All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 15 2019 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Myron F. Steves & Co., an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices...
Feb 14 2019 // An indoor gun range in Killeen, Texas, has been cited and fined more than $214,000 for exposing employees to unsafe levels of lead, federal safety regulators said.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Feb 14 2019 // State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. is cutting its Texas auto insurance rates for the fourth consecutive time in a year, the insurer said.on Feb. 18, the overall personal auto rate will drop by 4.3 percent for 2.9 million...
Feb 13 2019 // A private prisoner transport company has announced its closure after an MMA fighter accused in two killings escaped this month from one of its vans while being escorted to a jail in Texas.Texas Prisoner Transportation...
Feb 13 2019 // Forestry officials say conditions in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles are ideal for sparking wildfires.Oklahoma Forestry Service officials say danger levels are high Monday in western Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Panhandle....
Feb 12 2019 // It’s a widespread belief that men pay more for automobile insurance than women. But that’s only true for young adults.Several studies in 2018 and 2017 revealed that women over 25, particularly those between 40...
Feb 12 2019 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed Melissa Hamilton as the public counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC).Hamilton has served as the public counsel since December 2017; her new term set to expire on...
Feb 11 2019 // An attorney said video will show that an Oklahoma elementary school principal was using his cellphone when he crashed a bus filled with students in Texas, injuring 27 passengers — a charge the principal has denied.David...
Feb 8 2019 // Authorities say one person has been critically hurt and two others suffered lesser injuries in a scaffolding and construction elevator accident in a North Texas business district.Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman Mike...
Feb 7 2019 // A growing chorus of high-ranking Texas officials is calling on the federal government to establish rules that will allow for the flow of $4.3 billion to the state for Hurricane Harvey recovery.Texas has been waiting a year...
Feb 7 2019 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed Cassie Brown as Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Her term will expire on Feb. 1, 2021. Brown has served as workers’ comp...
Feb 6 2019 // Athens Administrators, a provider of third-party claims administration services, has tapped Catharine Knight as its new Texas sales director.Knight has more than 25 years in the healthcare and insurance industry as an...
Feb 5 2019 // A Texas company has recalled about 2,100 pounds of chicken items produced last month with incorrect labels.The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday announced the recall by Taylor Farms of Dallas. USDA officials say...
Feb 4 2019 // Insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of US Insurance Source LLC and certain of its affiliates (USIS). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Headquartered in Spring, Texas, USIS is an...
Feb 4 2019 // Texas’ largest independent insurance agent association and the state’s leading workers’ compensation insurance carrier have formed a strategic partnership.The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT)...
Feb 4 2019 // Apparent Insurance, a new auto insurance company designed for parents by parents, has begun offering coverage in Texas.The company has been established to provide specialized coverage and services for parents at every...
Feb 4 2019 // To be the insurer of last resort for wind and hail insurance along the Texas coast — without state support and reliant on premium dollars and debt financing for funding, or to be a true insurance company that derives...
Feb 3 2019 // Brokers who file Texas surplus lines policies with SLTX will have until Feb. 28, 2019, at 5 p.m. central time to file any necessary adjustment forms or make corrections before the annual late filers report is produced, the...
Feb 1 2019 // Control Risks in partnership with the Hiscox Group has named product recall specialist Dan Cahill director of product risks. Cahill will be based out of Control Risks’ Houston, Texas office. He was formerly with...
Feb 1 2019 // ESPN ran an in-depth report recently about insurers being unwilling to cover the National Football League (NFL) for general liability and workers’ compensation due to concerns over player concussions and traumatic...