The chief insurance regulator in Arkansas says he has approved more than 50,000 new individual producer and adjuster licenses since his tenure began in January 2015. In a statement released by the Arkansas Insurance Department, Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr said …
Giddings, Texas-based independent insurance agency, The Nitsche Group, appointed Joe Casanova as insurance sales producer for the Central Texas region. Casanova has worked in the insurance industry for nearly a decade, providing the construction and manufacturing sectors commercial insurance and …
Storm-weary residents in Oklahoma were gutting waterlogged homes Sunday as the Arkansas River continued its slow crest rolling hundreds of miles downstream, even as many kept a cautious eye on this week’s weather forecasts showing more rain. In the Tulsa …
Efforts to enact statewide Louisiana regulations for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, aimed at expanding the services’ availability around the state, won passage Saturday in the Senate, after two years of stalling there. Continued pressure from lawmakers in …
A man sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud must repay Texas Mutual Insurance Co. more than $26,000, a Travis County district court said. According to Texas Mutual, Ricky Allen Martinez of Sugar Land, Texas, reported a job-related injury while working as …
Dallas-based CoVerica has expanded its presence in the medical professions arena with the acquisition of Agape Healthcare Partners L.P., an independent insurance agency headquartered in North Texas. Agape specializes in risk assessment, compliance strategies, corporate liability, commercial property and employment …
An Oklahoma hospital has agreed to a $2.8 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a former nurse alleged the hospital made false Medicaid claims. Oklahoma Heart Hospital admitted no wrongdoing in paying out the settlement to Jennifferr Baird, …
INSURICA has acquired First Texas Insurance Services, based in Arlington, Texas. Trey Dacy and Bob Walch, principals at First Texas Insurance Services, and their team will join INSURICA. A third partner, Gary McNeil, along with his account team, joined INSURICA …
A young man and a teenage boy have filed a lawsuit accusing the staff at a Texas ranch for at-risk youth of not protecting them from sexual abuse by older residents, an advocate for child abuse victims says. In recent …
Plumbers in Texas will no longer be subject to state regulations after lawmakers this week flushed the state plumbing code and the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, a state agency that employed dozens and generated $5.2 million in revenue …
