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Heavy Rains Cause Elevated Flooding Risks in Texas

Jan 25 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) —Heavy rains in Texas on Wednesday closed schools and elevated flooding risks around Houston in another round of soaking downpours that have made for a soggy and dangerous week across large portions of the...

Texas Mutual Reports Nearly 6% Increase in Severe Injuries in 2023

Jan 25 2024 // Texas Mutual saw nearly 6% more severe injuries reported in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to an incident trends report released by the insurer.The construction industry reported the most serious incidents...

Rice University Allocates $33M to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit Over Financial Aid Scheme

Jan 24 2024 // Rice University has set aside $33.75 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed against 17 prestigious private universities across the country accused of illegally running a scheme that limited the amount of financial...

ALKEME Acquires Texas-Based Mogul Wealth Strategies

Jan 23 2024 // ALKEME announced the acquisition of Mogul Wealth Strategies, a multi-line independent insurance agency and wealth management firm located in Frisco, Texas and serving the entire United States. Founded in 1996, Mogul Wealth...

Family of Texas Woman Killed in Propane Truck Collision Files $150 Million Lawsuit

Jan 23 2024 // The family of a Texas woman killed in a January collision with a propane truck has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the propane company and the driver of the vehicle, citing negligence and wrongful...

J&J Sets Up 3rd Talc Bankruptcy Bid by Moving Unit to Texas

Jan 22 2024 // Johnson & Johnson is seeking to move a unit to Texas as it prepares for a potential third bankruptcy court filing to resolve more than 50,000 lawsuits alleging tainted talc in its baby powder caused cancer.The company...

Business Moves

Jan 22 2024 // Confie, Acceptance InsuranceConfie has added Acceptance Insurance’s retail division to its family of brands. Confie said its latest acquisition expands its footprint to 26 states across the U.S. with the retail store...

Texas Car Dealership Faces Lawsuit for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Jan 19 2024 // South Austin Nissan, a car dealership in Austin, Texas, operated by NICPA Central Auto Group, LLC, subjected female employees to sexual harassment and retaliated against employees when they reported the harassment the U.S....

Deep Freeze Across South Central US Forces LNG Exporters to Cancel, Delay Cargoes

Jan 18 2024 // The recent freeze across Texas and Louisiana disrupted scheduled exports of US liquefied natural gas, temporarily tightening some supply of the heating and power-plant fuel.The Cameron LNG export plant in Louisiana...

Inszone Acquires Texas’ Dina King Insurance

Jan 18 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services has announced the acquisition of Dina King Insurance. This acquisition is a major move for Inszone Insurance as they expand in Texas. Dina King Insurance, founded by Dina King in 1985, has been a...

Texas Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Jan 17 2024 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ruth Castilleja of Baytown, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Castilleja reported an on-the-job...

Inszone Acquires Texas’ Jacque Pirtle Insurance

Jan 17 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its recent acquisition of Jacque Pirtle Insurance, an insurance agency with nearly three decades of commitment to serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Founded in June 1994 by Jacque...

Zuckerberg to Be Deposed by Texas Over Meta Facial Scanning

Jan 17 2024 // Mark Zuckerberg can’t avoid being called for a deposition in Texas’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleging that Meta Platforms Inc. profits from facial recognition technology without user consent, a state...

Texas Power Grid Operator Issues Conservation Request as Winter Storm Engulfs State

Jan 16 2024 // The Texas power grid operator asked residents to conserve power a second time this week as a blast of cold weather plummeted temperatures well below freezing for much of the state.This new conservation request is from 6...

Gas Leak Suspected in Texas Hotel Explosion That Injured Over 20 People

Jan 11 2024 // Fire investigators said they have still not determined what caused an explosion at a historic Texas hotel that plunged two stories of debris into the basement, blew out windows and doors onto the streets of downtown Fort...

Texas Regulators Suspend Well Permits to Address Rising Earthquake Frequency

Jan 11 2024 // The state’s oil and gas regulatory agency last month suspended nearly two dozen permits that let companies inject saltwater water into the ground, a routine industry practice that regulators said has contributed to...

Explosion at Historic Texas Hotel in Fort Worth Injures 21, Investigation Underway

Jan 10 2024 // An explosion at a historic Texas hotel in Fort Worth on Monday blew out windows, littered downtown streets with large sections of debris from the building and injured 21 people, including one who was in critical condition,...

ALKEME Acquires Texas’ Flor Insurance Group

Jan 9 2024 // ALKEME, announced the acquisition of Flor Insurance Group, a multi-line independent insurance agency located in El Paso, Texas and serving the entire United States. Founded in 2010, Flor Insurance Group is focused on...

Insured Price Tag for Natural Disasters Was $95B in 2023 With Economic Cost of $250B

Jan 9 2024 // Natural catastrophes in 2023 caused global economic losses of US$250 billion, with insurers and reinsurers paying US$95 billion of that amount, according to Munich Re.Last year’s insured losses of US$95 billion are...

Houston Yet to Allocate $200 Million in Federal Relief Funds to Hurricane Harvey Victims

Jan 8 2024 // More than six years after Hurricane Harvey flooded thousands of homes and killed more than 80 people on the Texas Coast, the city of Houston has yet to allocate $200 million in federal relief funds to victims, according to...