Latest Texas Headlines
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Hub Acquires Texas’ Catto & Catto
Dec 2 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the assets of Catto & Catto, Inc. and Catto & Catto Benefits Group, LLC (collectively, Catto & Catto)....
Texas Barge Company to Pay More Than $15 Million Over Oil Spill
Dec 2 2021 // Houston, Texas-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act to resolve federal and state claims for injuries to natural resources resulting from...
DOJ, Texas Church Shooting Victims At Odds Over How Much Air Force Owes
Dec 2 2021 // The U.S. Justice Department and survivors of a 2017 Texas church massacre are at odds over how much the Air Force should pay in compensation for failing to flag a conviction that might have prevented the gunman from...
Marsh McLennan Acquires Texas-Based Insource
Dec 1 2021 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired InSource Insurance Group LLC, an independent agency in Texas. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. InSource Insurance Group was formed in 1986 to provide...
Texas Surplus Lines Association Names New Executive Leadership
Nov 30 2021 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association announced the election of Justin Kotrla as its new president following the group’s annual meeting held in Austin earlier in November. Kotrla is senior vice president, Property...
Texas High School Band Bus Crash Kills 3
Nov 22 2021 // The three men killed in a fiery West Texas crash involving a school bus carrying members of a high school band included the band director, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Saturday. Andrews High School band...
Report: Texas Still at Risk of Winter Power Failures
Nov 22 2021 // Texas is still at risk of power blackouts this winter in the event of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled the state’s electrical grid and left millions of people without heat for days,...
Texas Crane Company to Pay $24,000 to Worker Who Refused to Violate Law
Nov 19 2021 // A federal whistleblower investigation led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to order a Houston mobile crane rental company to pay a former employee nearly $24,000 in back...
Texas Rule to Require Power Companies to Better Prepare for Winter
Nov 15 2021 // Texas utility regulators on Oct. 21 approved a rule requiring power companies to better prepare for winter weather — based on recommendations that were made, but never acted upon, a decade ago by experts and federal...
Zurich American Acquires Texas-Based Special Insurance Services
Nov 12 2021 // Zurich American Insurance Company, a provider of insurance products and services to businesses in multiple industries, has signed an agreement to acquire Special Insurance Services, Inc., a Texas-based program manager...
FedNat Pulling Out of Louisiana, Texas Amid Heavy Storm Losses
Nov 10 2021 // After two years of heavy storm-related losses, FedNat Insurance is pulling out of the Louisiana and Texas markets and doubling down on its home state of Florida. FedNat announced its decision to exit non-Florida markets...
Texas Jury Awards Record $352M to Family of Paralyzed Airport Worker
Nov 5 2021 // A Texas jury awarded more than $352 million last month to the family of a former Houston airport worker who was paralyzed from the chest down after a van driver struck him on the tarmac. The award, announced on Oct. 25 in...
Marsh McLennan Acquires Texas-Based Southwest Truck Insurance Agency
Nov 3 2021 // Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Southwest Truck Insurance Agency, Inc., an independent agency in Irving, Texas. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, Southwest Truck...
Freeway Insurance Acquires Texas’ AutoPartners
Nov 3 2021 // Freeway Insurance, a division of Confie, has acquired Texas-based AutoPartners Insurance Agency, Inc, under the Freeway Insurance brand. As part of the acquisition, Freeway Insurance will retain AutoPartners Insurance...
Inszone Insurance Acquires Texas-Based Ratliff Insurance Agency
Nov 3 2021 // Inszone Insurance Services, a national provider of benefits, personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Ratliff Insurance Agency. The acquisition marks Inszone’s expansion into Texas. Founded by Paula...
Texas Workers’ Comp Telemedicine Utilization Soared During Pandemic
Nov 1 2021 // Utilization of telemedicine services in the Texas workers’ compensation rose dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published report from the Texas Department of Insurance...
Johnson & Johnson Reaches $290M Texas Opioid Settlement
Oct 28 2021 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims. The agreement will largely track the terms of the Global...
Severe Storm Brings Tornado Watch to Texas, Louisiana
Oct 27 2021 // A severe storm generated thunderstorms and reports of tornados across southeastern Texas into Louisiana late morning Wednesday, Oct. 27. The National Weather Service put out severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for...
Texas Furniture Maker Faces $247K Fine for Exposing Employees to Amputation Hazards
Oct 26 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it has given MooreCo Inc., a Temple, Texas furniture design and manufacturing company, several opportunities to stop exposing its...
Texas Regulators OK Rule Requiring Power Companies to Better Prepare for Winter
Oct 22 2021 // Texas utility regulators on Oct. 21 approved a rule requiring power companies to better prepare for winter weather — based on recommendations that were made, but never acted upon, a decade ago by experts and federal...
