All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 11 2016 // As America absorbed the news of five murdered Dallas police officers, Frederick Frazier grimly signed $2,000 checks, one after another. They were for the families of the slain.“So many people are calling and want to...
Jul 11 2016 // Lighthouse Management LLC, a licensed MGA representing Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. (Lighthouse), has appointed Kim Hernandez as the marketing representative for Central Texas.After serving as a sergeant in the...
Jul 11 2016 // Following a severe hailstorm in south Texas in 2012, insurers were beset with homeowner property lawsuits – sometimes after claims were paid and repairs were completed, according to an insurer trade group.Since then,...
Jul 8 2016 // Three University of Texas professors have filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the state’s “campus carry” law before it takes effect next month.The July 6 court filing came from sociology...
Jul 7 2016 // The Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI) has withdrawn its Official Disability Guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse, a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, operated by the U.S....
Jul 7 2016 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded a dividend of $866,958 to the Social Services Agencies of Texas workers’ compensation safety group.The dividend was earned based on the group members’ dedication to making...
Jul 7 2016 // Insurors Group LLC, an alliance of independent insurance agents in Texas, announced that members of its board of directors were recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas at the group’s convention in San...
Jul 7 2016 // A U.S. judge has slashed a $500 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy unit over allegedly defective metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants to approximately $151 million.On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge...
Jul 6 2016 // L&M Bag and Supply Company Inc., doing business as L&M Supply Company Inc., has been cited by federal safety officials over repeated safety violations at a worksite in San Marcos, Texas. Proposed penalties total...
Jun 30 2016 // Wreckage from a train collision continued to smolder on June 29 in the Texas Panhandle as workers prepared to remove the charred, twisted box cars from the tracks and renew their search for three missing crew members.Three...
Jun 30 2016 // Assurant, Inc. has expanded its new private flood insurance to Texas homeowners.Assurant Primary Flood Insurance, introduced in Florida last month, offers structural coverage up to $800,000 and up to $250,000 in contents...
Jun 29 2016 // Several box cars derailed and were engulfed in flames following a freight train collision in the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday.Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt says the accident occurred in the morning near...
Jun 28 2016 // Federal safety regulators have fined two different companies over safety violation in facilities located in North Texas.The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined steel fabricator, K-T Galvanizing...
Jun 28 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the rate for any interest or discount provided for the third quarter of 2016 at 4.03 percent. This rate is computed by using the treasury...
Jun 27 2016 // A Texas energy company CEO dubbed the “frack master” is charged with defrauding investors of about $80 million, including misappropriating at least $30 million for personal expenses, including private jets and...
Jun 24 2016 // Dez Bryant faces a lawsuit from his former landlord over allegations of more than $60,000 in damages to a house that the Dallas Cowboys receiver leased.The civil suit was filed last week by Texas state Sen. Royce West, an...
Jun 24 2016 // The Woodlands, Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group announced its annual agent awards at the group’s recent national convention.President and CEO Gordy Bunch inducted 20 new members into the Million Dollar Club...
Jun 21 2016 // Following a severe hailstorm in south Texas in 2012, insurers were beset with homeowner property lawsuits — sometimes after claims were paid and repairs were completed — even though data from the Texas Department of...
Jun 21 2016 // After climbing in each of the past two years, customer satisfaction is falling among the nation’s largest auto insurers, while satisfaction is actually up a tad for small insurers.This rising dissatisfaction with...
Jun 20 2016 // The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites at a time when they have little money to plug wells and seal off environmental...