Texas / South Central News for April 2015
- Louisiana Senate Committee OKs Medical Marijuana Bill
- Oklahoma Ban on Texting and Driving Goes to Governor
- Oklahoma High Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Work Comp Alternative
- Jury Trials OK’d for Medical Lawsuits over BP spill Clean Up
- 60K Auto Insurance Claims Expected from April Hailstorms in Texas
- Tollenaere Joins Roach Howard Smith & Barton in Texas
- Rail Cars Blown Off Louisiana Bridge During Severe Storms
- NWS Confirms at Least 8 Twisters Touched Down in Texas
- Edwards Named Senior Broker in U.S. Risk Brokers’ Dallas Office
- CPro Associates Enters Texas Work Comp Nonsubscriber Market
- Louisiana Labor Force, Employment Increase
- Oklahoma Driller to Pay $59K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
- Storm Shelter Permit Applications Rise in Moore, Oklahoma
- North Texas Hit with Tornadoes, Large Hail
- Seasonal Tornado Forecasts Being Developed by Oklahoma Researchers
- Ramsey Appointed to Oklahoma CompSource Board
- Insurer Files Suit against Follower of Imprisoned Arkansas Evangelist
- Bill Banning Local Drilling Rules Passes Oklahoma House
- Exxon Mobil Subsidiaries to Pay Nearly $5M for Arkansas Pipeline Spill
- Measure Would Ban Red Light Cameras in Texas
- Ruling in Post-Katrina Flooding Suit Expected in Early May
- Texas Insurers Group Honors 26 Students with Spring Scholarships
- Spracklen Joins Texas’ Roach Howard Smith & Barton as VP
- Oklahoma Geologists Also See Earthquake-Injection Well Link
- Louisiana State Employees File Lawsuit over Changes to Insurance Program
- Texas Earthquake Swarm Linked to Drilling, Wastewater Injection
- Blue Bell Creameries Expands Recall to All of its Products
- Oklahoma Governor Signs Asbestos Cleanup Bill
- Texas Home Insurers Seek Lawsuit Protection Despite Healthy Profits
- CNA Appoints Cox as Arkansas, Oklahoma Branch VP
- Recovery Slow for Gulf Oyster Industry 5 Years after BP Spill
- Trademark Dispute Over ‘Bayou Classic’ Football Game Set for Trial
- InsureZone Adds Gage as VP, Business Development
- Texas’ Residual Property Insurance Markets Hit with Severe Weather Claims
- TWIA to Begin Agency Documentation Verification Survey on May 1
- Wagner Joins Southwest Risk in Dallas
- TWFG Founder Named Gulf Coast Entrepreneur of the Year
- Home Builders Safety Group Earns $117,226 Texas Mutual Dividend
- Arkansas Plaintiffs Want Order Dismissing Exxon Oil-Spill Lawsuit Vacated
- Oklahoma Ridesharing Bill Passes Senate Without Discrimination Protections
- Approval of New Orleans East Levees a Good Sign for Flood Insurance Rates
- All Risks South Central Adds Producers in Dallas, Houston, New Orleans
- Sinkholes Added as Threat in Louisiana Disaster Plan; Salt Domes to be Mapped
- Arkansas Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop
- Issuer Credit Rating of San Antonio’s National Unity Insurance Downgraded
- Insurance Policy Included in Harrowing New Orleans Slavery Exhibit
- Oklahoma Reserve Deputy Facing Manslaughter Charges Is Insurance Exec
- Texas, Louisiana Improve Building Code Rankings; More Work Needed
- Crop Insurance Uncertainty Hindering Arkansas Farmers
- Amini Named General Counsel at Oklahoma Insurance Department
- Texting While Driving Ban OK’d in Oklahoma Senate
- Oklahoma Enters Medical Marijuana Debate with Cannabidiol Bill
- 5 Tips to Help Risk Managers Address the Sharp Drop in Oil Prices
- Texas Commissioner Appoints 3 to Surplus Lines Stamping Office Board
- More People Sickened by Listeria Linked to Blue Bell Ice Cream
- Texas Takes Up Comprehensive Ridesharing Bill
- Scruggs Named CEO of Texas-Based AmWINS Specialty Auto
- Liberty Mutual to Bring 5K Jobs to North Texas Campus
- Bell, Smith Top Allstate’s Stormiest Counties in Texas List
- Higginbotham Adds Homeowners Association Insurance Practice Group
- Texas-Based Energy MGAs Partner with Wild Well Control for Pollution Control
- Texas Commissioner Elected Chair of Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission
- MHBT Adds Lemons as Commercial P/C Account Executive in Lubbock
- Soil Shifts Lead to Speed Bumps on 85 mph Highway in Central Texas
- North Texas Man Awarded Nearly $34M in Skylight Lawsuit
- Texas Grocery Chain, H-E-B, Others Pull Blue Bell Products
- Floodplain Managers Group: Oklahoma Bill Threatens Flood Insurance
- Louisiana Insurance Department Offers Early Retirement to Cut Costs
- Texas Hospital Seeks Dismissal Of Ebola Nurse’s Lawsuit
- TWIA Transfers $262M Into Catastrophe Reserve Trust Fund
- Oklahoma Prescription Drug Database Bill Signed by Governor
- Month-Long Austin Rideshare Challenge Shows Drivers Lack Insurance Savvy
- Oklahoma Gov. Requests Federal Disaster Declaration
- Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commissioner Resigns; New Appointees Named
- Number of Deaths From Oklahoma Tornadoes, Storms Rises to 4
- ‘Religious Freedom’ / Discrimination Battleground Shifts to Arkansas
- Insurance Agent One of 4 Democrats Vying for Vacant Texas House Seat
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