All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2024 // Everest Insurance appointed Patrick Hagerty senior vice president and head of U.S. retail property. He is based in New York.Hagerty joined the company’s corporate underwriting team in 2021 and was most recently...
Feb 2 2024 // A Texas man was found guilty this week of starting fires at the historic Mason County Courthouse and an occupied residential structure on February 4, 2021. A McCulloch County jury this week found Nicholas Miller guilty of...
Feb 1 2024 // Four individuals, including two physicians, have been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas charged with federal violations involving a university athletic billing scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs.Mouzon...
Feb 1 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched lawsuits against the cities of Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin, and Denton for adopting amnesty and non-prosecution policies that violate Texas laws concerning marijuana...
Jan 31 2024 // U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Freeport LNG said on Friday it expects one of three liquefaction units at its Texas plant will be out of service for about a month after it faced a technical issue during last...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...