Relation Insurance Services, Inc has acquired the assets of Wilson R Davenport & Associates LLC, headquartered in McAllen, Texas. Davenport provides employee benefits solutions to clients throughout South Texas. Wilson “Dusty” Davenport will continue with Relation and will strengthen Relation’s …
The Louisiana Supreme Court has disbarred a Lafayette attorney accused of failing to properly handle a client’s case, then lying to investigators about it. Brad Thomas Andrus was formally disbarred, ordered to pay investigation costs and must participate in a …
State Farm paid more than $471 million in claims from frozen pipes in 2021, and more than two/thirds of claims can be rooted back to one state: Texas. The Lone Star State accounted for $343 million of frozen pipes claim …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is inviting the public to comment on its vendor for catastrophe modeling services ahead of a Feb. 2 meeting where the TWIA Board of Directors will meet to consider a recommended vendor from the association’s …
A levee system that protects Terrebonne and parts of Lafourche from Gulf of Mexico hurricanes will receive $379 million in federal money from the infrastructure bill passed by Congress, officials said Jan. 19. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said the …
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has placed a homeowners insurance company in receivership after the insurer suffered losses from the combination of Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta in 2020 and Hurricane Ida in 2021. Americas Insurance Company was into receivership …
A worker on a crew replacing corroded grating on an oil platform wasn’t wearing his safety lifeline when he fell to his death off Louisiana in May 2020, the federal offshore safety agency says. The man stood on grating after …
USI Insurance Services has acquired Longview, Texas-based D&H Risk Services LLC. Founded in 1936, D&H Risk Services is an independent risk management and employee benefits agency serving businesses and individuals throughout Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. USI …
A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination at Tulane University’s School of Medicine has been settled. Dr. Princess Dennar, a former director of the school’s residency program, filed the lawsuit in 2020. It alleged a decade of discrimination, unfair rotations for doctors …
The Army Corps of Engineers will be getting $2.6 billion for Louisiana under the infrastructure and supplemental disaster acts, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Jan. 19. The disaster bill to help recovery from Hurricane Ida includes over $2 billion for …
