Meta Platforms to Pay $1.4B to Settle Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Data July 30, 2024 By Mike Scarcella and Jody Godoy Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state’s lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of...
People Moves: BevCap Management Names Vehovic VP of Dealer Risk Services; Skyward Specialty Adds Miglin and Smith July 30, 2024 BevCap Management, LLC, headquartered in McKinney, Texas, hired Danny Vehovic as vice president of dealer risk services. Vehovic will be...
Texas Crude Oil Pipelines Are Full to the Brim and Getting Worse July 30, 2024 By Christopher Charleston Crude oil pipelines connecting the busiest Texas oil fields to a critical export hub across the state are nearly out...
Confie Acquires Insurance Agencies in Texas, Florida, North Carolina July 30, 2024 Confie, a California-based personal lines distributor, has acquired three insurance agencies in the South, the firm said last week. Affordable...
Texas Earthquakes Prompt Oil Regulator to Inspect Disposal Wells July 29, 2024 By David Wethe The Texas oil regulator said it’s investigating after several earthquakes hit the Permian Basin last week. Extremely salty water that...
Hurricane Beryl Death Toll Grows to At Least 36, Including Those Who Lost Power July 29, 2024 By Juan A. Lozano HOUSTON (AP) — The number of Texas deaths after Hurricane Beryl came ashore and knocked out power to millions of...
Louisiana’s $3B Coastal Restoration Project Divides Residents July 26, 2024 By Jack Brook NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of southeast Louisiana’s rapidly vanishing coastline...
Employers Turn to New Technology to Safeguard Workers From Extreme Heat July 26, 2024 By Dorandy Pineda and Kendria LaFleur McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the essentials: hard...
ZestyAI Receives Texas Approval to Use Severe Convective Storm Products July 26, 2024 ZestyAI, a provider of climate and property risk analytics solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced it has received approval...
PCF Acquires Texas’ Montalvo Insurance Agency July 26, 2024 PCF Insurance Solutions announced it has acquired the insurance business of Weslaco, Texas-based Montalvo Insurance Agency. Montalvo offers personal and...