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Great American, Texas-Based Insurtech Assurely to Offer D&O Insurance
Dec 30 2021 // The Executive Liability Division of Great American Insurance Group and the Austin, Texas-based insurtech, Assurely will offer Directors and Officers Liability (D&O) insurance to private companies raising capital via...
Drugmaker Endo Strikes $63 Million Opioid Settlement with Texas
Dec 29 2021 // Endo International Plc has agreed to pay $63 million to resolve claims by the state of Texas and local governments that the drugmaker helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said on...
Latest Quake in Top Texas Oilfield to Hike Scrutiny of Drilling Waste Injections
Dec 29 2021 // A magnitude 4.5 earthquake that rattled the Permian basin in Texas on Monday night is likely to add pressure on oil producers in the region to slow or stop underground wastewater injections that regulators believe may...
Neighbors Sue Exxon Over Homes Damaged by Texas Refinery Fire
Dec 28 2021 // Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Monday its Baytown, Texas, refinery continued to operate at reduced rates following a fire on Dec. 23, and the unit involved remained shut down. The company has not yet determined the cause of the...
Fire at Texas ExxonMobil Refinery Injures 4
Dec 27 2021 // Crews extinguished a large fire at a Houston-area refinery that broke out early Dec. 23, injuring four people. The fire started at about 1 a.m. at ExxonMobil’s refinery in Baytown, which is about 25 miles (40...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Total Coverage Insurance in Texas
Dec 22 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired Total Coverage Insurance of Irving, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. TCI offers all-encompassing services to their customers. They provide commercial and...
Texas Pharmacy and Pain Clinic Operators Arrested for Illegally Dispensing Opioid Pills
Dec 22 2021 // Three Houston-area pharmacists, a doctor, and a pharmacy technician have been arrested for allegedly running three pharmacies and two clinics as “pill mills;” distributing hydrocodone, oxycodone, and other...
Texas Deputy Insurance Commissioner Receives Robert Dineen Award from NAIC
Dec 20 2021 // Texas Department of Insurance Chief Deputy Commissioner Doug Slape is a recipient of this year’s Robert Dineen Award, the highest honor for a state regulator bestowed by the National Association of Insurance...
Fatal Texas Plane Crash Likely Clipped Treetops
Dec 20 2021 // A small plane appeared to have clipped treetops before crashing west of Houston, killing both people aboard, federal investigators reported Dec. 17. The Dec. 8 crash of the single-engine Piper PA 28-140 aircraft happened...
New Texas Blackout Rules Won’t Go Into Effect This Winter
Dec 20 2021 // Regulators of Texas’ oil and gas industry that buckled during February’s deadly freeze moved Nov. 30 toward making some producers more prepared for cold weather, but not in time for this winter as the...
Texas Woman Sentenced for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents
Dec 17 2021 // A Texas woman has been sentenced for conspiring to stage automobile accidents in order to defraud insurance trucking companies United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced Genetta Isreal age 53, of Houston, Texas, was...
Texas County Agrees to $5 Million Settlement over Black Motorist’s Death
Dec 16 2021 // A Texas county approved a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit settlement Tuesday with the family of a man who sheriff’s deputies shocked with stun guns after a 2019 chase that was filmed by the real-time police TV...
Texas Jury Awards $301B Settlement in Suit Against Bar
Dec 15 2021 // A Texas jury has awarded a largely symbolic settlement of more than $301 billion in a lawsuit against a Corpus Christi bar brought by the family of a woman and her 16-year-old granddaughter who were killed in a car crash...
Texas Vigil Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 13 Injured
Dec 14 2021 // One person was killed and at least 13 others were injured in a drive-by shooting during a candlelight vigil near Houston, a sheriff said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the shooting happened around 6:40 p.m....
AAA: Rear-End Collisions / Fender Benders Top Texas 2021 Auto Insurance Claims
Dec 10 2021 // An American Automobile Association report revealing the top auto insurance claims among Texas members in 2021 shows that rear-end collisions and fender benders accounted for 18% of all claims this year. A rear-end...
Texas Surplus Lines Premiums Hits $685.5 Million in November
Dec 8 2021 // Texas surplus lines premiums amounted to $685.5 million in November, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas. Surplus lines premiums total $8.27 billion year-to-date, a 14.8% increase in year-to-date...
BRP Group Acquires Texas-Based Arcana
Dec 8 2021 // BRP Group, Inc. announced that Millennial Specialty Insurance, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of BRP Group, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Arcana Insurance Services, LP , a Dallas, Texas-based national...
Hub Acquires Texas-Based Cameron Investment Company
Dec 7 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Cameron Investment Company, Inc., d/b/a Shepard Walton King Insurance Group (Shepard Walton King). Terms of the...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Committee Recommends Willis Re for Reinsurance Broker
Dec 7 2021 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee met on December 6 to review best and final offers from respondents to the Association’s request for proposals for reinsurance...
New Texas Blackout Rules Won’t Go Into Effect This Winter
Dec 3 2021 // Regulators of Texas’ oil and gas industry that buckled during February’s deadly freeze moved Tuesday, Nov. 30 toward making some producers more prepared for cold weather, but not in time for this winter as the...
