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Suspect in Oklahoma Murder-Suicide Was Plagued by Workplace Head Injury

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) – An Oklahoma couple considered “primary suspects” in last week’s killings of their six children faced growing financial pressures and the husband experienced recurring pain from a workplace head injury, according to family members. Eight people …

Oklahoma House Fires Leaves 8 Dead

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) – Eight people were found dead in a burning Tulsa-area house in what was being investigated as multiple homicides, police said. The fire was reported about 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in a quiet residential area …

USI Acquires Oklahoma’s Beasley & Company

USI Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Beasley & Company. Founded in 1992, Beasley & Company is a regional benefit consulting firm specializing in retirement, executive compensation and health & welfare benefit plans. The company’s operations will be …

Arkansas Motorcyclist’s Backpack Ignites When Officer Uses Taser

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas motorcyclist carrying a gasoline-filled backpack was expected to survive after he was engulfed by a fireball when a state trooper used a Taser on him during a traffic stop, authorities said. The …

Families of 2 Killed at Astroworld Settle Lawsuits

The families of two people who died during last year’s Astroworld music festival have settled wrongful death lawsuits they had filed, according to attorneys. Ten people were killed and hundreds of others injured during a massive crowd surge at the …

Judge Threatens to Sanction Law Firm that Filed Hundreds of La. Hurricane Lawsuits

A federal judge in Louisiana is threatening to fine a Houston-based law firm $200 for each duplicate or baseless lawsuit he finds among the 1,642 that the firm has filed against insurers for alleged hurricane damages. US District Court Judge …

TWIA Board to Review 2023 Budget in November Meeting

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Board of Directors will hold an interim meeting on Wednesday, November 2 at 10:00 a.m. CT to review preliminary information about the Association’s 2023 budget. The meeting agenda available on TWIA‘s website.TWIA staff will …

Texas Uber Drivers Victimized by Data Breach Receive $4.2M

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has completed its distribution of $4.2 million in redress payments to approximately 42,000 Texans whose personal information was compromised in a 2016 data breach at ride share company Uber Technologies, Inc. …

Louisiana Issues C&D Order to Baton Rouge Producer

Investigators from the Office of Insurance Fraud at the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) issued resident producer Houston Thomas and Thomas Mutual Insurance Group a Cease-and-Desist Order and Notice of Summary Suspension on October 10, 2022, for failing to remit …

Work Begins on New Southern Louisiana Pump Station

DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) – Louisiana officials have broken ground for a critically needed $96 million pump station that could help revive the marshes and barrier islands that protect a large area of south Louisiana from hurricanes and sea level rise. …

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