El Paso News

USI Acquires El Paso’s Alexander & Assoc. Insurance Services

USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired the property/casualty business of Alexander & Associates Insurance Services LLC (Alexander & Associates) in El Paso, Texas. The Alexander & Associates team, including Jay D. Alexander, Alexander & Associates’ president, will join USI’s El …

West Texas Battered by Torrential Rains

Torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Odile have battered West Texas, and police said on Sept. 22 they were investigating whether the death of a woman in El Paso was related to the flooding. Rainfall amounts across Texas in …

Texas Plastics Plant Hit with $174K Fine for Safety and Health Violations

Plastic Systems LLC in El Paso, Texas, was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 21 safety and health violations, including six repeat, for failing to develop adequate lockout/tagout procedures to control the unexpected …

Former Insurance Company CEO Wants to Withdraw Guilty Plea

A former insurance company chief executive wants to withdraw his guilty plea to bribing El Paso, Texas-area public officials, a plea that brought him an eight-year prison sentence. Prosecutors say Francisco Apodaca made the payments in return for contracts with …

Relationships, Expertise Drive Success in Texas E&S Marketplace

During the past 20 to 30 years typical business dealings between wholesale insurance brokers and retail agents have evolved from being purely transactional experiences to those that are highly dependent upon relationships and expertise, according to professionals on both sides …