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Pamplona-Style Bull Run in Texas Leaves 1 Hospitalized

One person was briefly treated at a hospital and several others suffered minor injuries during a Pamplona-style bull running event held in suburban Houston, Texas. The Great Bull Run mirrors the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, where …

MHG Insurance Brokers Opens Office in Houston

MHG Insurance Brokers, a national brokerage in the United States specializing in life and health insurance for groups and individuals as well as business insurance, announced the opening of an office in Houston, Texas. The office is poised to serve …

Select Insurance Markets Adds Kendrick as Marketing Representative in Texas

Select Insurance Markets LP of Houston, Texas, has added Heather Kendrick as a marketing representative. Kendrick’s responsibility will include adding new agents, as well as field support for the existing group of SIM agents in Texas and Louisiana. She is …

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Houston’s Barmore Insurance Agency

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Barmore Insurance Agency Inc. located in Houston, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1952, Barmore Insurance Agency (Barmore) is an insurance broker providing retail and wholesale commercial property/casualty, employee …

Aspen US Insurance Opens Houston Office

Aspen US Insurance (Aspen) announced it has opened a new office in Houston to capitalize on the shale energy boom and evolving regional environmental exposures. As part of Aspen’s national expansion in the U.S., the new Houston office will serve …

Frost Insurance Acquires Kolkhorst Insurance Agency in Houston

Frost Insurance announced it has acquired Kolkhorst Insurance Agency, an independent Houston-based insurance agency that offers a full range of property and casualty, personal lines and surety products. The announcement was made by Bruce Burdett, president, Frost Insurance, and Chris …

Houston Insurance Agent Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

An insurance agent from Houston has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for pocketing more than $250,000 in customer premiums, the Texas Department of Insurance reported. TDI said McKinley Shumate, 59, of Houston was sentenced to 10-years in prison …

Alliant Insurance Services Promotes Hagemeier to Executive VP

Specialty insurance brokerage firm, Alliant Insurance Services, has promoted senior vice president Todd Hagemeier to executive vice president and managing director of Alliant Healthcare Solutions, the firm’s national healthcare practice. He is based in Dallas. Hagemeier, who joined Alliant in …

Alliant Insurance Services Promotes Hagemeier to Executive VP

Specialty insurance brokerage firm, Alliant Insurance Services, has promoted senior vice president Todd Hagemeier to executive vice president and managing director of Alliant Healthcare Solutions, the firm’s national healthcare practice. He is based in Dallas. Hagemeier, who joined Alliant in …

4 Firefighters Killed in Houston Fire Mourned

One Houston firefighter remains hospitalized in critical condition after a massive motel and restaurant fire killed four of his fellow firefighters. The Houston Fire Department said 14 firefighters were taken to the hospital on May 31. One remained in critical …