Texas / South Central News for June 2020
- Texas Bar Owners Sue Governor Over Recent Shutdown Order
- Texas Insurance Department Asked to Conduct Auto Insurance Data Call
- Austin’s AgencyKPI Secures $5M in Funding from Insurance Industry
- Houston Pharmacist, Wife Sentenced in $21M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
- Prosecutors: Trying to Hide Healthcare Fraud, Texas Woman Burned $1.6M Home
- PETA Alleges Neglect by Oklahoma Zoo in Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’
- More Felony Charges Filed Against Roofing Contractor in Oklahoma
- TexCap’s Brown Named Chair-Elect of Texas Independent Insurance Agents Group
- Texas Bars Ordered to Close Again, Restaurants Reduced to 50% Occupancy as Virus Spreads
- Texas’ Online Surplus Lines Filing System Now Partially Operational
- Outlook for Texas’ MGA Insurance Issuer Credit Rating Revised to Positive
- Oil Firms Slam Brakes on Return-to-Work as Texas Virus Cases Soar
- Treasurer: Louisiana Small Business Grant Program to Begin in July
- Texas Governor Urges Masks as Virus Cases Rise
- Texas Insurance Department Extends Telemedicine Coverage Rule
- BenefitMall in Texas Partners with Benefits and Security Provider, CyberScout
- Gas Line Explosion in Central Arkansas Injures 4 Workers
- 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northern Oklahoma
- Governor Signs Louisiana Bills Shielding Businesses from Virus Lawsuits
- Louisiana Lawmakers Block Bill Allowing Lawsuits Against Officers
- Allstate: May 2020 Catastrophe Losses Mostly in Midwest, Texas
- Nitsche Named Chair of Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Board
- Oklahoma Court Says Home Warranty Contract Is Insurance, Nixes Forced Arbitration
- New Law Expands Access to Medical Marijuana in Louisiana
- Texas’ Bexar County Orders Face Mask Use to Fight COVID-19; Fines Possible
- Specialty Insurance Broker Towerstone Adds Blanquez in San Antonio
- Judge OKs Addition of Louisiana to Spillway Lawsuits
- Arkansas AG Sues TV Pastor Bakker over Virus Treatment Claims
- $300M Small Business Aid Plan Signed by Louisiana Governor
- Arkansas Governor Signs Orders Giving Businesses Virus Lawsuit Protections
- After Veto, Louisiana GOP Lawmakers Try Again for Auto Crash Lawsuit Limits
- Texas Man Sentenced to 78 Years in Prison for Arson, Insurance Fraud
- 4 Hurt When Ambulance Crashes into Oklahoma Toll Booth
- Texas Returning to Normal Temporary Agent License Process on Aug. 15
- Coor Promoted to COO at BevCap Management
- Early Morning Explosion Heavily Damages Houston Bar, Nearby Homes
- Derailed Train in Oklahoma Spills Toxic Chemical, Spurs Evacuations
- Louisiana Governor Rejects Car Accident Tort Reform Bill
- Correction: 127 Oklahoma Tornadoes in First 5 Months of 2019, Not 186
- Analysis: Casting Nervous Looks at COVID-19 Numbers as Texas Opens Up
- Insuretech Noblr Enters Louisiana Auto Insurance Market
- Texas Surplus Lines Premium Amount Increases Again in May
- Plane Hit, Flipped Woman’s Car Before Deadly Louisiana Crash, Lawsuit Says
- AM Best Upgrades Ratings of Arkansas’ Kinsale Insurance
- Tornado Numbers Down in Oklahoma in 2020, So Far
- Louisiana Gov. Signs Bill Aimed at Stemming Auto Insurance Hikes for Veterans
- Texas, Louisiana, Florida Most at Risk of Natural Disasters: ValuePenguin
- Insured Losses from Storm Cristobal Estimated at $150 Million
- Texas’ Aransas County to Get $43M More in Harvey Recovery Funds
- After Crashing onto Louisiana Coast, Cristobal Moves Up Mississippi River Basin
- Scott Named Director, Wainner Assistant Commissioner at Oklahoma Insurance Dept.
- As Texas Grapples with Pandemic, Officials Prepare for Hurricane Season
- Storm Cristobal Brings Heavy Rains, Storm Surge to Louisiana
- Louisiana Tells Former Producer’s Insurance Agency to ‘Cease and Desist’
- New Orleans Universities, Archdiocese Named in Katrina Aid Lawsuit
- Mistake in Louisiana Auto Crash Bill Could Cause Higher Damage Awards
- Ascend Insurance Brokerage in Dallas Joins Higginbotham
- Louisiana Lawmakers Consider Business Tax Breaks in Special Session
- Amid Pandemic, Oil Refineries, Offshore Drillers Face Hurricane Challenges
- Some Gulf of Mexico Oil Rigs Evacuate Workers as Tropical Storm Cristobal Threatens
- NHC: Tropical Storm Cristobal Expected to Enter Gulf on Friday
- Medical Marijuana Sales Continue to Smash Records in Oklahoma
- Insurance Survey: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
- Louisiana Legislature Passes Auto Accident ‘Tort Reform’ Bill
- Texas Workers’ Comp Division Issues Data Call for COVID-19 Injuries
- Oklahoma Company to Pay $55K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
- Sixth Defendant Pleads Guilty in New Orleans Staged Accident Case
- Lexington Insurance Wins Texas Battle of Hurricane Harvey Deductibles
- Oklahoma Opioid Settlement Money Going to Cities, Counties
- Louisiana Lawmakers OK Bills to Limit Virus Lawsuits Against Businesses
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