All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 2 2024 // Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, has asked lawmakers for an...
Nov 27 2024 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “aa-” (Superior) from “a+” (Excellent) of Texas Mutual Insurance...
Nov 26 2024 // When Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas on July 8, its damaging 80-mile-per-hour winds took down thousands of trees and knocked out much of the electricity system. More than 2.6 million Texas power customers...
Nov 25 2024 // Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced...
Nov 25 2024 // A federal jury has awarded $2 million in punitive damages against SkyWest Airlines and $170,000 for emotional harm to Sarah Budd, a female parts clerk, to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Nov 21 2024 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released an investigation update into a fatal hydrogen sulfide release at PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Texas. The incident occurred on October 10, 2024, and killed two workers and injured 13...
Nov 19 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have entered into a conciliation agreement in which the federal contractor will pay $900,000 in back wages and interest to resolve...
Nov 18 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of LIA Texas, LLC, an agency based in Dallas, Texas. This strategic acquisition enhances Inszone’s footprint in Texas, enhancing the company’s ability to...
Nov 18 2024 // A Dallas pharmacy owner who routinely billed insurance companies for headache sprays, pain creams, and scar creams never dispersed to patients was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the...
Nov 18 2024 // VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination and...
Nov 14 2024 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on revised static forms: DWC Form-005, Non-Subscriber Notice to Division of Workers’ Compensation. DWC...
Nov 14 2024 // Texas’s worker’s compensation market is stable and steadily growing.The workers’ compensation market is one of the few consistently profitable lines in the state, according to the Worker’s...
Nov 12 2024 // World Insurance Associates LLC (“World”), announced today that it acquired the business of five entities with locations across Louisiana and Texas on August 1, 2024. The agencies are The Firm of Louisiana...
Nov 12 2024 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of ANCO Insurance Managers, Inc. (ANCO Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Bryan, Texas with six additional offices,...
Nov 12 2024 // New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering migrants free bus rides to the city from the southern border, a state judge has...
Nov 8 2024 // Three of the biggest names in US home energy automation are coming together to offer some relief to the beleaguered Texas electrical grid.Power supplier NRG Energy Inc. is partnering with Renew Home LLC to distribute about...
Nov 6 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into an agreement with McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors of medical supplies, to...
Nov 6 2024 // Three fairgoers have joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in suing the State Fair of Texas and the city of Dallas over the fair’s policy banning all firearms from its properties.Monday’s filing is the...
Nov 4 2024 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services (Monarch E&S), a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, announced its strategic acquisition of the assets of Professional Insurance Executives, Inc. (PIE), a leading contract...
Nov 4 2024 // Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, has asked lawmakers for an...