Arthur J. Gallagher division Risk Placement Services acquired El Paso, Texas-based Litchfield Special Risks Inc. Bill Brenton and his team will remain in their current location under the direction of Ash Thomas, vice president of the Western Region for RPS. …
With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts. Measles, a highly contagious disease that was …
CRU Group named Catherine Sutton vice president for the U.S. Southwest Region. Sutton has an education in engineering and experience in insurance adjusting, forensic engineering and account management. Based in Austin, Texas, Sutton will report to Senior Vice President of …
Federal regulators have cited Tesla for violating workplace safety rules in connection with the electrocution of a worker last summer at its Austin, Texas, auto-manufacturing plant. The U.S. Department of Labor confirmed the findings in a statement to Reuters. “The …
The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a state ban on all forms of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, advancing a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to crack down on the state’s booming consumable hemp market six years after lawmakers inadvertently permitted …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released a second update on its ongoing investigation into the fatal hydrogen sulfide release that occurred on October 10, 2024, at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Two …
Approximately 170,000 properties were potentially impacted by the severe outbreak across the Midwest and Mississippi Valley, in addition to wildfires and dust storms across the Southern Plains, CoreLogic said. The early season tornado outbreak over March 13-16 spawned at least …
Greenpeace has been ordered to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer Partners LP after the Texas-based oil company accused the environmental group of defamation in connection with protests against an oil pipeline almost a decade ago. …
CRC Group, an independent wholesale specialty insurance distributor in North America, announced the acquisition of Risk Transfer Partners (RTP), a casualty-focused wholesale brokerage business. This strategic acquisition enhances CRC’s capabilities and market reach, particularly in the construction, energy, environmental, and …
A Texas lawmaker is laying the groundwork to create a statewide system that connects all first responders and government agencies to the same network. The proposal comes as a possible solution to fix communication issues the agencies have encountered during …
