Texas / South Central News for August 2018
- Lawsuit Planned Against Brad Pitt Foundation over New Orleans Homes
- Houston’s Myron Steves Adds Tilford to Lead Claims Unit
- Houston Eyeing Designer Bonds to Pay for $15B Ike Dike
- Allstate Says Brownsville, Texas, Has the Nation’s Safest Drivers
- 3 New Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas
- Ex-CEO of Oklahoma Ambulance Service Settles Kickback Case for $80K
- Louisiana Sees 10-Month Increase in Not Seasonally Adjusted Nonfarm Jobs
- SLTX: Houston City Council to Buy $30M in Cyber Insurance Coverage
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, CBD Shops Multiply Amid Medical Pot Legalization
- Education Is Reason Behind Replica of Katrina Flood-Damaged Home
- First Medical Marijuana Patient Licenses Awarded in Oklahoma
- Hernandez Named Interim Texas State Fire Marshal
- Louisiana Company to Pay $165K Resolve Disability Discrimination Suit
- Texan Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
- Houston-Area Voters Approve Flood-Control Bond Measure
- Combs Named Oklahoma Deputy Commissioner of Insurance Business Transfers
- In Harvey’s Wake: 68 Dead; Damage Costs in the Billions
- One Year Post-Harvey, Recovery Toughest for the Poor
- Texas Seeking Money for ‘Coastal Spine,’ Government Protection from Climate Change
- Survey: 10% of Texans Displaced by Harvey Still Haven’t Gone Home
- Hull Insurance Agency, Higginbotham Join Forces in Fort Worth
- University of Texas Settles Kearney Discrimination Lawsuit for $600K
- EPIC Insurance Brokers Adds Morelos, Siddons as Principals in Southwest Region
- New Task Force to Address High Auto Insurance Rates Louisiana
- Heavy Rain Dumped by North-Central Arkansas Storm
- Oklahoma Concert-Goers Injured by Powerful Storm
- Texas Workers’ Comp Fraudster Sentenced for Double Dipping
- Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, LSU Sued by Parents After Son’s Death
- Arkansas ‘Tort Reform’ Advocates Stunned by Church Group’s Opposition
- Finding Toyota Negligent in Accident, Texas Jury Awards $242M to Family
- After Delay, Louisiana OKs Planting of Medical Marijuana
- ICT to Begin Annual Texas ‘Hurricane Tour’
- Federal Safety Board Links Plugged Drill Pipe to Deadly Oklahoma Well Fire
- Lingering Texas Drought Has Ranchers Reducing Herds
- FBI: Lower Mississippi River Ports, South Louisiana Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
- Questpro Adds Keck, Jones and Haaker in Dallas
- Texas Insurance Department: Harvey Claims Reporting Deadline Approaching
- Murphy Oil USA to Pay $100K to Settle Disability Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
- Firefighters With Cancer Often Denied Workers’ Comp in Texas
- In Louisiana, Fewer Homeowners Than Expected Seek Flood Aid
- Nearly Year After Harvey, Recovery Continues in South Texas Town
- Journeay to Lead Austin Insurance Professionals for Coming Year
- AmWINS Forms Sentinel Marine Underwriters with Houston Office
- 4 Oklahoma Counties Declared Disaster Areas Due to Drought
- New Highway Safety Laws in Louisiana Target DWIs, Driving During Floods
- Arkansas, Feds Want Exxon to Pay $1.8M for Oil Spill Damage
- El Paso Construction Company Cited for Trenching, Excavation Safety Hazards
- Higginbotham Acquires Aviation Specialist, Colt Risk Management
- Texas’ Murex Petroleum Sued for Allowing Racial Harassment, Hostile Workplace
- Texas Windstorm Insurance Association: Rates Inadequate by More Than 30%
- Harris County Releases Flood Control Projects Listed in Bond Proposal
- Texas Governor Renews Hurricane Harvey Disaster Declaration
- Report Faults Years of Neglect in New Orleans’ 2017 Floods
- IBHS Study Chronicles Hurricane Harvey Wind Damage, Provides Takeaways
- Texas Commission Seeking Comments for Texas Windstorm Insurance Review
- Everest Insurance Adds Mann as New Commercial Surety Lead in Houston
- Judge Sends Oklahoma’s Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers Back to State Court
- PCI: Majority of Texans Not Prepared for Hurricane Season
- Hub International Acquires The Ward Agency in Texas
- Arkema NA, CEO Indicted in Texas for ‘Reckless’ Chemical Release
- ‘Obamacare’ Premiums to Decrease in Louisiana Next Year
- West Texas Natural Gas Pipeline Explosions Injure 7
- 3 Companies in Cited in Fatal Oklahoma Rig Explosion Case
- Arkansas Judge Won’t Strike Ballot Measure on Lawsuit Damage Limits
- Panel Refuses to Merge Louisiana Wetlands Lawsuits Against Oil, Gas Firms
- Texas Parking Garage Collapse Damages Dozens of Cars
- Thousands of Louisiana Homeowners to Get More Help With Flood Repairs
- New Louisiana Law Allows Insurance Agencies to Employ Convicted Felons
- TWIA Board OKs Additional $106.8M Insurer Assessment for Harvey Losses
- Texas Petrochemical Contractor to Pay $135K in Disability Suit Settlement
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