Storage Tank Owner Sued by State, County Over Texas Petrochemical Fire March 28, 2019 By Erwin Seba and Collin Eaton Texas officials on Tuesday sued owners of a Houston area petrochemical storage facility over a fire last week, alleging violations...
1 Killed When Truck Carrying Chemical Explodes on Arkansas Highway March 28, 2019 Authorities say a commercial truck carrying an unknown chemical has exploded on a highway in south Arkansas, killing one person...
Hundreds File Claims Against Company in Wake of Texas Petrochemical Fire March 28, 2019 A Houston-area petrochemical storage company that was heavily damaged by fire has received hundreds of compensation claims from residents seeking...
Environmental, Economic Damage a Concern Following Texas Petrochemical Fire March 27, 2019 By Juan A. Lozano Businesses and residents expressed concern on March 25 about the environmental and economic fallout from a fire at a Houston-area...
Tokio Marine HCC Names Skarinka President, Public Risk Group March 27, 2019 Houston-based Tokio Marine HCC has promoted Christopher Skarinka, chief operating officer for its Professional Lines and Public Risk Groups, to...
Louisiana Firm to Pay $70K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit March 27, 2019 A packaging company in Monroe, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $70,000 in lost wages and damages, and provide other significant...
Shipping Resumes in Houston Channel Closed After Chemical Tank Fire March 26, 2019 By Joe Carroll, Ben Foldy and Kevin Crowley The U.S. Gulf Coast’s most important industrial waterway partially reopened on Monday after it was polluted with cancer-causing benzene and...
Arkansas Insurance Department Warns of Fake Auto Policy Scam March 26, 2019 Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr is warning consumers in his state to be wary of individuals posing as car insurance...
Normandy Insurance Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage to Arkansas March 26, 2019 Deerfield Beach, Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Insurance Co. is now offering workers’ compensation insurance to small, mid-size and large...
Purdue to Settle Oklahoma’s Opioids Lawsuit Weeks Before Trial to Open March 26, 2019 By Nate Raymond Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the OxyContin painkiller maker of...