BP Oil Spill Settlement Payments Exceed $1B Mark January 15, 2013 By Michael Kunzelman Businesses and individuals who claim BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money have been paid more...
Number of Insurers Based in Texas ‘Average’ Compared to Size of Market January 14, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones The Texas insurance market is ranked the 12th largest in the world in terms of premium volume, but only an...
Oklahoma State Senator Criticizes Spending at Insurance Department January 14, 2013 An Oklahoma state senator has announced his intention to file legislation to curb what he calls unnecessary expenditures at the...
Parish in Louisiana Files New Charges in Hurricane Gustav Flood Appeal January 14, 2013 Officials in Louisiana’s Livingston Parish claim lies, bungling and withholding of information are grounds for reversal of the Federal Emergency...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Proposes 7.7% Rate Hike January 14, 2013 Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has proposed raising homeowner’s rates an average of 7.7 percent statewide this year. The...
Plea Expected in Baton Rouge Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case January 11, 2013 A former Prairieville, La., resident is accused of stealing more than $215,000 from workers’ compensation cases and a service firm...
Float Driver Won’t Face Charges in Texas Train Crash January 11, 2013 By Betsy Blaney A grand jury has declined to indict the driver of a float involved in a train collision that killed four...
TMLT Dedicates $30M to Trust Rewards Program for 2013 January 11, 2013 The board of medical malpractice insurer, Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT), has voted to dedicate $30 million to the Trust...
Crocker Joins Higginbotham as Real Estate Practice Leader January 10, 2013 Commercial insurance broker William J. Crocker has joined Higginbotham Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, as vice president, real estate practice...
3rd Defendant in W Financial Group $17M Fraud Sentenced to Prison January 10, 2013 A man who, along with two others, falsely used the names of two well-known insurance groups in a scheme to...