A powerful tornado ripped through the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights near the southern tip of Texas, claiming the life of one person and causing significant damage to residences in its path. The tornado struck before dawn on Saturday, catching residents off guard and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

In a bid to protect the thriving oil and gas industry in Texas, Republican lawmakers are expanding their fight against Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies beyond financial firms, targeting insurance companies as well.

Louisiana's Insurance Commissioner has imposed a fine of $2 million on Texas law firm McLenny Moseley & Associates (MMA) and its associated partners for hurricane-related insurance fraud.

Well, it looks like SpaceX's Starship had a bit of a rough day. You know that feeling when you're super excited for a big trip and then your car explodes just a few minutes after leaving the driveway? Yeah, that's pretty much what happened here.

Florida came first. Then Louisiana. Now an insurance crisis that has swept across the Gulf Coast is spilling into Texas, where increasingly scarce property coverage has forced tens of thousands of coastal homeowners to buy policies from a state-chartered insurance program.

We're familiar with the idea of individual physicians holding their own medical malpractice insurance. A new bill introduced in Texas proposes taking this idea of mandatory professional liability insurance and applying it to police officers.

Extensive damage has been reported in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas after a line of severe thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes late Sunday night.

Texans in more than 340,000 homes and businesses braced for near-freezing temperatures without power Wednesday and more than 2,300 flights were canceled amid an unrelenting blast of treacherous, icy conditions and brutal cold that has left at least six dead.

San Antonio Water System officials have denied a damage claim filed by a Castle Hills homeowner, despite the same water pipe bursting over and over again in the woman's front yard.

Emergency responders in the Houston area say they are responding to reports of damage and stranded motorists after a possible tornado moved through the area Tuesday.

A Texas state representative who has spent years advocating for insurance reform has introduced a new bill that could change the way disputed appraisals are resolved.

Parametric flood insurer FloodFlash has announced that it has entered into the US insurance market.

Hurricane Ian, which thrashed Florida and the Carolinas last year, has claimed the No. 3 spot in the list of 10 most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history, according to a new report from the National Centers for Environmental Information.

Lawyers argued before the Texas Supreme Court on Monday over whether the state's power grid operator should be protected from lawsuits, a question that has become especially important after the deadly February 2021 freeze.

Several adjusters recently told Florida's House Commerce Committee that insurance carriers changed their estimates on damaged houses, which the committee chairman said should be investigated by the state attorney general since that's an accusation of fraud.