All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 6 2016 // Adrian Peterson grew up in Palestine, Texas, and has felt the support of its people as he rose to prominence in the NFL and when he endured the hardships that followed.Now, in his hometown’s hour of need, the...
May 5 2016 // Catastrophe activity in the U.S. led to $3.8 billion in insured losses in 29 states during the 2016 first quarter, with much of the damage hitting Texas. Those events were the worst in a decade in terms of frequency and...
May 5 2016 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently awarded a total of $32,000 in academic scholarships to 27 insurance and risk management students at six Texas universities.The students attend...
May 4 2016 // Lockton announced on Wednesday that it will create two new business teams to align its Texas operations.Lockton’s Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth property/casualty operations will combine into a single...
May 4 2016 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. has acquired Waldman Bros, a Dallas-based insurance brokerage offering commercial insurance solutions, employee benefits and high-net-worth private client insurance expertise.The subsidiary IMA...
May 3 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported it has been getting questions about deductibles after back-to-back storms hit the North Texas area. Insurers have the ability to make decisions on deductibles on a case-by-case...
May 3 2016 // One teenage girl was killed and another was injured when they were ejected from a whirling ride at an El Paso church carnival.The girls were at a parking lot carnival marking the annual Dia de los Ninos holiday at St....
May 2 2016 // In less than an hour early on April 29, more than 7 inches of rain had accumulated at the water treatment plant in Palestine, Texas. The flash-flooding that occurred as a result is blamed for six fatalities.Palestine Mayor...
May 2 2016 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that it produced $96.3 million in total property and casualty revenue in 2015, compared to the $92.2 million in total revenue produced in...
May 2 2016 // The workers’ compensation insurance markets in South Central states are relatively stable and are experiencing a drop in rates across the board. However, reforms made in Oklahoma in 2013 continue to be challenged in...
May 2 2016 // Major flooding in the Houston metropolitan area that began on Sunday, April 17, 2016, and continued throughout the week is expected to result in billions of dollars in losses, both insured and uninsured.According to...
May 2 2016 // A hailstorm that covered a swath of nearly 70 miles hit the San Antonio area on April 12 and is estimated to become the costliest such storm in Texas history, an insurer trade group says.The storm was concentrated in the...
May 2 2016 // LevelFirst, a wholesale insurance broker and MGA binding facility owned by IIAT Services Co., appointed Rhonda Fomby as vice president.Fomby assumes the responsibility of underwriting new business opportunities with the...
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May 2 2016 // Alliant, Andre-RombergAlliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Spokane, Wash.-based Andre-Romberg Insurance Agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Andre-Romberg will operate as part of Alliant Americas. Kurtz,...
Apr 29 2016 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has awarded a combined $600,000 in grants to College of the Mainland in Texas City, Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, El Paso Community College, Kilgore College, Midland College and...
Apr 28 2016 // If you’re a conservative Republican, there’s a decent chance that you believe in climate change.Compared with two years ago that is. Don’t tell this to Rush Limbaugh or presidential hopeful Donald Trump....
Apr 28 2016 // Federal safety regulators have levied $80,280 in penalties against Quick Roofing LLC for repeatedly exposing workers to falls, ladder hazards and eye injuries.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said...
Apr 28 2016 // Nearly 240 Texas and Louisiana residents have sued the Sabine River Authority over March flooding that inundated hundreds of homes and closed Interstate 10.Communities in Southeast Texas and Louisiana were flooded by up to...
Apr 27 2016 // More than $29.9 million in federal and state aid to date is helping the residents of 13 Texas counties recover from the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in March, the Federal Emergency Management Agency...