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Texas A.G. Secures Settlement With Blackbaud to Address Data Security Issues

Dec 12 2023 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has obtained a settlement with Blackbaud, Inc. (“Blackbaud”) to ensure that the South Carolina-based software provider corrects its deficient data security privacy practices...

Insurance Council of Texas’ Tips for Prioritizing Holiday Safety and Security

Dec 12 2023 // With Christmas and New Year’s around the corner, the Insurance Council of Texas is providing Texas with tips to protect themselves, their homes and their vehicles this holiday season.ITC reminds Texans that with an...

Texas Department of Insurance to Hold Meet The Regulator Event

Dec 11 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a Meet the Regulator event from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.Commissioner Cassie Brown starts the event with an agency update in Barbara Jordan Building...

TSLA Names Officers and Directors at Annual Meeting

Dec 8 2023 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association, Inc. announces the election of the following Officers and Directors at its 68th Annual Meeting held at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin on November 13, 2023.President – Kimmi...

Texas Prosecutor Drops Most Cases Against Austin Police Officers Over Tactics Used During 2020 Protests

Dec 6 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments against more than 20 Austin police officers for tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd`s killing said Monday he was...

EPA Finalizes Regulation Requiring Oil and Gas Operators in Texas to Reduce Methane Emissions

Dec 5 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday finalized a long-anticipated climate regulation that will require oil and gas operators to dramatically reduce how much methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is escaping from...

People & Places

Dec 4 2023 // Pat Tomlinson has been named president of Marsh McLennan’s Mercer and will succeed Mercer CEO Martine Ferland upon her retirement March 31, 2024.In the meantime, as president, Tomlinson will report to Ferland and...

Business Moves

Dec 4 2023 // Travelers, Corvus Insurance HoldingsThe Travelers Companies said it has agreed to buy cyber managing general underwriter Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc. for about $435 million for its middle-market excess and surplus lines...

Industry Trends to Exploit for 2024

Dec 4 2023 // Agency owners must watch and learn about major trends when they start. Following are key trends that insurance agencies should be tracking for 2024.1. Insurtech Several trends are emerging in the insurtech...

Climate Change, Natural Disasters Sent Texas Homeowners Insurance Rates Skyrocketing in 2023

Dec 1 2023 // Insurance companies across Texas have dramatically increased home insurance rates this year, state filings show, as climate change spooks executives and inflation pushes up costs to rebuild after natural disasters.Texas is...

Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy

Dec 1 2023 // Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine.In a complaint filed in a Lubbock County state court,...

Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards

Nov 30 2023 // By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even...

Higginbotham Adds Texas’ Marshall Young Insurance

Nov 30 2023 // Higginbotham has announced a strategic alliance with Marshall Young Insurance of Cleburne, Texas, a firm known for providing specialized business insurance options to a wide range of clients. Founded in 1965 by Marshall...

Texas City Approves $3.5M For Child Who Witnessed Aunt’s Fatal Shooting by Officer

Nov 30 2023 // FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A Texas city on Tuesday approved a $3.5 million settlement for a child who witnessed his aunt being fatally shot through a window of her home by a police officer four years ago.The Fort Worth...

Texas CEO and His 2 Children Among 4 Killed in Highway Crash Before Thanksgiving

Nov 29 2023 // ROUND MOUNTAIN, Texas (AP) – The CEO of a construction company and his two young children were among four people killed the day before Thanksgiving in a three- vehicle crash that was still being investigated Monday.Zach...

Texas Judge Orders Houston Attorney to Reimburse Insurer $137,000 for “Frivolous” Lawsuit

Nov 28 2023 // A Texas judge has ordered a Houston plaintiffs’ attorney to reimburse an insurer $137,000 for the legal fees it expended to defend itself against a “frivolous” and “groundless” lawsuit that...

Texas Supreme Court Reverses Sanctions, Finds Carrier Had Right to Medical Records in UIM Case

Nov 22 2023 // The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reversed a Dallas County judge’s decision to sanction an insurer for making an “overbroad” discovery demand, finding that the carrier had a valid interest in the medical...

Texas Manufacturing Company Cited for Willful Safety and Health Violations, Faces $596K in Proposed Penalties

Nov 22 2023 // A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspection at a prominent El Paso, Texas manufacturing company found the employer willfully exposed workers to the risks of amputation and permanent hearing loss and violated...

Texas AG Sues Pfizer Over Quality-Control Lapses in Kids’ ADHD drug

Nov 21 2023 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Pfizer PFE.N and its supplier Tris Pharma of providing children’s ADHD medicine that it knew might be ineffective to the state’s Medicaid insurance program for...

Texas Court: Immunity Doesn’t Protect Local Governments From Administrative Penalties

Nov 20 2023 // Political subdivisions in Texas can’t use governmental immunity to evade administrative penalties for failing to timely pay workers’ compensation benefits, a state appellate court ruled.A panel of the 3rd...