All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 30 2019 // San Antonio, Texas-based Nix Hospitals System LLC, doing business as Nix Healthcare System, has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit.The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Aug 30 2019 // The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) 10-year transportation plan that includes more than $77 billion dedicated to improving safety, addressing congestion and connectivity, and preserving roadways...
Aug 29 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin providing summaries of selected bills enacted by the 86th Legislature that affect workers’ compensation and may be relevant to individuals and entities...
Aug 28 2019 // After years of failed attempts to eliminate it, the Driver Responsibility Program will end on Sept. 1. A measure signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in June, House Bill 2048, shutters the 16-year-old program that left more...
Aug 27 2019 // H-E-B has voluntarily recalled half-gallon containers of Strawberry Creamy Creations ice cream after metal from processing equipment was found during routine inspections.The San Antonio-based grocer on Aug. 22 announced...
Aug 27 2019 // When Hurricane Harvey’s devastating rains began overwhelming the Houston area, Donna and George Duggan didn’t immediately evacuate their Katy home.After all, the Duggans, both 62, had lived there for the better...
Aug 26 2019 // A natural gas pipeline in Kentucky that exploded this month and killed one person has a history of deadly accidents. The Courier Journal reports six people in Kentucky and nine people in total have died in gas explosions...
Aug 23 2019 // Galveston, Texas has a new main fire station as recovery continues since Hurricane Ike swamped parts of the city in 2008.The Galveston County Daily News reports the $9.6 million Fire Station No. 1 was one of the last large...
Aug 23 2019 // Investigators say a Union Pacific worker has died after being pinned between two railway tanker cars in Southeast Texas. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Travis Andrepont of Louisiana was killed...
Aug 22 2019 // Think retreat is never an option? Think again.“Faced with global warming, rising sea levels, and the climate-related extremes they intensify, the question is no longer whether some communities will retreat—moving...
Aug 22 2019 // More than 20 local governments in Texas were targeted in a coordinated ransomware attack of unprecedented size.The Texas Department of Information Resources said in a statement that it believes a single source is behind...
Aug 21 2019 // In response to rising wildfire activity across the state, the Texas A&M Forest Service is opening the Austin Airtanker Base at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.Significant fire activity has increased recently,...
Aug 19 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance says recently passed legislation raises the fee insurers must pay to the state organization that works to prevent automobile burglaries and thefts.A new law also changes Automobile...
Aug 19 2019 // After devastating flooding this year, Iowa put $15 million into a special fund to help local governments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri allotted more money to fight rising waters, including $2 million to...
Aug 19 2019 // Texas’ provider of last resort for wind and hail insurance for coastal properties won’t be raising its residential and commercial property rates next year.The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) said...
Aug 19 2019 // An insurer’s payment of the appraisal value after disputing a claim does not establish that it was liable, nor does that payment prevent a policyholder from pursuing penalties under the Prompt Payment of Claims Act,...
Aug 16 2019 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham and Exploration Insurance Group (EIG) have merged their operations in Tyler, Texas.EIG opened in 2013 in Tyler to meet the east Texas region’s growing need for industry specific...
Aug 16 2019 // Texas ranked as the state with most annual hail claims — by a wide margin — over the past three years according, to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).In a media announcement, the NICB said a review of claims...
Aug 15 2019 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $2.7 million to Orange County through the Texas Division of Emergency Management to fund a project to acquire and demolish 20 structures impacted by...
Aug 14 2019 // The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time.Mid-year premium growth reported by the 15 excess and surplus...