All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 20 2022 // The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit...
May 19 2022 // An Austin, Texas man was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $5,052,366.92 in restitution for his role in a fraud scheme.According to court documents, from 2012 until June 2018, Jason Michael Schubert, 47,...
May 19 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) said it has adopted a new form: DWC Form-033, Request to Reduce Income Benefits Due to Contribution (DWC Form-033), effective immediately....
May 18 2022 // Jurors in a civil lawsuit decided last week that American Airlines did not bear responsibility for an alleged sexual assault against a flight attendant by a celebrity chef who was hired by the airline as an independent...
May 11 2022 // BXS Insurance, Inc. (BXSI), a subsidiary of Cadence Bank acquired the assets of Wall 2 Wall Benefit Services (Wall 2 Wall) which is headquartered in Stafford, Texas, a city within the Houston metropolitan statistical...
May 10 2022 // North Richland Hills, Texas-based 151 Coffee will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency...
May 9 2022 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture says drought during the growing season has made farmers in most of Texas, all of Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi eligible to apply for federal aid.The department’s...
May 6 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced May 5 plans to amend 28 Texas Administrative Code §132.17, concerning Denial, Dispute, and Payment of Death Benefits. The...
May 6 2022 // A springtime storm system spawned several tornadoes that whipped through areas of Texas and Oklahoma, causing damage to a school, a marijuana farm and other structures.There were no reports of serious injuries following...
May 6 2022 // With Florida lawmakers set to convene in less than three weeks to face the swirling winds of the state’s property insurance crisis, Gov. Ron DeSantis has yet to unveil a draft of the reform legislation he would like...
May 4 2022 // The Texas Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has given insurtech startup Honeycomb approval to write policies statewide. The digital insurer has built proprietary technology specifically for the estimated hundreds of...
May 4 2022 // The nation’s second-largest bank-owned insurance brokerage, BXS Insurance, is changing its brand name to Cadence Insurance, the company announced.The BXSI name is changing but the people are not, CEO Markham McKnight...
May 3 2022 // Texan Insurance acquired Marek Insurance effective Jan. 31, 2022 in an all-cash transaction. Crosby, Texas-based Marek is Texan’s second agency purchase in three months and bringing its employee count to 75. The...
May 3 2022 // Keystone Insurers Group named Trimble-Batjer Insurance Associates, LLP of San Angelo and San Antonio, Texas to its growing network of Texas agencies. Trimble-Batjer focuses on commercial insurance and bonds, including oil...
Apr 29 2022 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company Names James Ziolkowksi as Regional Vice PresidentTexas Mutual Insurance Company recently named James (Jim) Ziolkowski, of Lakeway, Texas as regional vice president for its Austin office. In...
Apr 27 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recognized Tyler Beverages with the Lone Star Safety Program Award for its exemplary workplace health and safety programs and low rates of...
Apr 25 2022 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton obtained an agreed judgment against DRINK UVO, a California company that sold a drinkable sunscreen product that was promoted as providing hours of sun protection which misled consumers...
Apr 25 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on a proposed new form: DWC Form-033, Request to Reduce Income Benefits Due to Contribution.Adopting this form...
Apr 22 2022 // Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Johnson County, Texas, FEMA announced this week. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest...
Apr 21 2022 // Risk Strategies has acquired full-service insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm Advisor Brokerage Services (ABS). Terms of the deal were not announced.Although well established in the state, ABS is the...