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TDI to Hold Brown Bag Series on Dispute Resolution Process

The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) will hold a brown bag series covering the dispute resolution process workers’ compensation system participants and the department’s hearing section. The brown bag series will feature TDI deputy commissioner of hearings Allen Craddock. He …

Risk Strategies Acquires Texas’ Wallace Specialty

Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced it has acquired Wallace Specialty Insurance Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based just outside of Dallas in Richardson, Texas, Wallace Specialty was founded in 2012 …

DWC: Designated Doctor Sales Tax Requirement Delayed

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) sent out a memo that the designated doctor sales tax requirement is delayed. On October 20, 2022, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (Comptroller) issued Private Letter Ruling No. PLR20220516113922 …

Dallas Air Show Victims Named; NTSB Investigation Underway

DALLAS (AP) – Officials on Monday identified the six men killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show, all of whom were experienced aviators with years of flight training. The Commemorative Air Force, …

Houston Business to Pay $300K For Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud

The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced that a Travis County district court judge convicted Sehgal & Sons Enterprises (Ultra Business Services Inc.) of first-degree felony in a scheme to defraud Texas Mutual Insurance Company (Texas …

After Election, Marijuana Advocates Look to Oklahoma, Other States

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Law-abiding marijuana enthusiasts could find themselves in a bit of a predicament following voter approval of a recreational cannabis initiative in Missouri. Though it soon will become legal for adults to possess and ingest cannabis, …

Vintage Aircraft Collision at Dallas Air Show Kills 6

DALLAS (AP) – Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground in a ball of flames during a Dallas air show, leaving six people dead, officials said. National transportation officials were investigating the cause of Saturday’s collision, which …

Skyward Specialty in Texas Files Registration Statement for IPO

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. in Houston, Texas, filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The number of shares to …

Mindfulness Program Hopes to Alleviate Stress After Hurricanes

The 10 women gathered on yoga mats in a New Orleans suburb, the lights dimmed. “I’d like to invite you to close your eyes,” instructor Stephanie Osborne said in a soothing voice from the front of the room. The only …

Arkansas Voters Reject Legalizing Marijuana

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas voters have rejected a constitutional amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state. The proposal failed six years after Arkansas voters made the state the first in the Bible Belt to legalize …

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