Workers compensation insurers in Texas reported nearly 100,000 COVID-19 claims and 472 fatalities between March 2020 and April of this year, and more than half of both involved first responders and correctional officers, according to new data made public by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation.
Ten states and dozens of municipalities are suing the Biden administration over rate hikes in the National Flood Insurance Program. That program offers coverage in high-risk flood areas and is administered by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Houston law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates has been accused of a litany of questionable, and potentially illegal, practices in recent months. Now, a group of former employees of an estimating company say their former employers likely conspired with the firm to hike up the value of Hurricane Ida claims by exaggerating damages.
Primary and excess insurance carriers and their counsel need to pay close attention to a new Texas Supreme Court case Exxon Mobil vs. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Starr Indemnity & Liability Insurance Company, Supreme Court of Texas, Case No. 21-0936.
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.
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.
