Latest Texas Headlines
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Applicants Sought for Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Assoc. Board
Nov 3 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance is accepting applications through November 30 for a public member position on the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association board of directors. The appointment term is for...
Texas Company Hit with $224K in Fines for Workplace Safety Violations
Nov 3 2016 // A Mineral Wells, Texas-based manufacturer is facing more than $224,000 in fines levied by federal safety officials after an investigation found the company failed to protect workers from safety and health hazards. The U.S....
Insurance Council: Texas Leads Nation in Vehicle/Animal Collisions
Nov 2 2016 // Texas has twice as many motorists killed in vehicles colliding with wild animals than any other state, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reports. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), more than...
Texas Woman Claims Injuries Caused by Takata Airbag, Sues Honda
Nov 2 2016 // A Texas woman has sued American Honda Motor Co Inc. and the U.S. subsidiary of airbag maker Takata Corporation for at least $1 million, claiming that she was badly injured in a low-speed car accident because the propellant...
Confie Acquires Texas Auto Insurance Agency
Oct 26 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Hulme Corp., dba Alamo Auto Insurance of East Texas. Founded in 2001 and based in Tyler, Texas, Alamo Auto focuses on providing...
1.8 Million Western U.S. Homes at Extreme or High Wildfire Risk, Report Shows
Oct 26 2016 // Things haven’t gone as bad as they could have so far in 2016 coming off last year’s record-setting wildfire season in the Western U.S., according to a report out today detailing wildfire risks to properties in...
Exxon Heads for Courtroom Faceoff With New York in Climate Change Probe
Oct 25 2016 // Exxon Mobil Corp. is headed to a courtroom in New York for the first time to try to block the state’s demand for accounting documents about how climate change will affect its finances. New York Attorney General Eric...
Texas Fines Zenefits $550K for Using Unlicensed Brokers
Oct 24 2016 // Texas insurance regulators have fined human resources software startup, Zenefits, $550,000 for its past use of unlicensed health insurance brokers. The Texas Department of Insurance said YourPeople Inc., known as Zenefits,...
Rodeo Promoter Resolves Lawsuits Against 2 Texas Cowboys Over $1M Prize
Oct 21 2016 // Lawsuits alleging two calf ropers rigged a 2015 Texas rodeo to share a possible $1 million bonus prize have been dismissed following undisclosed settlements. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports settlement details...
New Texas ‘Two-Step’ Program Aims to Simplify Workers’ Comp Disputes
Oct 19 2016 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is taking a promising pilot program statewide to help simplify and speed resolution of some disputes. A pilot started last year splits up related claim issues so that a...
In Safety Push, Texas Troopers Riding School Buses
Oct 18 2016 // Some Texas troopers are giving up patrol cars and instead ride school buses in a child safety effort. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the plan is part of National School Bus Safety Week, which began Monday and...
Texas DWI Cases at Risk as Lab Expert’s Credibility Questioned
Oct 17 2016 // Thousands of DWI convictions in North Texas could be jeopardized after the testimony of a state forensic scientist recently came under scrutiny, according to a newspaper report. Christopher Youngkin was involved in a 2013...
Texas Health Clinic Owner Sentenced for Workers’ Comp, Insurance Fraud
Oct 17 2016 // The owner of a Houston health clinic pled guilty to insurance fraud after billing for medical services – often provided to injured employees – despite having no licensed medical staff at the clinic, the Texas...
Texas Insurance Officials Fine Zenefits $550K for Noncompliance
Oct 14 2016 // The Texas insurance regulators have fined human resources software startup, Zenefits, $550,000 for its past use of unlicensed health insurance brokers. The Texas Department of Insurance said YourPeople Inc., more commonly...
Iowa Company Recalls Cookie Dough Sold to Blue Bell, Other Firms
Oct 12 2016 // An Iowa company is recalling the cookie dough it sold to Blue Bell Creameries and other food companies because it may be contaminated with listeria bacteria. Dough-maker Aspen Hills notified customers about the recall on...
Texas Mutual’s Gergasko Named Best Large Company CEO in Central Texas
Oct 7 2016 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co.’s president and chief executive officer (CEO), Rich Gergasko, has been named the 2016 Best CEO of a large company in Central Texas by the Austin Business Journal. The ABJ has presented the...
Stamping Office General Counsel Named a ‘Super Lawyer’ by Texas Monthly
Oct 7 2016 // The general counsel for the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT), Alex Gonzales, has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer for 2016 by Texas Monthly. Gonzales, with Winstead PC, has served as general counsel for...
Former Texas Stamping Office Chair Receives NAPSLO Award
Oct 6 2016 // Texas-based The Parks Group’s Lana Parks is this year’s recipient of the Richard M. Bouhan Legislative Advocacy Award from the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO). Parks serves...
Outlooks Revised to Negative for Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance, Subsidiary
Oct 5 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” of Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co....
Texas Hospital Chain to Pay $513M to Settle Georgia Kickback Claims
Oct 5 2016 // Texas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. and two of its Atlanta subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than $513 million to resolve criminal and civil claims accusing the chain of paying kickbacks to steer pregnant Medicaid...
