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Goose Found in Helicopter’s Flight Control System in Fatal Oklahoma Crash

A dead goose was found in part of the flight control system of a medical helicopter that crashed in western Oklahoma, killing all three people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. The report …

Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame Opens Nominations for Class of 2024

The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame (AIHF) has opened nominations for its Class of 2024 inductees. Nominations opened February 1 and will remain open through April 15, 2024. Nominations may be submitted online at www.arinsurancehof.org. The chosen inductees will be …

Texas Man Convicted of Arson in Historic Courthouse Fire

A Texas man was found guilty this week of starting fires at the historic Mason County Courthouse and an occupied residential structure on February 4, 2021. A McCulloch County jury this week found Nicholas Miller guilty of arson. Miller was …

Texas Men Indicted in $70M University Athletic Billing Scheme

Four individuals, including two physicians, have been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas charged with federal violations involving a university athletic billing scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Mouzon Bass, III, also known as Muzzy Bass, 58, of …

Texas Sues Five Cities Over Marijuana Amnesty Policies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched lawsuits against the cities of Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin, and Denton for adopting amnesty and non-prosecution policies that violate Texas laws concerning marijuana possession and distribution. The five municipalities adopted ordinances or …

Louisiana Medical Group to Pay $480K Over Phishing Attack

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), last month announced that Lafourche Medical Group, a Louisiana medical group specializing in emergency medicine, occupational medicine, and laboratory testing, agreed to a settlement over a …

Texas Freeport LNG Unit Faces Month-Long Outage After Winter Storm

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Freeport LNG said on Friday it expects one of three liquefaction units at its Texas plant will be out of service for about a month after it faced a technical issue during last week’s …

Oklahoma’s Mulready Appointed Chair of American Indian and Alaska Native Committees

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready has been re-appointed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to serve as the Chair for the American Indian and Alaska Native Liaison Committee in 2024. He was also named Vice-Chair of the Health …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Louisiana’s Forest Insurance Facilities

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its U.S. wholesale brokerage, binding authority and programs division, Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS), has acquired Metairie, Louisiana-based Forest Insurance Facilities. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Forest Insurance Facilities is a …

People Moves: BevCap Promotes Bossier to President

BevCap Management, a provider of risk management solutions, announced the promotion of Matthew Bossier, ARM to the position of President, Property & Casualty. In his new role, Bossier will be responsible for leading and overseeing the strategic direction of the …

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