Insurers Expect ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of Claims from Texas Storm February 19, 2021 By Suzanne Barlyn U.S. property insurers are bracing for claims for damage from collapsing roofs, bursting pipes and lost business as Texas takes...
Oklahoma Legislation Would Require Tornado Safety Information in Hotels February 18, 2021 Under legislation passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives, new or renovated hotels and motels would be required to tornado...
Winter Storm Uri to Generate Billions in Insured Losses: Moody’s February 18, 2021 The massive winter storm that barreled through the mid-section of the United States and across the South in mid-February, hitting...
Texas Leaders Failed to Heed Warnings About Vulnerability of Power Grid, Experts Say February 18, 2021 By Erin Douglas, Kate McGee and Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Millions of Texans have gone days without power or heat in subfreezing temperatures brought on by snow and ice storms....
Palomar Teams Up with Austin’s Technical Risk Underwriters on Builder’s Risk February 18, 2021 Palomar Holdings Inc., a specialty property insurance headquartered in La Jolla, Calif., has forged an agreement with Technical Risk Underwriters...
NTSB Will Investigate Deadly 130 Vehicle-Plus Crash in Texas February 17, 2021 National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate a massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on an icy Texas...
In Texas’s Black-Swan Blackout, Everything Went Wrong at Once February 17, 2021 By Rachel Adams-Heard, Naureen S. Malik and Brian Eckhouse The finger-pointing began immediately: It was the frozen wind turbines that foolishly replaced traditional sources. No, fossil fuels were at...
Texas Ag Industry, Food Supply at Risk from Severe Weather, Official Says February 17, 2021 Farmers and ranchers across Texas are seeing devastating effects from the cold weather on livestock, feed and agriculture products, Texas’...
$4.5M Settlement Offered in Police Shooting of Alton Sterling in Louisiana February 17, 2021 After a $5 million proposed settlement fell through, officials in a Louisiana parish are now offering $4.5 million to settle...
Brence Named Shareholder at Swingle Collins & Associates in Dallas February 17, 2021 Dallas-based Swingle Collins & Associates has named Collin Brence as the agency’s newest shareholder. Brence is the youngest individual to...