Texas / South Central News for March 2020
- Texas’ Insurance Agency Higginbotham Buys Delivery Meals for Service Workers
- Texas Mutual Donating $2M in Grants to Nonprofits Providing COVID-19 Relief
- Texas Insurance Regulators Expediting Review of COVID-19 Coverage Filings
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Call for First Responder Workers’ Comp Coverage for COVID-19
- Carrozza Joins Texas Associates Insurors as Risk/Insurance Advisor
- 6 Hurt as Tornado Tears Through Arkansas College Town
- Oklahoma to Issue Temporary New Licenses for Insurance Producers, Adjusters
- Federal Disaster Declaration Approved for Louisiana Due to COVID-19
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Texas’ TAB Insurance Agency
- Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Postpones Launch of New Online Filing System
- Oklahoma Commissioner: Allstate Eases Personal Auto Terms for Delivery Drivers
- Hamilton Named Partner at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas
- Louisiana’s Dwight Andrus Insurance Opens New Office in Shreveport
- Louisiana Flood Victims Sue State for More Than $300M
- Louisiana Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration for State
- Texas Extends Insurance Claims Handling Deadlines for 15 Days
- Louisiana Expands Access to Telemedicine, Federal Aid for Small Businesses
- Texas Modifies Licensing, CE Requirements for Insurance Agents, Adjusters
- Centauri Insurance’s Rating Under Review After Termination of Avatar Acquisition
- Online Flood Insurer, Neptune, Offering Coverage in Arkansas, Illinois
- Tornado-Bearing Storms Spread Damage Across Parts of Arkansas, Texas
- Texas OKs Rate Changes for Texas FAIR Plan
- Louisiana Suspends Legislative Session
- Unconfirmed Tornado in North Texas Damages Roofs, Outbuildings
- Texas Stamping Office Still Processing Policies, Fees Amid Pandemic Precautions
- Restaurant Suit Tests Business Interruption Insurance for Coronavirus Shutdowns
- EG Insurance Takes Over Policies of Defunct Windhaven MGA The Hearth
- Louisiana Chemical Plant Asks Regulators to Allow Higher Emissions of Potential Toxin
- Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission Extends COVID-19 Related Closures
- Some Telemedicine Regulations Waived in Texas in Effort to Expand Access
- Louisiana Governor Requests Federal Small Business Disaster Loans for 2 Parishes
- Workers’ Comp Dockets Temporarily Closed in Oklahoma; Louisiana WC Court Appearances Still On
- 2 Barges of Grain Sink in Mississippi River in Tugboat Crash
- Bills to End Surprise Medical Billing Advance in Oklahoma
- Some TDI Meetings, Events to Go Online, Some Postponed or Cancelled
- Arkansas’ Southern Pioneer P/C Insurance Acquired by Biglari; Ratings Unchanged
- Louisiana Doctor Sentenced to Prison in $500K Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
- Texas Insurance Department: New Building Codes to Strengthen Coastal Properties
- Oklahoma’s First United Insurance Merges with Independent Insurance Group
- Oklahoma Regulator Says Unlicensed Home Warranty Company Not Paying Claims
- ‘All Kids Buckled Up’ Legislation Passes Oklahoma House
- Return-to-Work Rates on the Rise in Texas Workers’ Comp System: Report
- Houston-Area Physicians Group Settles False Billing Claims Case for $1.2M
- Oklahoma House Passes Bill Changing Commercial Driver’s License Renewal Process
- Louisiana Governor Backing Bills Prohibiting Discrimination in Insurance Rate Setting
- Louisiana Republicans, Business Aligned on Auto Insurance, Tort Reform
- Auto Insurer Windhaven National Ordered Into Liquidation by Texas Court
- Texas Insurance Regulators: BCBSTX to Pay Restitution, $10M Fine for Claims, Marketing Errors
- 4 State Senators Named to Funding Oversight Board of Texas Windstorm Insurer
- Surplus Lines Late Filing Report for 2019 to Be Generated on March 19
- SXSW Said Not to Be Insured for Cancellation of 2020 Event
- Austin’s SXSW Cancelled Due to Texas Coronavirus Cases
- Louisiana Contractor Pays $495K in Back Wages in Misclassification Case
- A&M Study: Texas’ Future Depends on Climate Preparedness
- Brandon Named Executive Director of Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office
- USDA Adds New Hurricane Insurance Endorsement for 2020 Crop Year
- Bill to Make Healthcare Facilities Safer Places to Work Passes Oklahoma Senate
- Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Kerr to Return to Private Sector
- Fire Departments in Texas’ Border Zone Awarded $1M in Grants
- San Antonio Officials Declare Emergency After COVID-19 Quarantine Hiccup
- Auto Insurance Reform, Minimum Wage Hike on Louisiana Governor’s Legislative Agenda
- Texas Industrial Painting Services Firm Settles Federal Disability Discrimination Suit
- Texas Insurer Hallmark Financial Exiting Binding Primary Commercial Auto Business
- Davis & Haynes to Assume Block of Stephens Insurance’s Personal Lines Business
- 6 Taken to Hospital After Charter Bus Hits Highway Barrier in Houston
- Hazard Mitigation Legislation Moves Forward in Oklahoma House
- Texas Auto Body Shop Owner Get 2 Years for Insurance Fraud
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