Developers Built Homes Inside Houston’s Reservoirs. But No One Warned Buyers. October 12, 2017 By Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal, Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Al Shaw, Propublica Note: This story was originally published by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica. When Jeremy Boutor moved to a master-planned community...
Oklahoma Recovery Program Participants Sue Over Alleged Forced Labor October 12, 2017 Participants in an Oklahoma-based substance recovery program allege they were required to work at a poultry processing plant without compensation...
Texas’ QEO Group to Write Commercial Auto with Clear Blue Insurance Group October 12, 2017 Irving, Texas-based QEO Group LLC (QEO) and Clear Blue Financial Holdings LLC (Clear Blue), headquartered in North Carolina, have agreed...
Houston-Area Home Buyouts Part of Flood Mitigation Efforts October 12, 2017 By Juan A. Lozano Officials decided Oct. 10 to proceed with two additional programs that would buy out more than 100 Houston-area homes that...
Texas Pumpkin Crops Suffer from Heavy Rains October 11, 2017 By Ellysa Harris, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal It’s the peak time of year to harvest pumpkins, but the weather hasn’t been so kind to one of Floyd...
LCTA Workers’ Comp’s Prevot to Serve on Louisiana’s Opioid Prevention Advisory Council October 11, 2017 Troy Prevot, executive vice president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based LCTA Workers’ Comp, has been appointed to serve on the state’s...
Oklahoma County’s Insurer to Pay $750K in Inmate Death Settlement October 11, 2017 A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit over the 2013 death of a diabetic man who was denied...
Deadline Extended for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Post-Harvey Claim Disputes October 10, 2017 As of Oct. 4, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) had received 68,861 claims related to Hurricane Harvey. TWIA is...
Michiels Named Claims Manager at LUBA Workers’ Comp October 10, 2017 Baton Rouge, La.-based LUBA Workers’ Comp has named Russell Michiels as manager of its claims department. He will oversee all...
Texas Insurance Trade Group Adds 3 More Cities to Smoke Alarm Program October 10, 2017 The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has distributed 2,000 smoke alarms to fire departments in 20 Texas cities this fall...