Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas-Based Sally Beauty Reports Unusual Payment Card Activity
May 5 2015 // Texas-based Sally Beauty said that it is investigating reports of unusual activity on payment cards used at some of its U.S. stores. The beauty products seller said that it is working with law enforcement and its credit...
Texas Bill Preventing Cities from Banning Oil Drilling Sent to Governor
May 5 2015 // Texas cities would no longer be able to ban oil and gas companies from drilling inside municipal limits under a bill lawmakers sent to Governor Greg Abbott. Final passage of the legislation in the state Senate is a win for...
Business Moves
May 4 2015 // AssuredPartners, Platinum Planning AssuredPartners Inc. has completed the acquisition of Platinum Planning (doing business as Walsh Benefits). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Walsh Benefits operates in the New...
Beating Up on Workers’ Comp: Grand Bargain Taking Jabs from Multiple Directions
May 4 2015 // The state-based workers’ compensation system has stayed on its feet for 100 years in part by being able to defend itself against blows and then counterpunch when necessary. It has shown an ability to reform to fit...
Texas Among Top 5 States for Vehicle Thefts with Keys Left Inside
May 4 2015 // More and more drivers are making it easy for thieves. A new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has found an increasing number of thefts of vehicles with the keys left inside. For the years 2012 through...
People – South Central
May 4 2015 // Julia Miller Spracklen, J.D., has joined Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm, Roach Howard Smith & Barton, as vice president of risk services, responsible for overseeing the employees and function of the...
North Texas Hit with Tornadoes, Large Hail
May 4 2015 // The National Weather Service said as many as 12 tornadoes and hail the size of softballs pounded portions of north Texas during the weekend of April 24 – 26. The Insurance Council of Texas reported that the storms...
Property Claim Litigation Bill Passed by the Texas Senate
May 1 2015 // The Texas Senate on April 30 passed a bill aimed at stemming the onslaught of property claim litigation that has been occurring with increasing frequency in the state following natural catastrophes. Advocates of Senate...
60K Auto Insurance Claims Expected from April Hailstorms in Texas
Apr 30 2015 // Multiple hailstorms in Texas over the second half of April are expected to result in at least 60,000 auto insurance claims, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. “Hail and windstorm claims are still coming in from...
Tollenaere Joins Roach Howard Smith & Barton in Texas
Apr 30 2015 // Joanna M. Tollenaere joins Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm Roach Howard Smith & Barton as a commercial sales executive. Joanna Tollenaere She will focus on developing new client relationships and...
NWS Confirms at Least 8 Twisters Touched Down in Texas
Apr 29 2015 // A band of tornadoes that swept across parts of rural Texas over the weekend flattened buildings, tore the roofs off other structures and forced people to rush for shelter, the National Weather Service said. National...
CPro Associates Enters Texas Work Comp Nonsubscriber Market
Apr 29 2015 // Dallas-based insurance wholesaler CPro Associates Inc. now offers nonsubscriber plans to agents with clients that have elected to opt out of Texas workers’ compensation. CPro Associates reached an agreement with...
Shareholders Sue Trinity Over Guardrail Safety Disclosure
Apr 29 2015 // Trinity Industries Inc. was sued by shareholders alleging the company failed to disclose it made changes to its guardrail safety system without government review. At least two lawsuits were filed in federal court in Dallas...
Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. Awarded Exemplary Agent by Nautilus Insurance Group
Apr 29 2015 // Dallas, TX, April 29, 2015 – Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. has been awarded the rare distinction “Exemplary Agent” by Nautilus Insurance Group (a W. R. Berkley Company). Nautilus gives this...
North Texas Hit with Tornadoes, Large Hail
Apr 27 2015 // The National Weather Service said as many as 12 tornadoes and hail the size of softballs pounded portions of north Texas overnight. The storms turned violent beginning near Rising Star in Eastland County and proceeded...
Measure Would Ban Red Light Cameras in Texas
Apr 24 2015 // Texas could put red light cameras in the rearview mirror under a bill that has cleared the Texas Senate. Republican Sen. Bob Hall said that red light cameras “have failed miserably” before his bill was sent...
Texas Insurers Group Honors 26 Students with Spring Scholarships
Apr 23 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation awarded 26 students at five Texas universities, $21,000 in academic scholarships. The students attend the University of Houston Downtown, the University of Texas at...
Spracklen Joins Texas’ Roach Howard Smith & Barton as VP
Apr 23 2015 // Julia Miller Spracklen, J. D. has joined Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm, Roach Howard Smith & Barton, as vice president of risk services, responsible for overseeing the employees and function of the...
Texas Earthquake Swarm Linked to Drilling, Wastewater Injection
Apr 22 2015 // With real-time monitors, scientists have linked a swarm of small earthquakes west of Fort Worth, Texas, to nearby natural gas wells and wastewater injection. In 84 days from November 2013 to January 2014, the area around...
Blue Bell Creameries Expands Recall to All of its Products
Apr 22 2015 // Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has issued a voluntary recall for all of its products on the market after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream tested positive for listeria, a potentially deadly...
