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Wife of Former Texas Trucking Magnate Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Aug 12 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced last week that Francis Hall, the former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking turned herself into Bexar County authorities. There had...
Texas Department of Insurance Warns of Scammer Posing as Employee
Aug 11 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is urging consumers to be wary of phone calls or other communications from anyone claiming to be a representative of TDI. TDI will call you only when you ask for...
Jeff Nelson Appointed as Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation
Aug 9 2022 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jeff Nelson as the Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) for a term set to expire on February 1, 2023. TDI’s Division of...
Texas Manufacturer Faces $249,000 in OSHA Penalties
Aug 9 2022 // A Jacksonville wood crate and pallet manufacturer’s history of workplace safety violations continues after federal inspectors found the company exposed workers to amputation hazards in its February 2022...
Truist Buys Texas-based BenefitMall
Aug 9 2022 // Charlotte-based Truist Insurance Holdings, one of the largest insurance brokerages in the United States, has agreed to acquire BenefitMall, the country’s largest wholesale benefits general agency. Truist officials...
North Texas Wildfires Continue to Erupt
Aug 5 2022 // One firefighter was injured and two others were treated for heat exhaustion while fighting a wildfire in North Texas that burned almost half a square mile Wednesday, officials said. The fire near Tolar, about 40 miles (65...
Texas Department of Workers’ Comp Adopts Claim Electronic Data Interchange
Aug 2 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) adopted the Texas claim EDI release 3.1.4 standard on March 9, 2022. As a result, DWC’s designated data collection agent, Insurance...
Texas Claims Adjuster Ordered to Cease Business in Louisiana for Allegedly Withholding Payments
Jul 29 2022 // Investigators from the Office of Insurance Fraud and Enforcement at the Louisiana Department of Insurance on July 22 issued non-resident public adjuster Kade Austen Mitchell and his agency a cease-and-desist order and...
People Moves: RSL Insurance in Texas Adds Colville; FIRST Names Riolo Relationship Manager
Jul 28 2022 // Houston, Texas-based RSL Insurance added Ryan Colville as an insurance advisor on the commercial business team. Colville will serve the insurance needs of business owners in the West Texas region. He previously worked in...
Neighbors Complained About Grass Before Texas Fire Disaster
Jul 28 2022 // Neighbors of an open field from which a grass fire spread into their suburban Dallas subdivision, destroying nine homes, had complained that the field’s owner wouldn’t mow the grass, officials said this...
Charter Spectrum Hit With $7.3B Verdict in Texas over Murder of 83-Year-Old
Jul 27 2022 // Charter Communications was hit with a combined $7.37 billion verdict – including $7 billion meant to punish the company – for systemic safety failures that led to the robbery and stabbing death of an 83-year-old woman...
North Texas Grass Fire Torches 20 Homes
Jul 27 2022 // A grass fire apparently sparked by a mower swept about 300 yards across a tinder-dry open field to a suburban Dallas subdivision Monday, burning through wooden fences and torching as many as 20 homes, officials said. The...
Texas School Mask Mandate Ban Upheld by Federal Appeals Court
Jul 26 2022 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott can maintain his ban on school mask mandates, a federal appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday said that a group of disabled students failed to...
Alex Jones’ Defamation Trial Set to Begin in Texas
Jul 26 2022 // Jury selection was set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest...
Texas DWC Seeks Comments on Benefits Forms Changes
Jul 22 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on revisions to two forms: DWC Form-046, Request to Accelerate Impairment Income Benefits. This form is...
Higginbotham Acquires Texas’ Brown & Company
Jul 21 2022 // Brown & Company Insurance Services, an employee benefits and individual life and health insurance agency in College Station, Texas, has combined with Higginbotham, an insurance, financial and HR services firm ranked as...
Ex-East Texas Deputy Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force
Jul 21 2022 // A former East Texas deputy has pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation for punching a restrained detainee in the chest repeatedly with a shock gun, according to court documents. Former Van Zandt County sheriff’s...
People Moves: DOXA Names Robbins to Lead Sales Force in Texas; McGriff Hires Fulbright in Houston
Jul 20 2022 // DOXA Insurance Holdings Names Michael Robbins to Lead Sales Force in Texas DOXA Insurance Holdings announced the appointment of Michael Robbins, CIC, to lead the company’s sales force in Texas as regional sales...
Wildfire Burns Homes Around North Texas Lake
Jul 20 2022 // A wildfire has burned several homes and prompted calls for voluntary evacuations around a lake in north Texas amid sweltering temperatures and dry conditions, authorities said. The fire at Possum Kingdom Lake about 95...
Actuarial Committee Recommends No Change in Texas Windstorm Insurance Rates
Jul 19 2022 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee recommended to the board of directors that there should be no change in residential or commercial insurance rates. The Actuarial...
