All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2024 // March 1 (Reuters) – A Texas homeowner whose house was destroyed by a massive wildfire raging northeast of Amarillo sued electric utility Xcel Energy XEL.O on Friday, alleging that a splintered power pole owned by the...
Mar 4 2024 // “Independent of whether there’s any violation of the law or any violation of terms of service, we just don’t want those actors that we’ve identified – that we track and know are threat actors of...
Mar 4 2024 // Webster Bank, Ametros Financial Corp.Connecticut-based Webster Bank completed its acquisition of Ametros Financial Corp., a firm that administers medical claims settlements. Ametros provides post-settlement medical...
Mar 4 2024 // The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that when an insurance company pays an appraisal award plus any statutory interest in a weather-related first-party property case, there is no liability for attorney’s fees.The...
Mar 1 2024 // The worst-ever Texas wildfire sent shares of Xcel Energy Inc. plunging after a law firm said it might be linked to the disaster, the latest sign that potential ties between power companies and blazes are triggering...
Mar 1 2024 // FRITCH — A blanket of snow and rain that descended over the Texas Panhandle on Thursday helped firefighters to quell the spread of the largest wildfire in the state’s history, which has engulfed more than 1 million...
Feb 29 2024 // The Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle, making it the second-largest wildfire in state history.The fire is 3% contained as of Thursday morning according to officials with...
Feb 29 2024 // Dry, windy weather that’s been fanning the worst Texas wildfire in almost two decades will return later this week after a brief respite of rain and snow.Fires raging across the Texas Panhandle have scorched homes and...
Feb 28 2024 // Texas firefighters are facing “another tricky day” battling flames fanned by dry winds across the Great Plains, although threats to towns and ranches may ease overnight amid forecasts for rain and snow.Shifting...
Feb 28 2024 // Officials have ordered nearly 5,000 residents in the Panhandle cities of Canadian, Fritch and Glazier to shelter in place Tuesday as four separate wildfires engulfed the region, burning more than 280,000 acres.Residents in...
Feb 27 2024 // The continuing saga of the Houston-based plaintiffs’ law firm of McClenny Moseley & Associates, suspended and sanctioned for flooding courts with erroneous lawsuits against property insurers in Louisiana, has...
Feb 26 2024 // Signers National a group of insurance companies dedicated to servicing key client segments across the United States, announced the acquisition of Affiliated Insurance Agents. Affiliated Insurance Agents is an independent...
Feb 23 2024 // A group of five experienced individuals have joined the new Bridge Specialty Insurance Brokerage – Dallas office.Janie Williams, broker, brings more than 30 years’ experience to Bridge Specialty Insurance Brokerage...
Feb 22 2024 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jeffrey Houston to the Risk Management Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025. Additionally, the Governor named Gerald Ladner, Sr. chair of the board. The Board...
Feb 21 2024 // Resilience, a risk management firm, has strategically expanded its capabilities through the acquisition of BreachQuest, an incident response technology solution. This move is set against the backdrop of an evolving digital...
Feb 21 2024 // When does a hallucinogenic drug become the direct cause of a catastrophic injury, triggering a homeowners’ policy exclusion?Not when a young man falls out of bed and is later moved by his comrades, potentially...
Feb 20 2024 // An Amarillo, Texas-based car dealership will pay $145,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Feb 19 2024 // No matter the business, customer referrals are always a welcome way to expand client bases and build trust within the marketplace. This is certainly true within the insurance space, where it is common practice for...
Feb 16 2024 // ODESSA — Severe and fatal vehicle crashes occur at a higher rate in the Permian Basin than the rest of Texas, a new report released Wednesday by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute found.Commissioned by the...
Feb 15 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — The shooter who opened fire at a Houston megachurch before being gunned down by security officers used an AR-style rifle that police say she legally purchased despite a years-long criminal record, a...