All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2019 // Two pieces of legislation impacting the surplus lines insurance industry in Texas have been passed by state lawmakers and are headed to the governor’s desk, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
May 22 2019 // Testimony has ended in the lawsuit by some Texas residents seeking U.S. government compensation after their land flooded when two federally owned reservoirs overflowed during Hurricane Harvey.Testimony wrapped up Friday in...
May 22 2019 // Teri Brinson, Randy Myers and Leslie Milvo have been named to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) board of directors, with three-year terms set to run through Dec. 31, 2021.Brinson is vice president at LP...
May 22 2019 // Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas coast, the Texas House approved legislation that would pull more than $3 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to help pay for flood control projects...
May 21 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has filed an action to stop Georgia-based Aliera Healthcare from selling health insurance in Texas without a state license.The public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. May 28 at the State...
May 21 2019 // After urging the Trump administration for over a year to release billions in long-awaited disaster relief funding to Texas and other disaster-affected states to no avail, Texans in Congress are now taking more aggressive...
May 20 2019 // A spate of tornadoes raked across the Southern Plains, leaving damage and causing few injuries, and parts of the region were bracing for more severe thunderstorms and possible flooding.Twisters destroyed at least two homes...
May 20 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Baptiste Ossena, global product leader of Hull and Marine Liabilities (HML), is assuming additional responsibility as the North American regional head of HML....
May 17 2019 // The Austin Association of Insurance Professionals held their 2019 installation dinner on Tuesday at Balcones Country Club in Austin, Texas.The 2019/20 officers and directors for AAIP were installed. In addition, the AAIP...
May 17 2019 // A few months before this year’s biennial legislative session, a report commissioned by Gov. Greg Abbott on lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey declared a dire need to “future-proof” the state.Some...
May 16 2019 // Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has added Saul Garcia to its management team as director of Marketing in Texas.The new role was created to support the company’s recent growth...
May 16 2019 // Former U.S. national team gymnasts backing a Texas bill that would allow victims of sexual abuse more time to sue in civil court on Monday urged the state’s lawmakers to restore a key provision allowing those...
May 15 2019 // The Houston Ship Channel reopened on Wednesday to two-way traffic after salvage crews removed two gasoline barges damaged in a weekend collision with a deep-draft vessel, officials said.About 11,280 barrels of gasoline...
May 15 2019 // Texas health officials have advised people not to fish or eat seafood from parts of some Houston-area bays as cleanup continues following last week’s tanker and barges accident and toxic leak.An official with the...
May 14 2019 // The Houston Ship Channel could remain under one-way travel restrictions all week following a collision between a deep-draft ship and a barge that spilled petrochemicals into the waterway, according to an official.About...
May 13 2019 // A Texas-based wind turbine manufacturer has reached a settlement with federal officials over alleged violations of U.S. labor laws.GRI Texas Towers Inc. f/k/a Gestamp Wind Steel US Inc. (GRI), based in Amarillo, entered...
May 13 2019 // The Federal Aviation Administration has not passed a new safety regulation that legislators say would fortify supervision of the hot-air balloon industry and help avoid fatal crashes similar to a Texas crash that killed 16...
May 12 2019 // The nation’s second-largest market for flood insurance may soon join more than a dozen other states in waiving requirements that insureds first search the admitted market before placing a private flood insurance...
May 10 2019 // The Insurance Council of Texas has reported several insurance bills of interest are moving in the Texas Legislature as the end of the session draws closer.SB 590/HB 1411, which addresses amendments, cancellations and...
May 10 2019 // Recent heavy rains caused flash flooding in numerous parts of northern, central and western Texas, causing one death in Austin.The body of a man was recovered Wednesday afternoon from Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin...