All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2015 // Houston-based D.E. Harvey Builders has been honored with the first ever General Contractor Job Site Safety Award from the TX Construction Association Safety Group.The general contractor won the award for its dedication to...
Dec 15 2015 // Most of Texas will have Blue Bell ice cream this week after months of cleaning production plants and regulatory reviews following listeria contamination.The Brenham-based company on Dec. 14 began returning ice cream to...
Dec 15 2015 // A Texas plumber is suing a truck dealer after a vehicle emblazoned with his company’s name and phone number — and carrying gun-toting fighters — appeared in a photo circulated by purported Islamic extremists.Mark...
Dec 15 2015 // The past few years have seen an increase in the number of workers at a nuclear weapons plant in the Texas Panhandle who have been compensated and given medical care for conditions caused by exposure to plant hazards.Those...
Dec 14 2015 // Texas Associates Insurors, headquartered in Austin, has added John Paul Novak in its commercial risk and insurance division as an advisor, specializing in construction and hospitality risks. A native Texan, Novak’s...
Dec 9 2015 // An analysis of Texas traffic stops shows Hispanic and black drivers are far more likely to be searched by Department of Public Safety troopers, despite DPS assertions that all motorists are treated equally.The review of 15...
Dec 9 2015 // The Texas Department of Public Safety says the potential for vehicle thefts is high in December. The DPS reported that 5,717 automobiles, pickups and motorcycles were recorded stolen in December 2014, making it one of the...
Dec 9 2015 // Dallas, TX, December 9, 2015- 2015 has been a big year for mergers and acquisitions in our industry. You read consolidation news everyday…Willis to buy Towers Watson…Confie acquires another broker…Gen...
Dec 8 2015 // In 2014, 957 fire departments in Texas reported 72,124 fires, with a fire occurring every seven minutes, 163 civilian fire deaths, 780 civilian fire injuries and $662,625,954 in property, according to a report from the...
Dec 7 2015 // Signature Select LLC announced it has expanded into Texas by establishing a presence in Austin and Dallas.In Dallas, Shelly Floyd and Cliff Layfield have been hired for the Dallas operation and Patrick Datz was added as a...
Dec 7 2015 // Houston-based Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co., a provider of homeowners and tenant dwelling insurance throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, appointed John R. Todd as president and chief executive officer, and Shabbir...
Dec 7 2015 // Storms during April and May in Texas caused more than $1.5 billion in property losses, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. ICT spokesman Mark Hanna says paid residential property losses in April and May were close...
Dec 4 2015 // Federal safety regulators say three commercial real estate renovators have been cited for a combined $112,000 in penalties for exposing workers to asbestos hazards at a San Antonio, Texas, worksite.FBZ Broadway LP, One...
Dec 4 2015 // Furniture manufacturer, MooreCo Inc., and Milwaukee-based Manpower Group US Inc., a staffing agency, have been cited by federal safety regulators for exposing temporary workers to workplace hazards at a MooreCo plant in...
Dec 3 2015 // Texas Commissioner of Insurance David Mattax has appointed Deborah King to the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA).King of Highland Village is vice president and chief actuary at Republic...
Dec 2 2015 // A Texas company that operates nursing care facilities will pay nearly $3.2 million to settle allegations of receiving kickbacks from ambulance companies.Regent Management Services of Galveston oversees 11 nursing...
Dec 1 2015 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has paid more than $3 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 4,000 newer workers’ compensation insurance policyholder owners across the state. This payout is the final...
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry.The...
Nov 30 2015 // A 64-year-old former Texas insurance agent has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering, federal prosecutors say, and faces up to 20 years in prison for what amounted to a Ponzi scheme.U.S. Attorney John M. Bales...
Nov 25 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas is warning shoppers about possible vehicle break-ins on the Black Friday shopping holiday.Criminals will be intent on burglarizing vehicles that may have been left unlocked or simply have...