After Ida Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Divers Put Containment Dome on Pipeline September 10, 2021 By Michael Biesecker The company overseeing the response to a large oil spill spurred by Hurricane Ida said that a containment dome has...
Dell to Pay $75K to Settle Federal Equal Pay Lawsuit September 10, 2021 Federal employment officials say Texas-based Dell Inc. has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the company paid a female IT...
Louisiana Nursing Homes Lose Licenses After Ida Deaths September 9, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte Louisiana health officials said Sept. 8 they are revoking the licenses of nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse...
People Moves: Petty Named VP at Alera Group; Kapelka Joins IIAT September 9, 2021 Alera Group Insurance and wealth management firm Alera Group named Latischa Petty vice president of total rewards. She is based...
Louisiana Orders Insurers to Pay Hurricane Ida Evacuation Expenses September 9, 2021 Louisiana’s top insurance regulator on Sept. 7 directed insurance companies pay policyholders’ Hurricane Ida evacuation expenses as damaged infrastructure and...
$767.1M in Texas Surplus Lines Premiums Recorded in August September 9, 2021 Surplus lines premium recorded in Texas during August totaled $767.1 million, bringing the year to date total to $6.18 billion,...
Shortages of Supplies, Workers Expected to Delay Gulf Rebuilding September 8, 2021 By Paul Wiseman and Alex Veiga Joe Sobol, owner of Big Easy Construction in New Orleans, has bad news for homeowners who’ve been calling about roofs...
RMS: Up to $35B in Gulf Region Onshore, Offshore Insured Losses From Ida September 8, 2021 Catastrophe risk specialist, RMS, estimates onshore and offshore U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico region...
Brown Named Texas Insurance Commissioner September 7, 2021 Cassie Brown has been appointed Texas Commissioner of Insurance by Gov. Greg Abbott for a term that expires on Feb....
Tyson, Perdue to Pay $35M to Settle Chicken Farmers’ Price Fixing Suit September 7, 2021 By Josh Funk Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to pay nearly $35 million to settle a lawsuit that accused...