Allstate Says 60% of June Insured Cat Losses Came from Texas July 18, 2019 Announcing total estimated catastrophe losses for June, Allstate Corporation attributed 60 percent of those losses to four severe wind and...
Worker Dies From Late June Explosion at Facility in NW Louisiana July 18, 2019 A northwest Louisiana coroner says a 43-year-old man has died of injuries from an industrial explosion late last month. The...
Feds Approve Disaster Flooding Aid for 41 Oklahoma Counties July 18, 2019 Gov. Kevin Stitt says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster assistance for 41 Oklahoma counties as a result...
Texas Files Suit Against Aliera Healthcare Over Non-Licensed Insurance Sales July 17, 2019 A lawsuit has been filed by the State of Texas seeking to stop Georgia-based Aliera Healthcare from selling health insurance...
ICT’s ‘Speed Interviews’ Connect Texas College Students with Insurance Pros July 17, 2019 On July 11, the Insurance Council of Texas’ (ICT’s) 4th Annual Speed Interview and Network Session connected students from universities...
Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $300M in Non-NFIP Insured Losses from Barry July 16, 2019 Catastrophe modeling firm, Karen Clark & Company (KCC), says insured losses from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Barry and its remnants will near...
Gulf Coast Still Faces Flood, Tornado Risks from Weakened Barry July 16, 2019 By Rebecca Santana and Jonathan Drew Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to...
Fidelis Group Holdings Adds Taylor as Sr. Claims Manager in Louisiana July 16, 2019 Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), with its subsidiary Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), has hired...
Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up 13% Over Last Year July 16, 2019 Surplus lines premium in Texas has increased to $3.48 billion at the 2019 mid-year point, up 13.4% over 2018’s mid-year...
Oklahoma Accuses J&J of Dodging Liability for ‘Cunning’ Opioid Drug Push July 16, 2019 By Jef Feeley Even after illegally promoting opioid painkillers to reap billions of dollars in profit over the past two decades, Johnson &...