Texas / South Central News for March 2016
- Progressive Insurance Snags Texas Uber Drivers Account
- Road, Bridge Damage from Louisiana Flooding Pegged at $20M
- Southeast Texas School District Estimates $12M in Flood Damage
- Model Home Fortified Against High Winds to Be Built in Tulsa
- Workers’ Comp Costs Decline in Arkansas
- Three Appointed to Texas Life/Health Insurance Guaranty Association Board
- Arkansas Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud
- 4 Parishes Added to Louisiana Disaster Declaration
- USGS Report: North Texas Earthquake Risk ‘Elevated’
- Why Companies Won’t Be Opting Out of Opt-Out Anytime Soon
- Arkansas Orders Florida Health Plan to Stop Selling in State
- FEMA to Louisiana Flood Victims: Don’t Wait to Begin Repairs
- Federal Disaster Aid OK’d for 6 More Texas Counties
- Louisiana Governor Seeks Disaster Declaration for 9 More Parishes
- Worldwide Facilities Adds Collins, Sheehan in Dallas
- Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner: Man Scammed Moore Tornado Victims
- Homes Damaged by Severe Storms in Northwest Arkansas
- Higginbotham, Capps Insurance Agency Merge
- Hailstorms Pummel North Texas, Again
- Arkansas Jury Sides with City in Employee Discrimination Suit
- Thousands of Acres Burn in Oklahoma, Kansas
- Texas Regulators: Mid-March Hail Storm Was Insurance ‘Catastrophe’
- Federal Appeals Court Sides with Lexington Insurance in Deductible Dispute
- Texas Seeks Data on Weather-Related Property Claims, Lawsuits
- Update: With Property Claims Added, North Texas Hail Damage May Reach $600M
- Fire Warning Covers more than Half of Oklahoma’s Counties
- 35% of Arkansas Banks Closed in Past Decade
- Southeast Texas Floods Bring Federal Disaster Declaration
- Hail Damage in North Texas Could Cost $300M in Car Repairs
- Texas Seeking Employer Representative for Workers’ Comp Appeals Panel
- Survey: NW Arkansas Companies Seek to Hire Thousands, Expand Rapidly
- Guilty Plea in Theft of $1.5M Insurance Settlement in Louisiana
- Storms Set Oil Field Equipment on Fire Near Houston
- Flooded Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to Remain Closed for Days
- Oklahoma Treatment Plant Operator to Pay $1M for Drinking Water Violations
- Dallas Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500M in Hip Implants Case
- North Texas Commuters Hit with Damaging Hailstorms
- Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner: Department Can Fund Itself
- Rising Rivers, Bayous Force Texas Evacuations
- NFI Roadrail and NFI Industries Settle Texas Wage Discrimination Suit
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Bomford, Couch & Wilson
- Seat-Back Failure Leads to $124.5M Texas Verdict Against Audi
- Water Starting to Recede from Homes in North Louisiana
- Weather Service Assessing Possible Tornado Damage in Arkansas
- Oklahoma Court Says Workers’ Comp 180-Day Rule Is Unconstitutional
- Judge: BP not Required to Pay Moratorium-Related Oil Industry Losses
- Denied Federal Flood Help, Oklahoma Governor Appeals
- Louisiana Lashed by Severe Weather, Flooding
- Cochran Named Eastern Louisiana Marketing Rep for Lighthouse Insurance
- By a Big Margin, Oklahoma House Passes Insurance Mandate for Autism Coverage
- Oklahoma National Guard Airman with Cancer Expects to Lose Insurance
- H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Acquires New Orleans Site for Burns & Wilcox Center
- Oklahoma Bill Would Confirm Oil & Gas Regulators’ Authority
- Texas Seeks Comments on Windstorm Inspection Rule
- Storm System Dumps Heavy Rain on South Central States, More Expected
- Texas Adopts Revised Workers’ Comp Classification Relativities
- GEICO Dallas Begins Moving to Richardson
- ‘Cool’ Austin Icy Toward Uber, Airbnb, Bristling Tech Sector
- North Texas Slammed by Storms: Homes Damaged, School Bus Stranded
- Earthquake Response/Wastewater Reduction Plan for Central Oklahoma Unveiled
- Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., Subsidiary Upgraded
- OSHA Cites Biofuel Company over Louisiana Hydrogen Gas Explosion
- UT Dallas Students Receive Scholarships from Insurer Trade Group
- Group Sues ExxonMobil Over Baton Rouge Chemical Plant Emissions
- Police: 1 Injured When Generator Explodes at Texas Refinery
- Catastrophe Response Team Works to Protect Storm Victims
- Reed Joins Midlands Management at Sr. Broker/Underwriter in Texas
- Suit Alleges Texas Lawyers Bankrolled BP Oil-Spill Scam
- Select Insurance Markets Adds Castaneda in Austin
- FORTIFIED Home-High Wind, Hail Programs Launched at National Tornado Summit
- Texas Mutual, VFIS Award Over $150K to Emergency Service Organizations
- Post Tornado, St. John Parish Trying for Normalcy
- Louisiana Flood Board Appeals Dismissal of Suit Against Oil Companies
- McCasland Joins Texas-Based LevelFirst as Vice President
- Cabbies in Louisiana Parish Sue UberX Drivers
- Louisiana’s New Auto Insurance Monitoring System Now in Effect
- 2015 a Record-Setting Year for Tornadoes in Texas
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