All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 14 2014 // The family of a Texas teenager sentenced to probation after killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck will pay for just a fraction of his court-ordered treatment, a court official testified.Ethan Couch’s parents...
Apr 10 2014 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines totaling $23,050 against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations. The disciplinary actions and fines were levied from...
Apr 10 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced the formation of a new captive insurer and the redomestication of two other captive entities have been approved under new rules adopted to implement Senate Bill (SB)...
Apr 10 2014 // The transition of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system from a court-based system to an administrative one became effective Feb. 1, 2014, a change that proponents believe will lower costs and help make the...
Apr 10 2014 // Waco, Texas-based National Lloyds Corp., an insurance holding company and wholly owned subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc., hired industry veteran Robert Otis as chief executive officer effective April 1, 2014.Otis joins...
Apr 9 2014 // The storms that rolled across the Denton area in north Texas in early April are estimated to have caused $300 million in insured losses. The area was hit by softball size hail and three tornadoes.The thunderstorms erupted...
Apr 8 2014 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon told the Texas House Committee on Public Health that the number and cost of opioid drug prescriptions in the Texas workers’ compensation system has...
Apr 8 2014 // Dallas, Texas – based RISC announced that Shawn O. Fabors was named president of the company upon the retirement of William D. Staub, Jr. The transition was effective Apr. 1, 2014.Staub joined RISC as president in...
Apr 8 2014 // Austin-based Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) announced that Charles R. “Chip” Ott Jr. is stepping down from his role as TMLT’s president and chief executive officer (CEO) effective June 30 to...
Apr 7 2014 // Demolition has begun on some Central Texas homes left unlivable after flooding during deadly fall storms.The Austin American-Statesman reported that crews are concentrating on Onion Creek neighborhoods. Late October and...
Apr 7 2014 // North Dakota, California, Texas and Florida did well in job growth in 2013 while Arkansas and Pennsylvania lagged and West Virginia was the only state to lose jobs.Overall, 12 states showed job growth of at least two...
Apr 7 2014 // Houston, Texas-based independent Insurance agency, Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates Inc., elected Timothy J. Brady to senior vice president and equity partner.Prior to joining BCH, Brady gained experience in the...
Apr 7 2014 // Arthur J. GallagherArthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Spataro Insurance Agency Inc. of Burnt Hills, N.Y. Founded in 1932, Spataro Insurance Agency is a retail insurance broker providing property/casualty, risk...
Apr 4 2014 // An outbreak of severe thunderstorms north of Dallas, Texas, on Apr. 4 produced hurricane force winds, tornadoes and hail reported to be as large as grapefruits. Several communities are reporting extensive damage.Severe...
Apr 3 2014 // Texas Brine Co. has moved contractors working on the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole in Louisiana into three homes the company purchased from residents who left after the failure of a company-operated salt dome cavern.Texas...
Apr 2 2014 // A Corpus Christi man is suing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association for hundreds of millions of dollars because he says it improperly passed on costs to policyholders like him after Hurricane Ike in 2008.Ramiro Gamboa...
Apr 2 2014 // The sinkhole near Bayou Corne in Louisiana sucked down another patch of earth as Texas Brine Co. released pressure again from its failed salt dome cavern near the 29-acre swampland sinkhole in Assumption Parish.Officials...
Mar 31 2014 // Several U.S. states are banding together to combat the mounting risks of earthquakes tied to the disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.Regulators from Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Ohio met for the...
Mar 28 2014 // Officials say the 29-acre sinkhole in Louisiana’s Assumption Parish swallowed six cypress trees on March 26 and had its first deep burp of gas and fluid since late August.The Advocate reports the event comes nearly...
Mar 27 2014 // Property/casualty multiline insurer, Farmers Insurance, plans to add 244 agency owners throughout Texas in the coming year. Farmers announced it is offering special incentives to military veterans, reservists and bilingual...