All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 14 2018 // This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.When Marni Axelrad and her family moved to Houston’s Meyerland neighborhood in 2015, they planned to stay there for years to come. They loved the community, and...
Mar 12 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) published proposed updates to Chapter 19 of the Texas Administrative Code, regarding agent and adjuster licensing and continuing education requirements on March 9 and is accepting...
Mar 9 2018 // Federal officials say Morrison Management Specialists Inc., a division of Compass Group USA Inc., unlawfully denied a promotion a female employee to an open sous chef position because of her gender.The Equal Employment...
Mar 9 2018 // The former owner of towing company was convicted of fraud in Houston after buying insurance coverage after a wreck and then filing a claim with the wrong date, the Texas Department of Insurance announced.Mohamad Awad, the...
Mar 8 2018 // The Texas Supreme Court has disagreed with the decision of a lower court to exclude, without having watched it, a company’s surveillance video of an injured employee in a workers’ compensation case. Because it...
Mar 6 2018 // New Braunfels, Texas-based TCOR Management announced a merger with Legacy Insurors Group LLC, and MS&B Bonds and Insurance Services LLC, effective March 1. The operations of these two entities will continue under TCOR...
Mar 6 2018 // Chemical companies are pressing federal officials to spend billions of dollars on a coastal flood control system near Houston to protect petrochemical plants, oil refineries and shipping infrastructure from the next...
Mar 6 2018 // Overall customer satisfaction among homeowners filing property insurance claims has reached a new all-time high, despite record-high property losses following a spate of hurricanes, earthquakes and fires in North America....
Mar 5 2018 // Some Southeast Texas homeowners have raised concerns about houses in neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Harvey being changed from residential to commercial zones.Several displaced residents in Dickinson worry that...
Mar 5 2018 // Paragon Insurance Holdings, Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, Oak Hill Capital PartnersAvon, Conn.-based Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC announced that Edgewood Partners Insurance Center and Oak Hill Capital Partners have...
Mar 5 2018 // Employee benefits and property/casualty insurance broker and consultant NFP traditionally has grown through acquisitions but as the global organization targets Central Texas for expansion it plans to use another strategy...
Mar 5 2018 // Austin-based workers’ comp insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has added Benjamin A. Siddons as vice president of business development.Siddons joins Texas Mutual with more than 15 years of experience in the...
Mar 2 2018 // The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) has expanded flood insurance products to the state of Texas in partnership with syndicated members of Lloyds of London, the agency announced.The “FloodPlus” insurance...
Mar 1 2018 // This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02/27/texans-left-limbo-gov-abbott-fema-use-harvey-reinvent-disaster-respons/.In the weeks immediately after Hurricane Harvey,...
Mar 1 2018 // Texas storms affected more Allstate insured homes in Collin County than any other part of the state over the past ten years. Allstate tallied the top 25 Texas counties affected by severe weather, identifying areas with...
Mar 1 2018 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) announced that as of March 1 it is accepting electronic invoice payments.Payments may be made via credit card or Automated Clearing House (ACH) through the SLTX online...
Feb 28 2018 // Texas has launched a public online tool to track incoming and outgoing funds for Hurricane Harvey recovery, six months after the storm hit and two months after The Associated Press reported that it did not have one.Gov....
Feb 23 2018 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC, has added three new partner agencies to its network.The latest additions are: Patterson & Associates Insurance in Richardson, Texas; NP Dodge Insurance in Omaha,...
Feb 23 2018 // Credit Suisse said it would fight on after a Texas appeals court upheld a $351 million award against the Swiss bank over its role in a Las Vegas resort project whose finances collapsed a decade ago.The Texas Court of...
Feb 22 2018 // Sandbags were holding back floodwaters in parts of Michigan as a storm system moved across several Midwest and Great Plains states on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain, snow and ice to the region.The weather has already been...