Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired CLS Partners in Austin, Texas. Clint Scott, CEO of CLS PartnerS, along with the CLS Partners management team and staff, will join Alliant and continue to service clients from offices in Austin and Dallas. …
International Risk Management Institute Inc. has opened registration for the 38th IRMI Construction Risk Conference. The IRMI conference is set for Nov. 4 through Nov. 7 at the Marriott Marquis in Houston, Texas. Roughly 2,000 project owners, general contractors, subcontractors, …
An Arkansas company will pay $38,000 in the settlement of a gender pay discrimination case brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC reported that TrueCore Behavioral Solutions, a manager of programs and service at a juvenile correction …
It may sound far-fetched, but a massive tunnel system is one concept on the table as the Harris County Flood Control District begins to explore more creative flood control methods after Hurricane Harvey, when the Houston area became the site …
A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay $3.8 million to the U.S. government to settle a lawsuit over a 2016 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The May 11, 2016, spill of nearly 2,000 barrels (317,975 …
Federal officials have sued Houston-based energy giant Halliburton Energy Services Inc. for subjecting two employees to national origin and religious discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said its suit also maintains that Halliburton unlawfully retaliated against one of …
The Texas Department of Insurance has approved a request to extend the use of negotiated experience modifiers in the state’s workers’ compensation system for another year. Without the change, under the NCCI Experience Rating Plan Manual, which Texas adopted in …
Texas officials are struggling to enforce part of a flood insurance program that aims to elevate or remove severely damaged properties from flood plains, according to a newspaper investigation. The Houston Chronicle analyzed more than 36,000 insurance claims of properties …
Alliant Insurance Services has acquired the Austin, Texas-based employee benefits and risk management consulting firm, CLS Partners. The Austin-based firm brings a team of more than 50 professionals to Alliant, bolstering the firm’s presence in the state and continuing its …
Oklahoma’s 4.0 earthquakes are up significantly this year, but the overall rate of earthquakes is declining. Oklahoma has had six quakes of at least magnitude 4.0 halfway through this year, which is one more than all of last year. But …
