Texas / South Central News for August 2017
- Alliant Americas Adds Bray as VP in Houston
- Texas Workers’ Comp Division Releases Disaster Guidelines for Insurers
- Twitty Named Senior VP at Dexter & Co. in Dallas
- Arkema Chemical Plant in Texas Explodes After Harvey Knocks Out Power
- Update: Claims Teams Begin Handling Onslaught of Harvey Claims
- Law’s Ambiguity a Source of Mixed Messages Over Texas Cat Claims Statute
- 35K Harvey Flood Insurance Claims Filed by Noon on Aug. 30
- Harvey Bears Down on Louisiana as Flooding Paralyzes Houston
- Insurance Industry Opens Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund
- Insurers Deploy Drone Fleets to Speed Harvey Disaster Recovery
- Neighbors Evacuated as Texas Chemical Plant Poses Explosion Risk
- Hobbyist Drones Banned from Harvey Rescue Area
- Harvey Update: Trump Vows Model Recovery; Thousands Rescued; Deaths, Costs Increasing
- Texas Regulators Offer Guidance to Insurers on Harvey Response
- No Evacuation for Louisiana Parish in Harvey’s Path
- Harvey Inflicts Even More Death and Destruction as Flood Waters Keep Rising
- CoreLogic: 52% of Houston Moderate, High Risk Properties Not in Flood Zone
- Harvey’s Flooding of Houston ‘Beyond Anything Experienced Before’
- Arkansas Task Force: State Should Bar Dicamba Herbicide Next Year
- Cruise Ship Passengers Stranded in Gulf by Harvey
- Hurricane Harvey Shutters Key Oil, Gas Operations in Texas
- Harvey Smashes Homes, Businesses; Heavy Rain Continues
- Insurance Adjusters Mobilized to Deal with Harvey Cat Losses
- Saturday Update: Hurricane Harvey Expected to Weaken to Tropical Storm
- Harvey Hits Texas With Massive Winds, Torrential Rain
- A.M. Best Weighs Hurricane Harvey’s Financial Hit; Ranks Top 30 Texas Insurers
- RMS Comments on Tracking of Hurricane Harvey
- Oklahoma Agency Wants to Install 72 Seismic Stations
- Lash Named VP of CNA’s New Orleans, Nashville Branches
- As Harvey Nears, Central Texas Coast Shuts Down
- Hurricane Harvey Looks to Be First Big Test for Trump FEMA Director Long
- Harvey Now a Hurricane, Sustained Winds Near 85 MPH
- Texas Windstorm Insurer Says It’s Ready for Harvey
- Robot Adds to Security at Posh Houston Shopping Center
- Harvey Set to Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding Across Texas
- Researchers Using Airplanes to Map Earthquake Faults in Oklahoma
- A.M. Best Assigns ‘A’ Rating to New Texas Insurer, Starr Specialty
- Hurricane, Storm Surge Watches Issued for Texas Coast as Harvey Nears
- New Lawsuit Filed Over Alleged Baylor Rape Policy Failures
- Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Report Shows Big Drop in Premium Costs Since 2013
- Texas Researchers Testing System that May Help Prevent Wrong-Way Driving
- More Louisiana Homeowners Eligible for Flood Recovery Aid
- Seeman Holtz Acquires Agency Acquisitions LLC in Texas
- Judge Divides $100K Insurance Payout to Victims of 2015 Oklahoma Parade Crash
- Time to Submit Louisiana Flood Insurance Form Winding Down
- Fraud Following Catastrophes an Unwelcome Trend, Oklahoma’s Doak Says
- Liotta Named Chairman of Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission
- Federal Appeals Court Voids Exxon Pipeline Safety Order
- Louisiana Governor Seeking Homeowner Flood Grant Expansion
- Global Insured H1 Losses from Natural, Man-Made Disasters Were $23B: Swiss Re
- Insurance Professionals, Meteorologists to Kick Off ‘Hurricane Tour’
- Louisiana Installing Barriers to Help Stem Fatal Highway Crashes
- Baylor Settles with Woman Who Said University Ignored Rape
- Seeman Holtz Enters Texas Through Primera Casualty Acquisition
- Police Misconduct Lawsuit Settlements Cost Dallas Millions Over 5 Years
- Despite Reduction in Oil, Gas Wastewater Injections, Oklahoma Quakes Continue
- Alliant Insurance Services Opens Office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Former San Antonio Insurance Agent Sentenced to 5 Years for Fraud
- SageSure Insurance Managers’ Manalla Honored with PIA Louisiana Award
- Texas Insurance Industry to Welcome Lloyd’s Chairman at Lloyd’s Day Events
- New Software Monitors Oklahoma Bridges Following Earthquakes
- Safety Concerns Keep Tulsa Business Owners Out of Tornado-Damaged Building
- Pump Problems Continue as New Orleans Braces for More Rain
- Velocity Risk Underwriters to Offer Coastal HO-3 Product in Texas
- $7M in BP Oil Spill Fines to Create 300 Conservation Jobs
- USI Southwest Names Glover Property/Casualty Practice Leader for North Texas
- Mayor Calls for Firings Following New Orleans Flooding
- Emergency Price Stabilization Act in Effect in Four Oklahoma Counties
- LWCC Promotes Toups to Vice President
- CoreLogic Acquires Myriad Development in Texas
- 10 Oklahoma Businesses Condemned Following Tornado Damage
- New Orleans Council Planning to Study Drainage After Massive Flooding
- Burns & Wilcox Opens New San Antonio Office, Taps Collazo
- 4 Twisters Recorded in Oklahoma, Including EF2 That Caused Heavy Damage
- Rainfall in New Orleans Overwhelmed City’s Pump Stations
- Needs of Flood-Damaged Small Businesses in Louisiana Sought in Survey
- Growing Number of Typhus Cases Being Found in Texas
- Arkansas Farmers Still Optimistic Despite Ravaging from Floods
- Recent Central Oklahoma Quakes Being Investigated
- 2 New Driving Laws Among Some 200 New Laws for Louisiana in August
- Fracking-Related Water Problems Raise Issues in West Texas
- Oklahoma Property Among Most Contaminated in Nation, EPA Says
- Family of Man Who Died In Texas Jail Lobby Sue
- Drug Use Common Among West Texas Oil Field Workers
- Texas’ Threlkeld & Co., Employee Benefits Consulting, Create New Entity
- EPA Wants 7 Oklahoma Oil Well Injection Sites Shuttered
- Former Postal Worker Sentenced in Texas for Federal Workers’ Comp Fraud
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