All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 29 2012 // A Texas judge has finalized a $158 million settlement between Texas and a subsidiary of health care giant Johnson & Johnson in a Medicaid fraud lawsuit over the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal.The agreement, reached...
Mar 28 2012 // Federal safety regulators have begun investigating buses made by Motor Coach Industries Inc. over the past 20 years because the drive shafts can fall out and cause drivers to lose control.The problem has led to two crashes...
Mar 27 2012 // When wildfires began breaking out across Texas last year in April, homeowners began contacting their insurance agents about their coverage or in some cases lack of coverage. Agents located near many of the fires were...
Mar 26 2012 // A thief wearing gloves walks into a parking lot, perhaps using the cover of night, smashes a car window and takes what’s inside the vehicle, all in a matter of minutes.It’s the general technique for many car...
Mar 26 2012 // Bennie Dale Morris used to be a regular at Frank’s Place — eating meals and drinking coffee several times a day at the smoke-filled cafe — until the restaurant owner’s joking around got a little too...
Mar 23 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Palestine, Texas-based Mercer Well Service for five repeat violations following an inspection at the company’s Colt 34-212...
Mar 23 2012 // Insurance direct marketer, GEICO, has announced that it is lowering commercial auto insurance rates for business owners in Texas.Commercial insurance packages cover the cars, trucks and vans used in conducting business,...
Mar 22 2012 // Texas agriculture producers lost $7.62 billion to the state’s 2011 drought, which experts said makes it the costliest drought in the state’s history and possibly the most expensive drought ever suffered by any...
Mar 22 2012 // Homeowner insurance rate hikes filed in Texas by Allstate Insurance in December 2011 have passed muster with Texas insurance regulators.The company made a rate adjustment of 5.7 percent statewide for Allstate Texas Lloyds...
Mar 20 2012 // Although none of the 50 U.S. state governments were found to be exemplary, three out of four of the South Central states received very lackluster rankings in a report evaluating state governments on integrity and the...
Mar 20 2012 // A Texas manufacturer has been cited for willful and serious safety violations after an employee reportedly suffered an amputation at the company’s facility in Waco.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Mar 19 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Houston-based IFCO Systems North America Inc. with 10 serious, three repeat and six other-than-serious violations for exposing...
Mar 19 2012 // Dallas-based Republic Cos. has named Joseph E. Mattingly president and chief executive officer.Since 2006 Mattingly has served as senior vice president — insurance operations, and president of insurance companies of...
Mar 14 2012 // Susan Watson and Henry Eford have joined workers’ compensation specialty insurer Employers as sales executives in Texas.Watson is sales executive for the Dallas/Fort Worth market. Based in Dallas, Watson brings 20...
Mar 13 2012 // A federal audit has recommended that Texas repay $9 million in alleged overcharges related to administration of hurricane recovery funds.Hurricanes Dolly and Ike hit Texas in 2008. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Mar 13 2012 // Workers’ compensation insurance provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has named Bill Huckaby as its new general auditor. Huckaby previously served as the company’s senior manager of finance and operations...
Mar 12 2012 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that three workers’ compensation safety groups have earned a combined $435,324 in dividends. The dividends were based largely on each group’s overall loss ratio.The largest...
Mar 8 2012 // Parts of Central Texas devastated by wildfires last year have benefited from more than $4 million in private donations and the help of volunteers who are rebuilding homes.The Austin American-Statesman reports that in...
Mar 8 2012 // Four San Angelo juveniles are suspected of setting fire to an abandoned San Angelo hotel and the arrests may lead to solving other suspicious fires in the area.San Angelo fire investigators have placed two suspects in...
Mar 8 2012 // Workers’ compensation insurance provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has hired Bill Jackson as senior manager of underwriting and marketing in Dallas. Jackson will be responsible for managing marketing and...