All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2024 // PCF Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage operating in 40 states, has acquired All Star Insurance in Venus, Texas, and Encore Advisors, based in Norcross, Georgia. Utah-based PCF said in a news release this week that...
May 2 2024 // A Houston plaintiffs’ attorney known as “Car Wreck Clyde” is awaiting court proceedings after being charged with skimming as much as $2.4 million in client settlement proceeds over the past decade,...
May 2 2024 // The worst wildfire in Texas history was sparked by a power pole and lines owned by Xcel Energy Inc. that hadn’t been effectively maintained or replaced, according to a state legislative committee report.The pole...
May 1 2024 // On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board.A quarter-mile ahead, the truck’s sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in...
Apr 30 2024 // Larry Ellison plans to make Nashville the world headquarters for Oracle Corp., only a few years after relocating the tech giant from Silicon Valley to Austin.Ellison said Oracle is developing a campus in the Tennessee...
Apr 29 2024 // Additional tests of milk showed that pasteurization killed the bird flu virus, federal health officials said on Friday, as Colorado became the ninth U.S. state to report an infected dairy herd.Federal lawmakers urged the...
Apr 24 2024 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of...
Apr 23 2024 // Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace culture for millions of...
Apr 23 2024 // As time passes after hurricanes, new analysis by Stanford University researchers shows perception of personal risk, including the likelihood of injury and home damage, decline.The findings suggest that programs and...
Apr 22 2024 // When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system.Hale Center is a dusty, cotton-growing...
Apr 19 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the strategic acquisition of Talerity, LLC, a specialized insurance agency focusing on professional liability for medical providers. Founded in 2008 by Cary Smith, Talerity has carved a...
Apr 18 2024 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced this week that it has adopted amendments the 28 Texas Administrative Code concerning certain submission requirements for insurance...
Apr 18 2024 // When the Texas Panhandle went up in flames this winter, the news spread fast on Wall Street. An electric utility by the name of Xcel Energy Inc. was getting blamed for the massive blaze — a lawsuit pointed the finger at...
Apr 17 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....
Apr 17 2024 // Kanguro Insurance, known for its AI-driven pet health insurance plans, has announced its expansion into renters insurance, starting with the Texas market. The company is actively seeking partnerships with insurance...
Apr 16 2024 // In Texas, 49 public water utility systems have reported surpassing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits for five “forever chemicals” in drinking water, according to data submitted...
Apr 15 2024 // More than 2.5 million people in the US face critical fire weather conditions on Monday as dry winds sweep parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, which had the largest fire in the state’s history...
Apr 15 2024 // BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler through the front of a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver’s license had been rejected, killing one person...
Apr 12 2024 // SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain...
Apr 11 2024 // Alera Group, a national insurance and financial services firm, announced today the acquisition of Texas-based HealthSure.Founded in 1998 by Barry Couch, HealthSure serves rural healthcare organizations as an independent...