All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2024 // A line of dangerous storms and flooding rains rolled over the US Gulf Coast, killing at least four people and leaving more than 800,000 customers in Texas — about 6% of the total — without power while grounding...
May 16 2024 // Heavy rain will sweep across eastern Texas into Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday, raising flood risks across the Gulf of Mexico states.Flood watches have been posted from Dallas and Houston eastward across Louisiana...
May 16 2024 // The risk of power failures this summer remains elevated for many parts of North America amid soaring demand and generator shutdowns.The main Texas grid is especially vulnerable at sunset when solar generation plunges and...
May 15 2024 // Austin hemp entrepreneur Shayda Torabi is looking at a year filled with uncertainty.For the six years they’ve been in business, Torabi and her two sisters have operated Restart, their hemp dispensary, in a modest...
May 13 2024 // LUBBOCK — A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state’s largest wildfire in history, a Texas House committee confirmed Wednesday.And other...
May 10 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its 15th acquisition in the state of Texas with the successful integration of Brazos Valley Insurance Agency. The move further solidifies Inszone’s commitment to enhancing its...
May 10 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Board of Directors met in Austin on May 7 for its second quarterly meeting of the year, where it completed financial preparations for the 2024 storm season.TWIA’s...
May 10 2024 // Texas landowners along the U.S.-Mexico border who have experienced damage caused by border property crime can now file for reimbursement of up to $75,000, attorney general Ken Paxton announced this week.Texas lawmakers...
May 9 2024 // Nearly 22 million people from Dallas to Atlanta will face another round of severe thunderstorms bringing downpours, hail and possibly tornadoes.For the last week, the central and southern US have been battered by ferocious...
May 9 2024 // Alera Group announced the acquisition of Texas-based Trimble-Batjer. Founded in 1883, Trimble-Batjer provides surety and bonds, business solutions, employee benefits and insurance coverage for auto, home, health and life....
May 9 2024 // A Texas energy company will pay a $265,000 fine to settle charges that it subjected Black and Hispanic field mechanics to harassment.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced last week that Liberty...
May 9 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.When Service Insurance Companies decided to expand nationwide, what was once a mildly cumbersome task (for just the state of Texas), morphed into a Herculean challenge....
May 8 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas began to recede on Monday, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall that pummeled...
May 7 2024 // Higginbotham announced it has acquired Barnard Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. Family owned and operated since 1931, Barnard is an independent agency with services that include personal, life and health, and...
May 7 2024 // LIVINGSTON — Clinton Jones looked across the emergency shelter Friday. His children were going stir crazy. His wife, Samantha, and mother-in-law, Lee Farrell, were making the best of the cots and blankets they received...
May 6 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water....
May 6 2024 // USI Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Odessa, Texas-based Hignojos Insurance Agency. Founded in 2009, Hignojos Insurance Agency is an independent brokerage firm specializing in commercial and personal risk...
May 6 2024 // Strategic Risk Solutions, Garnet Captive Insurance ServicesStrategic Risk Solutions (SRS) reported it has agreed to acquire Garnet Captive Insurance Services, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, firm that partners with select...
May 6 2024 // Cavco Industries, Inc.; Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.; and Palm Harbor Villages, Inc., which manufacture and sell manufactured homes in Waco, Texas, will pay $135,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S....
May 3 2024 // After an investment research firm dropped a bombshell last month and sent shares of Globe Life Inc. plunging by 53%, the insurance company denied the allegations that officers had concealed fraud and sexual harassment...