11K People Seek State Shelter in Louisiana After Hurricane Laura September 3, 2020 By Melinda Deslatte Growing numbers of Louisiana residents are turning to the state to find a place to stay after Hurricane Laura ravaged...
Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Adds Skaggs, Boniol, Perkins September 2, 2020 Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has hired Jeff Skaggs as senior vice president of Underwriting and...
West Texas Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Gun Supplier, Manufacturer September 2, 2020 Family members of two of the deceased Odessa, Texas, mass shooting victims are suing the person who supplied the AR-style...
Texas’ HIIG Launches New E&S Brokerage Business Unit September 2, 2020 Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) has launched an E&S (excess and surplus) brokerage business unit to provide liability and...
Louisiana Insurance Producer Accused of Forgery, Fraud September 2, 2020 A Monroe, La., insurance producer has been served with a cease and desist order alleging various unauthorized actions including false...
Key Air Monitors Offline After Laura Hits Louisiana Energy Hub September 1, 2020 By Ellen Knickmeyer Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping...
Pool Disinfectant Caught Fire at Louisiana Chemical Plant, U.S. CSB Says September 1, 2020 The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Aug. 31 about 835 tons of a chemical used in swimming pools...
USGS Reports 3.7 Mag Earthquake Struck Northeast Arkansas September 1, 2020 An earthquake rated with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 struck near Marked Tree in northeastern Arkansas, according to the U.S....
Cat Risk Modelers Air Worldwide, KCC Release Laura Insured Loss Estimates August 31, 2020 Estimates for insured property losses associated with Hurricane Laura by catastrophe risk modeling firms Air Worldwide and Karen Clark and...
Rust-Ewing, Assurance One Changing Name to Texas First Insurance August 31, 2020 Rust-Ewing, Watt, & Haney Inc., a Texas City, Texas-based provider of personal and commercial insurance products, has reported that Rust-Ewing...