Texas / South Central News for September 2021
- Ida Damage Keeps Tens of Thousands of Louisiana Students Out of School
- Arkansas Company Sued for Race Discrimination in Hiring
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Arkansas’ Alpha Surety & Insurance
- Reports: Explosion at Louisiana Chemical Plant Injures 5
- Texas Senators Blast Regulator for Power Grid Winterization Loophole Lawmakers OK’d
- Senators From Gulf Coast States Seeking to Delay New Flood Insurance Rating System
- 3 Largest Opioid Distributors to Pay Native American Tribe $75M to Settle Claims
- Anger at Utility Giant’s Ida Failures Has New Orleans Mulling Options
- Louisiana Extends Hurricane Ida Insurance-Related Emergency Rule
- COVID-Related Discrimination Lawsuits Filed Against 2 Texas Companies
- AgCenter: Ida Damage to Louisiana Agriculture at Least $584M
- Feds to Texas: Tougher Rules Needed to Protect Power Plants
- NTSB: Poor Communication Led to Fatal Towboat Crash in Louisiana
- Dallas Trucking Company Sued for Disability Discrimination
- Louisiana’s Seafood Industry Struggling After Ida
- Report: More than 456.5K Claims Filed in Texas After Winter Storm
- Fort Worth Masonry Company Cited Again for Fall Hazards: Fined $216K
- Lawsuit: Ida Power Outages in Louisiana Due to ‘Gum and Super Glue’ at Utility
- People Moves: Biggs Joins Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission; Alliant Adds Soto, Hargrave in Texas; ICT Hires Johnson
- Oklahoma to See 9.4% Drop in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in 2022
- Karen Clark & Co.: Insured Loss from Nicholas Likely Near $950M
- Louisiana Lawmaker: Residents Sleeping in Tents After Ida Damaged Housing
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Files Agribusiness in Louisiana
- GlobalPro Enters Texas; Opens Office in Dallas
- Military Training Jet Crashes in Texas; Homes Damaged, Pilots Injured
- Analysis: Ida’s Destruction May Help Louisiana’s Hurricane Laura Victims
- Houston Contractor Cited for Safety Violations; Faces $95.5K in Fines
- Texas Reduces Insurance Complaint Processing Times by 80%
- Oklahoma Moves Up in Highway Bridge Conditions Ranking
- Donelon Doubles Down as State Farm Refuses to Cover Ida Evacuation Costs
- Texas Plastics Company to Pay Nearly $3M for Clean Air Act Violations
- Louisiana Restaurant Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination
- Allstate: Most August 2021 Cat Losses Occurred in Louisiana
- TDI OKs Higher TWIA Liability Limits for Manufactured Homes
- Nicholas Slows, Dumps Rain Along Gulf Coast
- Insurers in Louisiana Could Be Fined for Refusal to Cover Ida Evacuation Expenses
- AccuWeather: Nicholas Hits Texas as Cat 1 Hurricane
- Tropical Storm Nicholas to Test Post-Harvey Houston Infrastructure
- Tropical Storm Nicholas Drenches Texas, Louisiana
- Analysis: Ida Prompts New Look at Storm Safety Plans for Nursing Homes
- Texas, Louisiana Governors Issue Disaster, Emergency Declarations
- 7 More Charged in Louisiana Staged Automobile Crash Schemes
- Tropical Storm Nicholas Heads for Texas, Louisiana
- Texas Events Business to Pay $20K to Settle Harassment, Retaliation Case
- Ida Deaths Rise by 11 in New Orleans, Bringing Toll in Louisiana to 26
- After Ida Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Divers Put Containment Dome on Pipeline
- Dell to Pay $75K to Settle Federal Equal Pay Lawsuit
- Louisiana Nursing Homes Lose Licenses After Ida Deaths
- People Moves: Petty Named VP at Alera Group; Kapelka Joins IIAT
- Louisiana Orders Insurers to Pay Hurricane Ida Evacuation Expenses
- $767.1M in Texas Surplus Lines Premiums Recorded in August
- Shortages of Supplies, Workers Expected to Delay Gulf Rebuilding
- RMS: Up to $35B in Gulf Region Onshore, Offshore Insured Losses From Ida
- Brown Named Texas Insurance Commissioner
- Tyson, Perdue to Pay $35M to Settle Chicken Farmers’ Price Fixing Suit
- U.S. Probing Nearly 350 Reports of Oil Spills in Hurricane Ida’s Wake
- Insurers Urged to Pay Prohibited Use Coverage to Ida-Displaced Louisiana Policyholders
- Entergy Louisiana: Hurricane Ida Power Restoration Could Take Weeks
- Dallas Schools Data Breach Exposed Student, Parent, Teacher Personal Information
- Inmates at Arkansas Jail Unaware They Were Given Anti-Parasite Drug to Treat COVID-19
- Black Slick Seen in Water Near Gulf Oil Rig After Ida
- AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Ida Could Be Up to $25 Billion
- Insurance Industry Will Withstand Ida’s Losses in Louisiana, Neighboring States: Analysts
- Texas Hospital to Pay $3.3M to Settle Claims-Related Whistleblower Suit
- No Quick Relief in Sight for Louisiana in Ida’s Aftermath
- A-MAX Auto Insurance Opens New Branch in South Houston
- ReSource Pro Acquires Insurance Licensing Services of America in Texas
- Texas Industrial Equipment and Services Firms Sued for Disability Discrimination
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