James King, CEO of Agents Alliance Services Ltd in Denton, Texas, announced that nine new agencies have joined the group during the first half of 2012. They are: Arcadia Insurance Agency LLC of Forney, Texas Benson Insurance Services LLC of …
State and federal officials say an Oklahoma hospital and physician have agreed to a $1,550,000 payout to settle a health care fraud case. Sanford C. Coats, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Patrick Watkins, president of Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, to serve as president for 2012-2013 during IIAT’s 115th Annual Conference and Trade Show in San Antonio. Beginning his duties on Sept. 1, …
A group of Filipino guest workers who allege in a lawsuit that their Louisiana-based employers subjected them to inhumane working and living conditions claim company officials have threatened some of them with deportation unless they drop the case. A federal …
Texas’ top insurance regulator says the precarious financial position of the state’s insurer of last resort for properties in coastal areas is nothing new. Responding to a letter sent to her by State Rep. John Smithee, chairman of the House …
Insured losses from last week’s violent hailstorm in Dallas should be just under $1 billion, a trade group for Texas insurers said on Tuesday, sharply less than what another industry group estimated last week. The Insurance Council of Texas, via …
The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has expanded its Wildfire Defense Services to most of Texas less than a year after the state experienced its worst wildfire season on record. The free loss-prevention service is now available to Chubb homeowner …
Former billionaire Allen Stanford was sentenced in Houston to 110 years in prison on July 14 for running a $7 billion scheme in which he stole money from his investors to finance an extravagant lifestyle in the Caribbean. His attorneys …
Federal prosecutors say a Texas-based hospital system has paid millions of dollars to settle a false claims lawsuit. Christus Spohn Health System Corp. has paid the United States more than $5 million to settle allegations regarding violations of the False …
A South Texas attorney has been convicted on charges related to bribing a judge for favorable rulings in court cases, including insurance related litigation. United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced that Ray Roman Marchan of Brownsville, Texas, has been found …
