All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2019 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that three tornadoes ripped through North Texas on Sunday night, two in Dallas County and one in Van Zandt County, arising out of a storm system that caused widespread damage...
Oct 21 2019 // Employers in Texas say too many low-skill workers are failing to pass drug tests needed to get hired.Forty-eight percent of Texas firms who had difficulty finding low-skill workers cited their inability to pass a drug test...
Oct 21 2019 // A detailed review of coastal Texas building codes revealed gaps that could leave homeowners at risk if mitigation efforts are not sought as nearly one-third of Texans live in the coastal counties.The Insurance Institute...
Oct 21 2019 // Texas surplus lines premium reported through the first three quarters of 2019 reached $5.35 billion, a 16.15% increase over the same period in 2018, according to the Surplus Line Stamping Office of Texas...
Oct 21 2019 // Reid French has stepped down as CEO of the insurance agency technology firm Applied Systems, and Cloud Technology Executive Taylor Rhodes has joined Applied as the new CEO.French, who served as CEO for eight years, will...
Oct 18 2019 // Texas continues to lead the nation in oil and gas production, creating jobs and prosperity statewide, but communities in the state’s main energy production areas have also seen a rise in deaths on the road accounting...
Oct 18 2019 // Federal prosecutors say a sporting goods retailer violated the law by selling an AR-15-style rifle and large capacity magazine to a man who used them to kill more than two dozen worshippers at a Texas church.The Department...
Oct 17 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a warning to consumers to be on the lookout for flood-damaged vehicles hitting the resale market, one month after Tropical Storm Imelda drenched Southeast Texas with historic...
Oct 16 2019 // Petrochemical manufacturer Formosa Plastics has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit in which a judge ruled the company illegally dumped billions of plastic pellets and other pollutants into Lavaca Bay and other...
Oct 16 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) of Pinnacle National Insurance Co. (Pinnacle National, formerly...
Oct 15 2019 // A Texas company has been cited for workplace safety hazards and fined more than $301,000 after an employee fatality at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in April 2019.The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Oct 11 2019 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham reports a merger with Diversified Insurance Management an independent property/casualty insurance agency in Plano, Texas.Diversified has a specialty practice serving recreational...
Oct 11 2019 // Health officials in Texas say the state has recorded its first death associated with vaping-related lung illnesses. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed Wednesday that an older woman in north Texas died...
Oct 10 2019 // Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and the Texas General Land Office have been appointed to lead a comprehensive resiliency and disaster mitigation program, funded by more than $4 billion in U.S. Department of Housing...
Oct 10 2019 // Texas insurer of last resort for properties along the state’s coast is seeking input from the public in advance of a meeting of its Actuarial & Underwriting Committee.The Texas Windstorm Insurance...
Oct 10 2019 // A man previously accused of involvement in a Louisiana cattle theft ring has been indicted in Texas on charges he also stole cows from a rancher there.The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association said in a news...
Oct 9 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance is alerting consumers about a phone calling scam being perpetrated by a group claiming to be the Consumer Insurance Association.The calls offer to lower the recipient’s auto...
Oct 9 2019 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court has sentenced Joe D. Lozano, Sr. of Midland, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges.Lozano reported a job-related injury while...
Oct 8 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable, and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb+” of Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co. and MDOW...
Oct 7 2019 // Texas insurance regulators are seeking input on proposed changes to claims-related rules for the state’s property insurer of last resort along the Texas coast.The Texas Department of Insurance has proposed changes to...