Texas / South Central News for January 2020
- 1 Worker Dead, Others Injured in Texas Oil Well Blowout
- USG Insurance Hires Teague as Producer/Broker in Texas
- San Antonio Hotel Sued After Glass Bottle Falls on 2-Year-Old
- 450 Structures Damaged by Houston Warehouse Blast, Assessment Finds
- CEO Retreats on Pledge to Fix All Homes Damaged in Houston Blast
- Downs Named Chief of Staff at Oklahoma Insurance Department
- Insurer Loss Control Oversight Moving to Market Conduct Unit at TDI
- Houston-Area Manufacturer to Pay $35K to Settle Sex Harassment, Retaliation Suit
- High Mississippi River at New Orleans: Levee Inspections Up, Ban on Nearby Work
- Oklahoma Bill Would Eliminate Third-Party Pharmacy Benefit Managers
- Texas Security Company Convicted of $51K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- Houston Mayor, Others Assisting Residents After Deadly Warehouse Blast
- 3 Missing After Barge Crash on Mississippi River Near Louisiana Town
- TDI to Insurers: Compliance with Temporary Vehicle Coverage Provisions Required
- South Texas Lawmaker Appointed to Windstorm Insurance Oversight Board
- Oklahoma State Representative’s Bill Would Regulate Peer-to-Peer Car Rentals
- Warehouse Explosion Shakes Houston; 2 Killed, 20 Injured
- SLTX: Surplus Lines Flood Insurance Premium Up in Texas over 5 Years
- 4 Racehorses Die at New Orleans Track in 10-Day Span
- Texas’ Galiot Insurance Services, Higginbotham Join Forces
- Owner of Norwegian Tanker Denies Fault in Fatal Texas Collision
- Truck, School Bus Collide in Arkansas, Injuring 9
- Kaufman Group’s Johanson Named as Industry Representative to SLTX Board
- Demotech: Louisiana’s Centauri National Insurance to Keep ‘A’ FSR
- Arkansas’ Kerr Named Chair of NAIC’s Market Regulation, Consumer Affairs Committee
- Mace Appointed Deputy Commissioner of Legal Services at Texas DWC
- Texas Mutual: Massachusetts Firm Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
- IMA Texas Expands to Fort Worth; Adds Schuler, Wallace
- Texas Insurance Department: Board, Committee Slots Open at SLTX, TWIA
- Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Texas All Risk
- Oklahoma Oil Rig Explosion Wrongful Death Trial Begins in Oklahoma
- Catapult Insurance Promotes King, Adds Fisher to Executive Team in Dallas
- Stone Named Director of Information & Technology at SLTX
- Little Change in Louisiana Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries, Illnesses in 2018
- Meat Loaf Sues Texas Hotel, Blames Negligence for Disabling Fall
- Oklahoma Legislature to Again Take Up Issue of Surprise Medical Billing
- Alera Group Acquires AMCORP in San Antonio
- Oklahoma AG Sues 3 Opioid Distributors
- Insurer to Pay Settlement in Title IX Suit Against Southern Arkansas University
- Risk Strategies Acquires Academic HealthPlans in Texas
- Wholesale Distributor in Louisiana to Pay $140K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
- Oklahoma Bill Would Create Entity Focused on Natural Disaster, Hazard Mitigation
- UT-Austin Acknowledges 17 Cases of Employee Sexual Misconduct
- 11 Dead After Storms Sweep Southern U.S., Midwest
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Settles with Oklahoma for Alleged Role in Opioid Crisis
- Ex-U. of Oklahoma Official Facing Multiple Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
- SLTX Adds Aug as Director of Finance
- SLTX: Texas E&S Premium Up 14.3% in 2019
- Arkansas Panel: State’s Levees Need More Oversight
- Attorney: Toddler’s Brain Injury from Foul Ball at Astros Game Is Permanent
- New Policy Contracts Now in Effect at Texas Windstorm Insurer
- Texas Governor Warns of 10K per Minute Attempted Cyber Attacks from Iran
- SLTX’s Mitchell Joins IIAT as Director
- Some Systems Restored After New Orleans Cyberattack
- No Injuries Reported After Fire on Roof of Oklahoma City Mall
- Oklahoma Couple Charged with $313K Home Repair Fraud
- Arkansas Report: $28M Worth of Medical Cannabis Sold in First Legal Year
- Texas’ System for Mediation, Arbitration of Medical Billing Disputes Now Available
- Arkansas Sees Increase in Number of Licensed Insurance Producers, Adjusters
- Texas Workers’ Comp Division Releases Health Care Provider Oversight Results for 2019
- Number of Retail Worker Injuries in Texas Higher Than Those in Other Industries
- CAA Expands in Colorado, Iowa with Addition of 5 New Members
- Group Continuing Effort to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Oklahoma
- Refusing to Dismiss Lawsuit, Texas Judge Orders Alex Jones to Pay $100K in Sandy Hook Case
- Insurance Journal’s Top 10 South Central Region Stories of 2019
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