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Hurricane Harvey Caused More than $200M in Crop, Livestock Losses in Texas
Nov 8 2017 // Hurricane Harvey caused more than $200 million in crop and livestock losses, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Hurricane losses by agricultural commodity include: livestock – $93 million; cotton...
Flooded Texas Residents Sue over Water Releases During Harvey
Nov 6 2017 // More than 120 Southeast Texas residents have signed on to a federal lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers illegally took their property when it released water from a reservoir and a dam during Hurricane...
Commissioner Denies Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Request to Raise Liability Limits
Nov 6 2017 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan in mid-October declined to approve a request by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to raise the maximum limits of liability on windstorm and hail policies. TWIA filed a...
BRONZE Best Agency to Work For – Garrett Insurance Agency
Nov 6 2017 // A family-owned insurance agency doesn’t make it to 100 years and counting without doing a lot of things right, and the fact that Garrett Insurance Agency (GIA) in Kerrville, Texas, celebrates a century of service...
Interim Charges for Texas Lawmakers Focus on Harvey’s Impact
Nov 6 2017 // In laying out the interim committee charges for the next legislative session, which will begin in January 2019, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus focused on Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the state. Almost every House...
XPT Group Acquires Wholesaler WSS and West-Pro of Texas
Nov 3 2017 // A new insurance distribution partnership XPT Group reports it has acquired WSS, a Plano, Texas, wholesale broker and managing general agency (MGA) including Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. and its managing...
Hurricane Damage Tracked by East Texas Company’s Drones
Nov 3 2017 // Unmanned aircraft helped a Nacogdoches, Texas, business survey hurricane damage with a degree of speed and safety once thought impossible. The Daily Sentinel reports after Hurricane Harvey battered the Texas coast and...
Brown Joins NFP as Managing Director for Central Texas
Nov 3 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp., has hired Kevin Brown as a managing director in its Austin, Texas, office. He will lead NFP’s retail sales and distribution operation, serving the Central Texas market, and...
Texas Hurricane Czar: State Needs $61B from Feds for Harvey Recovery
Nov 2 2017 // Texas needs $61-plus billion in federal funding just to rebuild public infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey, as well as to cover projects to prevent future flooding. John Sharp, Texas’ Harvey recovery...
Interim Charges for Texas House Committees Focus on Harvey’s Impact
Nov 1 2017 // In laying out the interim committee charges for the next legislative session, which will begin in January 2019, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus focused on Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the state. Almost every House...
Texas Posts Adjusted Annual Payroll Requirement for Seasonal Workers
Oct 31 2017 // The adjusted annual payroll requirement of an employer for the coverage of seasonal workers under the provisions of the Texas Labor Code, Section 406.162 is $55,922, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. This gross...
Seeman Holtz Acquires Texas Agency, Confimex Services Insurance
Oct 27 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., based in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired Confimex Services Insurance, headquartered in Tomball, Texas. For eight years, Confimex has provided the Tomball and Waller, Texas,...
U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Texas Creates Disaster Fraud Task Force
Oct 26 2017 // Acting United States Attorney Brit Featherston has established a Disaster Fraud Task Force in the Eastern District of Texas comprised of local, state, and federal agencies to combat hurricane Harvey related disaster fraud...
Texas Workers’ Comp Prosecution Unit Reports Fraud Indictments
Oct 26 2017 // A Massachusetts company and three individuals have been indicted in Texas for organized crime activity related to workers’ compensation fraud, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’...
Senate Joins House in Passing $36.5B Disaster Aid with Flood Insurance Funds
Oct 25 2017 // The Senate sent President Donald Trump a $36.5 billion hurricane relief bill Tuesday that gives Puerto Rico access to $4.9 billion in low-interest Treasury loans, amid concerns that recovery efforts from the recent...
Senate Expected to Pass $36.5B Disaster Aid Bill Including Flood Insurance Funds
Oct 24 2017 // The Senate is pushing ahead on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash. The measure also would replenish rapidly dwindling emergency disaster accounts and provide...
2 Missing After Barge Fire Off Texas Coast
Oct 23 2017 // The U.S. Coast Guard searched for two missing crew members on Saturday from a crude oil-bearing barge that caught fire off the Texas coast. Coast Guard spokeswoman Jennae Steinmiller says that emergency responders are also...
Pratt Named Chief Agency Officer at North Carolina-Based SUNUP Insurance Services
Oct 23 2017 // Larry Pratt has joined SUNUP Insurance Services, headquartered in North Carolina, as the chief agency officer. Pratt will be responsible for leading agency operations for the company. He comes to SUNUP with experience in...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Request to Raise Liability Limits Disapproved
Oct 20 2017 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan has declined to approve a request by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to raise the maximum limits of liability on windstorm and hail policies. TWIA in August filed a...
In ‘Energy City’ USA, Hurricane Harvey’s Fury Lingers
Oct 19 2017 // It took five weeks for the largest U.S. oil refinery to get back to normal after Hurricane Harvey. It’s taking Port Arthur, Texas, a lot longer. Nearly two months after Harvey inundated Port Arthur, a crucial hub of...
