March 22, 2023
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed David Bolduc as the Public Counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025. The Office represents the interests of insurance consumers in regulatory …
March 22, 2023
Lonergan Joins Cadence Insurance as Dallas/Fort Worth Market President Kristin Lonergan has joined Cadence Insurance, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, as Dallas/Fort Worth market president. In her new role, she will build and lead a commercial, personal and group benefits …
March 21, 2023
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – During last month’s deadly crash of a small plane near Little Rock, there were “changing/deteriorating weather conditions from the time of taxi, takeoff, and the accident,” according to a preliminary report Friday from the National …
March 21, 2023
The Louisiana Supreme Court has joined state high courts across the nation in rejecting a policyholder’s business-interruption claim for income lost because of government restrictions imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19. The high court on Friday reversed the Louisiana …
March 20, 2023
Porch Group, Inc. announced that its insurance business, Homeowners of America (“HOA”), has filed an application to form and license a Texas reciprocal insurance exchange (a “Reciprocal”) with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). If approved and fully implemented by …
March 20, 2023
A judge in Louisiana and a prosecutor in Texas have taken action to block two separate insurance fraud schemes: One by a law firm whose lawyers admitted filing claims on behalf of homeowners it did not represent and another by …
March 17, 2023
After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas, Texas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in its cafeteria, kitchen and other areas, their employer acted far from charitably and terminated the worker in August 2021. After …
March 17, 2023
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) – Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines. Dozens of them, roughly 700 …
March 16, 2023
A Texas public insurance adjuster accused of stealing more than $268,000 in insurance claims from multiple victims has been indicted by a grand jury in Kimble County. A Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) investigation alleges Andrew Joseph Mitchell signed the …
March 16, 2023
Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Production Waste Solutions …