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State Farm Awards ICT $40,000 Grant to Promote Education Programs in Texas

Apr 19 2022 // State Farm Insurance has awarded the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) with a $40,000 grant to promote and develop education programs throughout the state.ICT will use the grant to grow its multiple public service and...

Texas Metal Fabricator Cited for Exposing Employees to Hazards

Apr 18 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Texas metal fabricator for repeatedly exposing employees to fall, machine and other safety hazards. OSHA’s most recent...

23 Injured in Texas Storms; More Tornadoes Forecast in US

Apr 14 2022 // Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a storm system that was expected to spawn more twisters and damaging winds Wednesday.The storms caused widespread damage Tuesday in...

EEOC Sues Paper Company for Disability Discrimination at Texas Location

Apr 13 2022 // International Paper, Co., one of the world’s largest producers of fiber-based products such as packaging materials and fiber pulp, violated federal law by discriminating against an applicant based on his disability,...

Keystone Adds Texas’ Boley-Featherson to Network

Apr 13 2022 // Keystone Insurance Group, a participant-owned insurance agency network, has named Wichita Falls, Texas-based Boley-Featherson to its growing network of agencies in the Mid-South region. Boley-Featherson was established in...

Vehicle Collides With Food Truck in Austin, Texas, Injuring 11

Apr 11 2022 // Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” the night of April 8 in Austin, Texas, involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said.Austin-Travis County Emergency...

Small Plane Crash Kills 2 in Central Texas; FAA, NTSB to Investigate

Apr 8 2022 // Two people were killed April 5 when the small plane they were flying in crashed near a Central Texas airport, officials said.Those aboard the single-engine Cessna TU206H were a man and a woman, according to the Texas...

Texas Judge: NFL QB Watson Must Address History With Therapists

Apr 7 2022 // Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson must say whether he had sex with 18 massage therapists who supported him last year following criminal complaints, a judge in Texas ruled Tuesday.USA Today reported that Watson...

Dean & Draper Acquires Texas’ Baty Worldwide

Apr 7 2022 // Dean & Draper Insurance Agency, L.P. has acquired Houston, Texas-based Baty Worldwide effective April 1, 2022. “This acquisition will increase Dean & Draper’s revenue of commercial, personal, employee...

Severe Storms Kill 1 in Texas

Apr 7 2022 // Violent storms killed one person in Texas on April 5 as hail pelted communities and high winds knocked trees into power poles elsewhere in the South. Authorities issued a flurry of tornado warnings at the start of what...

Report: Texas Dept. of Insurance Data Breach Affected 1.8M People

Apr 6 2022 // A data breach at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) early this year affected approximately 1,800,000 Texans, according to the Data Security Breach Reports from the Office of the Attorney General.TDI announced in March...

Lawsuit Settled in Texas Child’s Brain-Eating Amoeba Death

Apr 5 2022 // A Texas city has settled a lawsuit with the parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last September after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a splash pad he’d visited.The Arlington City...

Lawsuit Settled in Texas Child’s Brain-Eating Amoeba Death

Apr 4 2022 // A Texas city has settled a lawsuit with the parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last September after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a splash pad he’d visited.The Arlington City...

Supreme Court Cast Doubt on Texas Immunity Claim in Vet’s Suit

Apr 1 2022 // The Supreme Court on Tuesday cast doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.The justices heard...

Texas High Court: Wrongful Death Suit Against Gentlemen’s Club in Hands of Arbitrator

Mar 31 2022 // Three terms in a written contract between a gentlemen’s club and a deceased employee are not so unclear as to nullify the contract’s arbitration agreement, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in a March 18 per curiam...

Texas’ Skyward Specialty Expands D&O Solutions for Non-Standard HOA Market

Mar 30 2022 // Houston, Texas-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. is expanding its Management Liability solutions by offering targeted directors and officers (D&O) coverage to Non-Standard Non-Profit Condominium and...

South Texas Wildfire Destroys 3 Homes; Blaze Only 10% Contained

Mar 29 2022 // A wildfire has burned more an 1,000 acres in South Texas forcing some people to evacuate, destroying three homes and knocking out power to more than 100 others, officials said on March 27.Gov. Greg Abbott declared a...

NFP Acquires Texas’ Achilles & Associates

Mar 29 2022 // NFP has acquired Achilles & Associates, an Austin, Texas-based P&C broker that provides customized commercial P&C, personal lines P&C, and benefits insurance solutions to individuals, small businesses and...

Texas Department of Insurance Reports Data Breach

Mar 25 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) became aware of a security issue on January 4, 2022 with a TDI web application that manages workers’ compensation information. TDI immediately took the application offline,...

Assurex Global Adds Texas-Based Watkins Insurance Group As Partner

Mar 25 2022 // Assurex Global announced that Austin, Texas-based Watkins Insurance Group has joined the firm. Assurex Global now consists of 97 independent agencies.Watkins Insurance Group was founded in 1949 as R.B. Lewis Agency. In...