Texas has had another minor earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.6 magnitude quake happened around 4 a.m. on June 26 in North Texas. Experts say the quake was centered about 1 mile south of Alvarado. The area is …
Homeowners in Gross Tete and Rosedale, La., can expect to see a dramatic drop in their fire insurance rates. Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon tells The Advocate the rate decreases, effective July 9, have been made possible because of fire …
Three Union Pacific crew members remain missing after two trains collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle, causing a white-hot fire that emergency crews are struggling to extinguish. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph says the fire near Goodwell is contained but …
A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), an independent, not-for-profit research organization based in Cambridge, Mass., says that costs of medical care for injured workers in Texas have dropped. The study says the drop is largely the …
Mercury Financial Group has added Gail Yantis, vice president, life specialist in its greater Austin/San Antonio, Texas, service area. Joining Yantis will be Ricci Nelson who will serve as marketing specialist. Yantis and Nelson join Mercury after a successful tenure …
In what has been called a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Texas has found that a bad faith cause of action is inconsistent with the current workers’ compensation system. The Court’s decision strengthens a law affecting millions of Texans, …
A $428 million plan to restore two parts of Louisiana’s rapidly eroding coastline is moving ahead. The commander of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, officially signed the plan during a news conference on June 22 …
Approximately 70,000 vehicles were damaged in the June 13 hailstorm in the Dallas, Texas, area and car rental companies are feeling the pinch, according to an insurance industry trade group. Car rental companies are reporting a shortage of cars, not …
A Payne County judge ruled against Oklahoma State University’s athletic fundraising arm and its top booster, T. Boone Pickens, in their attempt to recover money spent on life insurance premiums in the school’s “Gift of a Lifetime” fundraising plan. Associate …
Thousands of New Orleans school employees were wrongfully fired after Hurricane Katrina scattered the populations and shut down the city and its schools, a Louisiana judge ruled. Judge Ethel Simms Julien awarded more than $1 million to seven people who …
