Texas / South Central News for January 2018
- Surplus Lines Market Had a Record Breaking Year in 2017
- Insurance Council of Texas: Justified Consumer Complaints Minimal in 2017
- Lowe’s to Pay $55K for to Settle Charges of Discrimination at Texas Store
- Winter Wildfires Scorch Western Oklahoma
- National Hurricane Center: Harvey’s Rains Make It Second-Costliest U.S. Hurricane
- Louisiana Insurance Dept. Helped Recover Additional $9.1M in Payouts in 2017
- Foreclosure Fears Rise in Texas with Jump in Late Mortgages After Harvey
- Arkansas Hires 5 Law Firms to Help with Opioid Abuse Probe
- West, Texas, Accepts $10.4M Settlement in 2013 Fertilizer Plant Blast Suit
- Driller in Oklahoma Oil Well Explosion Has History of Fatal Accidents
- James Cashion LTD, Litchfield Special Risks Partner on New CAT Division
- Oklahoma’s High Court: Oil Company Can Be Sued After Worker Injury or Death
- Covey Joins Midlands Management Corp. in Dallas
- Oklahoma City Agencies, Universal Insurance and Ledbetter, Merge
- Five Bodies Recovered After Oklahoma Oil Well Explodes
- Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Tapped to Chair Antifraud Task Force
- Winkley Joins Texas Security General Insurance Agency as VP
- Tree Company Sued, Blamed for 2011 Texas Wildfire that Killed 2
- Buildings Damaged, Power Cut by Strong Winds in Arkansas
- Former Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Horne Passes
- Employees Missing After Oklahoma Drilling Rig Fire
- Homes Destroyed, Power Outages in Texas Storm
- Female Rowers Sue University in Texas Court Alleging Gender Discrimination
- Lawmaker Sues Oklahoma Private Investigation Firm in Spying Case
- Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty in Deepwater Horizon Compensation Fund Fraud
- More than 3K Broken Pipe Insurance Claims Expected in Texas After Deep Freeze
- Drone Owners Warned Against Use near Oklahoma Air Force Base
- A.M. Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Texas’ Pan-American Casualty
- Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Named Consumer Committee Chair at NAIC
- A.M. Best: Ratings Outlooks Negative for Texas-Based Standard Casualty
- Legislative Panel Backs Proposal to Ban Dicamba Herbicide in Arkansas
- Harvey-Devastated Texas Coastal Towns Still Working on Recovery
- Settlements Reached in West, Texas, Fertilizer Plant Explosion
- Houston International Insurance Group Promotes 5 in Senior Management
- Texas Workers’ Comp Division Seeks Comments on Compounded Drug Rule
- Former Head of Louisiana State Police Commission Files Retaliation Suit
- Oklahoma Says Farmowners Insurance Program Insurer, Rockingham, Not Licensed
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Houston’s AquaSurance
- Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Employees Plant Trees in Wildfire-Devastated Texas Park
- Fifth Circuit: State, Not Maritime, Law Applies in Well Services Injury Case
- Arkansas Has Lower Auto Insurance Rates than Nearby States
- Idea of Texas Coastal Barrier Resurrected After Harvey
- Limestone Panels Fall 22 Floors Oklahoma City Street; Cars Damaged
- Collins Named Director of Talent at Swingle Collins & Associates
- 2 Louisiana Businesses Earn Workers’ Comp Safety Awards
- Independent Insurance Agents of Plainview, Texas, Merges with Higginbotham
- Ex-Employee of Oklahoma Nonprofit Ordered to Pay $3M in Embezzlement Scheme
- Louisiana Has Paid $1.3M in Sexual Harassment Claims Settlements Since 2009
- Wintaai Holdings Acquires Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance
- Texas Regulators Reveal 2017’s Top Insurance Fraud Cases
- Texas-Based M.D. Jensvold Co. Changes Name to LP Risk
- New Year’s Fireworks Cause $1.2M in Damage in Texas’ Harris County
- Rockingham Group, FarmAssure Launch Oklahoma Farmowners Insurance Program
- Number of Licensed Insurance Agencies in Arkansas Grew 4% in 2017
- Arkansas Board Stands by Plan to Limit Controversial Dicamba Herbicide
- Starr Approved as First Domestic Surplus Lines Insurer in Texas
- Oklahoma’s Mid-Continent to Acquire Tank Owner Members Insurance Renewal Rights
- 2017 Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up 6.5% over Previous Year
- Number of Insurance Agents Licensed in Arkansas Rose by 21% Last Year
- Oklahoma’s Howell-Stone Insurance Joins Rich & Cartmill
- Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission Makes Organizational Changes
- Seeman Holtz Acquires Houston’s Dash Insurance Agency
- The Nitsche Group: Committed to Family, Community
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