louisiana senators put the brakes on a bill that would have required motorists to use a handsfree device or speaker...
Louisiana Lawmakers Balk at Paying Settlement From 1983 Flood June 8, 2021 Louisiana has for years owed millions of dollars to residents whose homes flooded because of interstate construction work, but lawmakers...
2 Arkansas Docs Sentenced to Federal Prison for Prescription Fraud June 8, 2021 Two Arkansas physicians were sentenced in late May to a combined 150 months in federal prison for distributing pain medicines...
NOAA: ‘Dead Zone’ Off Louisiana Likely Average-Sized June 8, 2021 An average “dead zone” is likely in the Gulf of Mexico, where a large area of water holding too little...
Texas Gov. Signs Bill to Punish Businesses Requiring COVID Vaccination Proof June 8, 2021 By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses...
Texas Records $884.75M in Surplus Lines Premiums in May June 7, 2021 The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) recorded a record-breaking $884.75 million in surplus lines insurance premium for May,...
Survivor of Louisiana Capsized Lift Boat Sues; Details Ordeal June 7, 2021 A man who was on a lift boat that capsized eight miles (about 13 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast in...
People Moves: Brost Joins BSBD in Texas as EVP; Russell Named Oklahoma WCC Chairman, Liotta Resigning June 7, 2021 Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett and Dixon Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett and Dixon (BSBD) based in Plano, Texas, has hired Matt Brost as...
Arkansas Commissioner: Insurers Can’t Mandate Use of Designated Auto Repair Shop June 4, 2021 Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain is reminding insured Arkansans seeking automobile repairs that insurance companies cannot require automobile repairs be...