A growing chorus of high-ranking Texas officials is calling on the federal government to establish rules that will allow for the flow of $4.3 billion to the state for Hurricane Harvey recovery. Texas has been waiting a year for the …
Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit – Lafayette Field Office on Jan. 31 arrested four Crowley residents in relation to a vehicle crash that authorities say was staged in an insurance fraud scheme. Detectives at the …
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed Cassie Brown as Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Her term will expire on Feb. 1, 2021. Brown has served as workers’ comp commissioner since being appointed to the …
Athens Administrators, a provider of third-party claims administration services, has tapped Catharine Knight as its new Texas sales director. Knight has more than 25 years in the healthcare and insurance industry as an all-lines adjuster, a sales director for ancillary …
AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “bbb” from “bbb-” for the members of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Group: Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. and …
Risko Strategies LLC, a Houston-based boutique risk advisory/insurance agency, has introduced Sportify, a contingency insurance policy for elite high school and college student-athletes, underwritten at Lloyd’s of London. The company said the product protects the athletic scholarship offers should a …
Crews are working to contain thousands of gallons of crude oil that leaked into a creek in northern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner said oil extends for about five miles in Black Bear Creek in rural Garfield County. …
An insurance business owner and former official for a Louisiana port has been arrested for stealing nearly $1 million from his clients, authorities said. Kristian Gaudet, 45, of Cut Off, was charged with two counts of felony theft, The Courier …
Shell Offshore Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.2 million civil fine to the federal government to settle charges that the company violated the Clean Water Act by spilling 1,900 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in May …
A Texas company has recalled about 2,100 pounds of chicken items produced last month with incorrect labels. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday announced the recall by Taylor Farms of Dallas. USDA officials say the products are wrongly labeled …
