Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane before it entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatens the U.S. …
An Arkansas teacher died from COVID-19, her husband said Friday, the second coronavirus death from the state’s public schools this week. Susanne Michael, 47, an elementary school teacher from Harrisburg, died Thursday night at a hospital from complications from COVID-19, …
A judge has dismissed the criminal case against a chemical manufacturer and one of its former employees over a fire at its plant near Houston during Hurricane Harvey, saying prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence to support the charges. A …
The owners of the horse racing track in New Orleans have agreed to pay a $2.8 million penalty for letting horse manure and urine into the city’s drainage system for at least six years and to spend twice that on …
CRC Group has acquired Specialty Risk Associates Inc. in Shreveport, La. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The addition of Specialty Risk expands CRC Group’s binding, transportation binding and personal lines business. Specialty Risk Associates will be a part …
Louisiana will get nearly $215 million in BP oil spill money for two projects planned to restore more than 4,600 acres of marsh and other habitat in the New Orleans area, Gov. John Bel Edwards said. Work should begin next …
G&G Independent Insurance (G&G) in Fayetteville, Ark., has acquired the Little Rock-based agency, Arkansas Insurance Advisors (AIA). The transaction became effective on Sept. 25, 2020. Founded in 2015, AIA is an independent insurance agency that focuses on ensuring clients have …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of producers license to a Lake Charles, La., agent for alleged misappropriation of premium funds. Valerie M. Muse reportedly confessed to her employer that she …
Texas workers’ compensation claims handled through health care networks have lower medical costs than those managed outside networks, a state report finds. The Texas Department of Insurance has published its 2020 Workers’ Compensation Network Report Card Results showing networks outperform …
A Houston-area official says it will take 60 days to ensure a city drinking water system is purged of a deadly, microscopic parasite that doctors believed killed a boy and that led to warnings for others not to drink tap …
