Latest Texas Headlines
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Beyoncé`s Childhood Home in Texas Catches Fire on Christmas Morning
Dec 27 2023 // HOUSTON, Texas (AP) – Beyoncé’s childhood home caught fire early on Christmas morning, though the family living there escaped safely. The fire was reported at about 2 a.m. Monday and the Houston Fire Department...
Texas DWC Revises Death Benefits Forms
Dec 20 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has revised forms DWC Form-042, Claim for Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits, and PLN-12, Notice of Potential Entitlement to...
Texas Woman Sues Doctor Over Unwanted Pregnancy
Dec 20 2023 // Grissel Velasco didn’t want more kids. In 2014, Velasco — 31 years old at the time — was expecting her third child, and was receiving care at Sun City Women’s Health Care in El Paso, owned by OB-GYN and...
Alex Jones Offers Sandy Hook Families $55 Million Over 10 Years
Dec 20 2023 // Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones` latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years, a fraction of the $1.5 billion awarded to the relatives in lawsuits against Jones for...
Texas Supreme Court Declines to Revive Billionaire’s Defamation Suit Against Beto O’Rourke
Dec 19 2023 // The Texas Supreme Court said Friday it would not consider Republican megadonor Kelcy Warren’s defamation lawsuit against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke after a state appeals court...
Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation Names Posey as Deputy Commissioner of Operations and External Relations
Dec 15 2023 // Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Jeff Nelson has announced the appointment of Matthew Posey as DWC’s new Deputy Commissioner of Operations and External Relations. Posey brings his significant...
Texas Sues VA Claims Insider for Deceptive Trade Practices Targeting Veterans
Dec 13 2023 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued VA Claims Insider, LLC, (VACI) for engaging in deceptive trade practices to defraud veterans seeking disability benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. VA Claims...
Texas Mutual President Jeanette Ward Honored with 30-Year Milestone and Yellow Rose of Texas Award
Dec 13 2023 // Texas Mutual President and CEO Jeanette Ward recently celebrated two significant achievements with the Texas Mutual board and members of its executive council. On November 17, Ward reached 30 years with Texas Mutual and...
Texas A.G. Secures Settlement With Blackbaud to Address Data Security Issues
Dec 12 2023 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has obtained a settlement with Blackbaud, Inc. (“Blackbaud”) to ensure that the South Carolina-based software provider corrects its deficient data security privacy practices...
Insurance Council of Texas’ Tips for Prioritizing Holiday Safety and Security
Dec 12 2023 // With Christmas and New Year’s around the corner, the Insurance Council of Texas is providing Texas with tips to protect themselves, their homes and their vehicles this holiday season. ITC reminds Texans that with an...
Texas Department of Insurance to Hold Meet The Regulator Event
Dec 11 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a Meet the Regulator event from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Commissioner Cassie Brown starts the event with an agency update in Barbara Jordan Building...
TSLA Names Officers and Directors at Annual Meeting
Dec 8 2023 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association, Inc. announces the election of the following Officers and Directors at its 68th Annual Meeting held at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin on November 13, 2023. President – Kimmi...
Texas Prosecutor Drops Most Cases Against Austin Police Officers Over Tactics Used During 2020 Protests
Dec 6 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments against more than 20 Austin police officers for tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd`s killing said Monday he was...
EPA Finalizes Regulation Requiring Oil and Gas Operators in Texas to Reduce Methane Emissions
Dec 5 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday finalized a long-anticipated climate regulation that will require oil and gas operators to dramatically reduce how much methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is escaping from...
People & Places
Dec 4 2023 // National Pat Tomlinson Pat Tomlinson has been named president of Marsh McLennan’s Mercer and will succeed Mercer CEO Martine Ferland upon her retirement March 31, 2024. In the meantime, as president, Tomlinson will...
Business Moves
Dec 4 2023 // National Travelers, Corvus Insurance Holdings The Travelers Companies said it has agreed to buy cyber managing general underwriter Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc. for about $435 million for its middle-market excess and...
Industry Trends to Exploit for 2024
Dec 4 2023 // Agency owners must watch and learn about major trends when they start. Following are key trends that insurance agencies should be tracking for 2024. 1. Insurtech Several trends are emerging in the insurtech...
Climate Change, Natural Disasters Sent Texas Homeowners Insurance Rates Skyrocketing in 2023
Dec 1 2023 // Insurance companies across Texas have dramatically increased home insurance rates this year, state filings show, as climate change spooks executives and inflation pushes up costs to rebuild after natural disasters. Texas...
Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy
Dec 1 2023 // Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine. In a complaint filed in a Lubbock County state court,...
Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards
Nov 30 2023 // By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even...
