December 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 Commissioners. Slape was honored with the Robert Dineen …
December 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 in a heavily wooded area shortly …
December 20, 2021
A knot saw operator suffered a partial amputation of an index finger in June 2021 when his hand came in contact with a rotating blade that lacked adequate machine guarding. A few weeks earlier, a similar saw at the Maxwell …
December 17, 2021
FEMA mitigation specialists will give tips about rebuilding and protecting homes from future disaster-related damage such as high winds and water at local hardware stores in Chauvin and Morgan City, Louisiana. They will also have information about selecting contractors, flood …
December 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 sentenced Dec. 16 for Conspiracy to …
December 17, 2021
Louisiana residents who lost their homes to Hurricane Ida or have not had power since the late-August storm tell a newspaper the power company is still billing them for hundreds of dollars a month. Those bills could be for electricity …
December 16, 2021
Federal regulators have announced plans to make Louisiana and a suburban New Orleans fuel plant clean up emissions that have violated air quality standards since at least 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency says a plant owned by Rain CII Carbon …
December 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 series “Live PD.” …
December 15, 2021
An unnamed Louisiana private insurer will assume to acquire all policies from two insolvent homeowners insurance companies that were placed into receivership in November by the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon approved the transaction Wednesday, Dec. …
December 15, 2021
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready is encouraging residents to take precautions against porch piracy as the winter holiday season nears. According to C + R Research, 230 million Americans will be shopping online this year, and 43% cite themselves as …