Report Shows Fire at Texas Facility Caused by Equipment Failure December 9, 2019 A fire at a Houston, Texas-area petrochemical storage facility that burned for days in March was accidental and caused by...
Plastics Manufacturer Settles Retired Texas Shrimper’s Lawsuit for $50M December 9, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune A federal judge has approved a historic settlement agreement between Taiwan-based plastics manufacturer Formosa and an environmental activist represented by...
Texas Woman, Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud in Separate Cases December 6, 2019 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that two Texans have been convicted of workers’ compensation fraud in two separate cases. The...
Texas City Again Issues Voluntary Evacuation Order over Chemical Plant Blast December 6, 2019 Concerns over air quality have prompted a voluntary evacuation order that was in effect on Dec. 5 for a Texas...
Crawford & Co. Appoints Westling as VP, U.S. Catastrophe Operations in Dallas December 6, 2019 Claims services provider Crawford & Company has appointed Maureen Westling vice president of U.S. Catastrophe Services Operations. She is based...
SLTX: Texas’ E&S Premium Amount Reaches Record High in November December 5, 2019 The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) says it recorded $513.68 million in Texas excess and surplus lines insurance...
Texas Chemical Plant Shut by Explosions, Fire to Be Rebuilt, Company Says December 5, 2019 Petrochemical maker TPC Group Inc will rebuild the Texas plant shut last week by devastating explosions that ignited fires that...
Sutton Joins RHSB’s Public Entities Practice Group in Texas December 5, 2019 Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) has added Cathilina Sutton to its Public Entities Practice Group. She will be...
County Official: No Plans to Sue over Texas Chemical Plant Fire December 4, 2019 The top official of an east Texas county that evacuated 60,000 residents last week after a petrochemical plant exploded and...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Texas’ McMillan Insurance Group December 4, 2019 World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired McMillan Insurance Group of Fort Worth, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not...