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Death Toll Climbs to 21 as South Central Flood Clean Up Begins
May 29 2015 // Homeowners dragged soggy carpet to the curb and mopped up coffee-colored muck on May 27 after a barrage of storms and floods in Texas and Oklahoma left at least 21 people dead and 11 others missing. More rain fell on the...
Hail Claim Litigation Bill Dies in Texas House
May 28 2015 // With the legislative session winding down in Texas, a measure sought by the insurance industry that its proponents say would help rein in litigation related to property insurance claims has died in the House of...
BP Withdraws Bid for Transocean’s $750M Insurance
May 28 2015 // BP Plc won’t seek to access Transocean Ltd.’s $750 million insurance policy for the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded while drilling a BP well in 2010, sparking the worst offshore spill in U.S....
Government Emergency Response Tested by Texas Storms
May 28 2015 // Deadly severe weather in Texas over the long holiday weekend tested government alert and evacuation procedures, as officials scrambled to deal with storms and historic flooding that left more than a dozen people dead and a...
Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc.’s Technology Brings Growth in Houston
May 28 2015 // Dallas, TX, May 28, 2015 – Following 3 years of exceptional results in personal lines, Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. is again expanding it’s homeowners/dwelling fire aggregate in the Greater Houston...
Texas Lawmaker: Not so Fast on Limiting Media Access to Records
May 27 2015 // The Texas lawmaker who wanted to bar media access to the names of people involved in traffic accidents now says it probably won’t survive a court challenge and will likely be dropped. The Senate approved the measure...
Bill Allows Concealed Handguns on Texas College Campus
May 27 2015 // Texas lawmakers passed a bill allowing faculty and students to carry concealed handguns inside classrooms on public college campuses. The legislation, approved over opposition from university officials, prevents schools...
Damage Assessments Begin as Texas Flooding Recedes
May 27 2015 // Thousands of Texans are in the process of repairing vehicles and cleaning homes of flood water and debris after massive rainstorms inundated many parts of the state. Insurance adjusters are meeting with homeowners to...
Deadly Storms Leave Devastation Behind in South Central States
May 26 2015 // Massive storm systems that pushed through the South Central United States and northern Mexico over the Memorial Day weekend have left behind a path of devastation and destruction. A tornado raged through a Mexico border...
Texas Bill Limiting Accident Report Info Advances
May 26 2015 // The Texas Senate has voted to bar law enforcement from giving the media the names of people involved in traffic accidents. The move came on a bill to protect accident victims from being harassed by lawyers seeking to file...
Texas Law Bans Cities From Banning Fracking and Drilling
May 22 2015 // Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a prohibition on cities and towns imposing local ordinances preventing fracking and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas activities. The...
Southwest Risk Names Flake Vice President in Texas
May 22 2015 // Southwest Risk, LP has named Jennifer Flake vice president and broker of transportation. Flake will work out of Southwest Risk’s new Fort Worth, Texas office. Flake began her insurance career in 1997 starting with a...
Tornadoes Strike North Texas, Some Damage Reported
May 21 2015 // Tornadoes roared across North Texas, spreading widespread damage but leaving no immediate reports of injuries. What storm spotters reported as at least one tornado inflicted heavy damage late Tuesday night to houses and...
Former Texan Who Got Sick on Ice Cream Sues Blue Bell Alleging Negligence
May 21 2015 // An ex-Houston , Texas resident who says he contracted listeria-related meningitis after eating Blue Bell ice cream has sued the company. David Philip Shockley seeks unspecified damages in the negligence lawsuit filed in...
Texas Workers’ Comp Claims See Slow Growth: WCRI
May 21 2015 // Workers’ compensation claims in Texas grew more slowly than in most of the other states, according to a Workers Compensation Research Institute report out Thursday that studied 17 states. The total average cost per...
Uber Facing Another Setback As Texas Passes on Ridesharing Law
May 21 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s attempt to replace a patchwork of local rules in Texas with a state law regulating its car-booking business is headed for defeat because lawmakers have yet to act on a key measure with only...
Insurance Council of Texas Partners With Police For Crime Prevention Program
May 20 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas has joined the Tomball Police Department in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and burglaries. The program involves the creation and distribution of signs that read,...
Texas Governor Signs Bill Preempting Cities’ Drilling Bans
May 19 2015 // Texas’ governor has signed a bill that blocks municipalities and other local governments from regulating most oil and gas production activities within their jurisdictions Gov. Greg Abbott on May 18 signed House Bill...
1347 Property Insurance Holdings Approved to Write in Texas
May 19 2015 // Property/casualty insurer, 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc., which writes business in Louisiana through its subsidiary, Maison Insurance Co., announced it has been granted a Certificate of Authority to write P/C...
Heavy Rains Wash Away Worst of Years-Old Texas Drought
May 18 2015 // Recent heavy rains have helped Texas emerge from the worst of the years-long drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated Texas, for the first time since mid-2012, is no longer in the “exceptional drought”...
