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Texas Bill Shielding Landowners from Rock Climbing Injury Lawsuits Advances
Mar 27 2017 // The Texas Senate has approved a bill protecting property owners statewide from liability for injuries incurred by people rock climbing on their land. The proposal by Republican Sen. Charles Perry of Lubbock now heads to...
Texas Senate OKs Ban on Abortion Coverage in Some Insurance Plans
Mar 23 2017 // The Texas Senate on March 22 preliminarily approved a bill prohibiting coverage of abortion by some health insurance plans in Texas — despite similar efforts stalling previously. The 19-10 vote leaves Sen. Larry...
Texas-Based ProAg to Acquire Iowa’s International Ag Insurance Solutions
Mar 23 2017 // Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc. (ProAg), a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, has agreed to acquire crop managing general agent, West Des Moines, Iowa-based International Ag Insurance Solutions LLC...
Texas-Based Neiman Marcus to Pay $1.6M in Suit Over 2013 Security Breach
Mar 23 2017 // Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a 2013 security breach that exposed the credit and debit card data of about 350,000 shoppers. Court documents show the...
Review: Big Decrease in Accidents at Central Texas Train Crossings
Mar 21 2017 // Safety measures installed at Central Texas railroad crossings over the years have significantly curtailed train-vehicle accidents like the one this month in Mississippi that killed four Texas tourists. A review of Federal...
Trump Budget Would Eliminate Chemical Safety Board
Mar 21 2017 // When a Texas City refinery exploded in 2005, 15 people died. Months later, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board found that putting workers in temporary trailers near danger zones at the plant raised the death toll. Since then,...
Carlton, Lindsey Named Partners at Texas-Based Hotchkiss Insurance
Mar 20 2017 // Farrah Carlton and Gary Lindsey have been named partners at Dallas-based Hotchkiss Insurance. Carlton has been with Hotchkiss for more than 20 years, receiving several promotions during her career with the firm. She...
6 Texas Counties Declared Disaster Areas After Wildfires
Mar 20 2017 // Six counties in the Texas Panhandle have been declared disaster areas by Gov. Greg Abbott following the deadly wildfires that swept through the area on March 6 – 7 burning more than 440,000 acres. Abbott’s...
Texas Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Tweaked ‘Hail Litigation’ Bill
Mar 20 2017 // The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on March 9 heard testimony on a revised bill that aims to limit the number of policyholder lawsuits filed against property insurance companies following severe weather...
Texas High Court Finds for Insurer in D&O Coverage Dispute
Mar 20 2017 // The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of an insurer in a case that hinged on the applicability of an insured-v.-insured exclusion in the carrier’s directors and officers (D&O) liability policy. The...
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas Wildfires Tracked by New Satellite
Mar 16 2017 // When wildfires scorched more than 1 million acres in early March across parts of the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and Kansas, forecasters used a new weather satellite to see the infernos developing, almost in real time. The...
Texas’ Costliest Year for Hailstorms Began on March 16, 2016
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Statewide Ban on Texting While Driving Passed by Texas House
Mar 16 2017 // The Texas House on March 15 passed a statewide ban on texting while driving. Members voted 113-32 to tentatively approve the legislation, which will get a final vote in the House before it can proceed to the Senate. A...
Texas Mutual Launches e-Learning Tool for Policyholders
Mar 15 2017 // Workers’ compensation Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has launched a free workplace safety training tool for policyholders called e-Learning. e-Learning gives business owners access to a library of more than 200 modern,...
Author of Texas ‘Hailstorm’ Bill Says ‘Significant Changes’ Made
Mar 15 2017 // The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on March 9 heard testimony on a revised bill that aims to limit the number of policyholder lawsuits filed against property insurance companies following severe weather...
Texas Bill Banning Texting While Driving Statewide Goes to Senate
Mar 14 2017 // A bill that passed the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee on March 13 aims to restrict texting while driving statewide. While several cities already have ordinances that restrict texting while behind the wheel, SB 31 by...
Details Emerge on What Went Wrong in Tour Bus, Train Accident in Mississippi
Mar 14 2017 // The Texas tour bus hit by a freight train in a deadly crash in Mississippi wasn’t supposed to have taken the road where it got stuck at a rail crossing earlier this week, a federal official said Thursday. National...
6 Texas Counties Declared Disaster Areas Following Wildfires
Mar 13 2017 // Six counties in the Texas Panhandle have been declared disaster areas by Gov. Greg Abbott following the deadly wildfires that swept through the area on March 6 – 7 burning more than 440,000 acres. Abbott’s March 11...
Agency Cluster, Direct Access Insurance, Expands into Texas
Mar 13 2017 // California-based Direct Access Insurance Services (DAIS) is opening up its cluster membership to independent property/casualty agencies in Texas. DAIS said it is appointing Texas agencies that are looking to improve market...
Suspect in Texas Mosque Fire Feared Muslims, Investigator Says
Mar 13 2017 // A man suspected of burning down a Texas mosque believed its worshippers were terrorists and may have been looking for other mosques to target, authorities alleged during a hearing pertaining to an unrelated case against...
