Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas, the Netherlands Form Partnership Against Flooding
Sep 12 2022 // A visit to Houston last week by the Dutch queen highlighted a long friendship between Texas and the Netherlands that grew from their fight against a mutual enemy: flooding. While meeting with Houston’s mayor, Queen...
Texas DWC Proposed Agenda to be Published September 9
Sep 8 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has proposed the Fiscal Year 2023 Research Agenda of the Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group (REG). Texas Labor Code Section...
Keystone Adds Allbright & Duncan in Texas
Sep 7 2022 // Keystone Insurers Group added Texas agency Allbright & Duncan to its growing network of agencies in the state. Based in Odessa, Allbright & Duncan’s specialties include general liability, auto, workers’...
Alera Group Acquires Texas’ Greenhill
Sep 6 2022 // Alera Group, a top independent national insurance and wealth services firm, today announced the acquisition of Houston, Texas-based Greenhill Insurance Services, a managing general underwriter and program manager with...
Texas Safellite Autoglass Location Sued for Sex Discrimination
Sep 6 2022 // Safelite AutoGlass, a vehicle glass repair and replacement business, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant because she is a woman, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in...
Texas Drought Decimates Cotton Production
Sep 2 2022 // Cotton production has been decimated by drought and extreme heat this year, costing Texas High Plains farmers and other agricultural industries at least $2 billion, according to one estimate. “There’s just not...
Texas Newspaper Sued Over Firing Worker for Bug Bite Complaints
Aug 31 2022 // While media organizations depend on their reporters’ abilities to expose issues of public concern, a journalist at the Killeen Daily Herald found themselves out of a job when they complained to the newspaper’s...
Texas DWC Seeks Comments on Designated Doctor Rules
Aug 30 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) informally proposes amendments to 28 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 133, General Medical Provisions and 28 TAC Chapter 134,...
Terry, Luke Ledbetter Form Kestrel Group in Texas
Aug 30 2022 // Terry Ledbetter and Luke Ledbetter, formerly of State National Companies, announced the formation of Kestrel Group. The company acts as the exclusive producer for four A.M. Best “A-” rated (Excellent) carriers...
Texas Ambulance Company to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Aug 29 2022 // Lone Star Ambulance, a San Antonio, Texas critical care transportation company, has agreed to pay $90,000 in damages and furnish other relief in order to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Texas, Federal Government at Odds Over Flood Relief Discrimination Suit
Aug 29 2022 // The faded and weathered construction permits still taped to Houston resident Mal Moses’ front door are reminders of the difficulties he faced in trying to get his mold-infested walls and leaky roof repaired after...
Texas Barbecue Owner, Manager Indicted in $350,000 Workers’ Fraud Scheme
Aug 26 2022 // The owner of an East Austin, Texas restaurant and her manager have been indicted and summoned to appear in Travis County District Court for their alleged role in a $350,000 workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Allison...
Uvalde School District, Texas Law Enforcement Could Face $27 Billion Lawsuit
Aug 24 2022 // Uvalde school district and a litany of law enforcement agencies could face $27 billion class-action lawsuit over shooting which was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that...
Texas Wireless Retailer to Pay $30,000 over Sexual Harassment Suit
Aug 23 2022 // Al Meghani Enterprises, Inc., doing business as The Wireless Solutions, a specialty retailer of wireless products, services and accessories, has agreed to pay $30,000 in damages and furnish other relief in order to settle...
Texas-Based Supermarket Faces $1 Million in Fines over Unsafe Working Conditions
Aug 18 2022 // Despite a history of violations and worker injuries dating back almost a decade, Fiesta Mart LLC – a Houston-based supermarket operator – continues to fail in its legal obligations to protect employees. Made apparent...
Public Adjuster Cited in Texas, Louisiana Took Cash Advances on Commissions
Aug 18 2022 // A public adjusting firm that was cited by regulators in both Texas and Louisiana for allegedly pocketing insurer payouts has also received cash advances from financing companies over the past several months, documents...
Weston’s Texas, Louisiana Policies to be Canceled September 7
Aug 16 2022 // Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Co. policies in Texas and Louisiana will be canceled on September 7 after the Florida-based insurer was ordered to end operations in early August after going insolvent. The Texas...
Pair of Texas Companies Earn Safety Awards
Aug 16 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) renewed two Texas companies’ Lone Star Safety Awards for their exemplary workplace safety programs and low rates of work-related...
Public Adjusting Firm Accused of Pocketing Insurer Payouts in Texas, Louisiana
Aug 15 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance says a public adjusting firm that was sanctioned last month by Louisiana regulators has pocketed more than $300,000 in insurer payouts intended for Texas property owners. TDI is asking the...
Wife of Former Texas Trucking Magnate Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Aug 12 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced last week that Francis Hall, the former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking turned herself into Bexar County authorities. There had...
