Texas / South Central News for July 2024
- Two Dead After Boats Collide on Louisiana River
- Damaging West Texas Earthquakes Likely Caused by Oil and Gas Activity: USGS
- Outlooks Revised to Positive for Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Stonetrust
- Coastal Texas Braces for Insurance Rate Increase at Upcoming TWIA Meeting
- Meta Platforms to Pay $1.4B to Settle Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Data
- People Moves: BevCap Management Names Vehovic VP of Dealer Risk Services; Skyward Specialty Adds Miglin and Smith
- Texas Crude Oil Pipelines Are Full to the Brim and Getting Worse
- Confie Acquires Insurance Agencies in Texas, Florida, North Carolina
- Texas Earthquakes Prompt Oil Regulator to Inspect Disposal Wells
- Hurricane Beryl Death Toll Grows to At Least 36, Including Those Who Lost Power
- Louisiana’s $3B Coastal Restoration Project Divides Residents
- Employers Turn to New Technology to Safeguard Workers From Extreme Heat
- ZestyAI Receives Texas Approval to Use Severe Convective Storm Products
- PCF Acquires Texas’ Montalvo Insurance Agency
- How a Perfect Storm Sent Church Insurance Rates Skyrocketing
- Houston City Council Approves Plan to Increase Federal Flood Insurance Discounts
- ACLU: 51 Texas School Districts Not Complying With Ban on Hairstyle Discrimination
- Ruling Paves Way to Restart Work on Exxon’s Texas LNG Plant
- Wife of Ex-Texas Trucking Magnate Sentenced in $9M Work Comp Fraud Scheme
- Louisiana Businessman to Pay $1.3M Fine for Neglecting Elderly Residents During Ida
- NFP Acquires Louisiana’s Southern Insurance Agency
- After Crash Killed 6 Teens, NTSB Says Marijuana’s Impact on Drivers Underestimated
- 4 Dallas Firefighters Injured as Engine Crashes Off Bridge, Lands on Railway
- Louisiana Marine Electronic Services Provider Sued for Sexual Harassment
- Heat-Related Texas Deaths Climb After Hurricane Beryl Power Outages
- Houston Utility Slammed Over Fumbled Response to Beryl Power Outages
- Fire Severely Damages Historic First Dallas Baptist Church Sanctuary
- Oil Slick Off Texas Coast Tied to Abandoned Platform in Gulf
- Hurricane Beryl Caused Estimated $2-3B in Insured Losses to US Property: Verisk
- Why Texas Mass Power Outages Continue to Happen
- Flooring Manufacturer Fined $300K for Exposing Texas Workers to Safety Violations
- Storms Pummel Large Swath From Ozarks and Plains to New York and New England
- Outbreak Continues to Grow as Bird Flu Found in Oklahoma Dairy Herd
- Repair Crews Face Threats From Some Houstonians Angry Over Beryl Power Outages
- Insurance Broker TWFG’s IPO Seeking $187 Million Gets Underway Today
- Texas Governor Criticizes CenterPoint Energy After Beryl Power Outages
- Horticultural Grower Fined $172K Over Sexual Harassment at Texas Location
- Town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Divided Over a Planned Grain Terminal
- Hurricane Beryl Caused $2.5-$4.5B in Estimated Insured Losses, Says Moody’s
- TWIA Actuarial Committee Recommends 10% Rate Increase for 2025 Policies
- CenterPoint Sued Over Hurricane Beryl Power Outages in Houston
- Hub Acquires Swanson Insurance Agency in Louisiana
- After Beryl, Houston Area Farmers Come Together to Face Unique Challenges
- Texans Endure Second Week Without Power After Hurricane Beryl
- Hurricane Beryl: Insurers See Minimal Impact, Brace for Active Season
- Texas Steel Plant Fined $269K for Endangering Workers
- Half a Million Will Be Under Houston Outages a Week After Beryl
- People Moves: Rice Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team
- No Shops, No Gas: Large Swaths of Houston Are Still in the Dark
- Texas Tank Cleaning Company Faces $800K Fine After Worker’s Fatal Injury
- ‘We’re All Going to See the Impact’ – Beryl Could Worsen Texas Insurance Crisis
- People Moves: Incline P&C Group Appoints Galiardo as Chief Actuary/Chief Underwriting Officer and Urban as Chief Development Officer
- Houston Struggles With Beryl’s Blackouts and Searing Heat
- Last Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre Challenge Oklahoma High Court Ruling
- Houston Will Feel Like 106F as Millions Remain Without Power
- Most of Houston Loses Power as Hurricane Beryl Delivers Latest Blow
- More Than 2.3 Million Texans Without Power as Hurricane Beryl Moves Inland
- New State Climatologist For Louisiana Warns of ‘Very Active’ Hurricane Season
- Beryl Regains Strength, On Track to Reach Texas as Hurricane
- Judge Tells Louisiana to Protect Incarcerated Workers Toiling in Summer Heat
- Weather Damaged F-35s Parked in Texas May Cost Pentagon Millions
- Judge Blocks Biden’s Bid to Halt LNG Export Licenses Over Climate
- West Texas Truckers Protest Low Wages, Working Conditions
- People Moves: IMA Financial Names Arons Rosen as Dallas Market President
- Patrick Watkins Receives Drex Foreman Award by IIAT
- Texas Governor Wants to Double Gas-Plant Fund to $10 Billion
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Texas’ Zayla Partners
- Microsoft Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack
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