Tesla is now selling insurance to customers in Texas, two years after first launching the offering in its now-former home state of California. But the version in Texas is different.

A Houston businessman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution â€" nearly five times the money he collected in an insurance fraud scheme.

Five Texas police officers are suing Tesla Motors after being hit by the electric car company's Model X - which was operated by a user in its so-called 'autopilot' mode.

Tesla owners in Texas may be able to buy auto insurance from Elon Musk's electric car company as soon as next month.

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from recent hurricane Nicholas is estimated to be around US $950 million, according to modelling analysis undertaken by catastrophe risk specialist Karen Clark & Company.

Nicholas threatens to bring high winds, torrential rain and flooding to eastern Texas and Louisiana after making landfall early Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Allstate has reached an agreement with a law firm to dismiss the latter's proposed class-action lawsuit against the insurer â€" a lawsuit that accused Allstate of using unqualified expert witnesses in insurance litigation.

There is hope on the horizon for Texas contractors that, for decades, have borne liability for construction defects in owner-furnished contracts.

Reversing a federal district court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently applied the Texas eight-corners rule to hold that an insurer had a duty to defend a restaurant chain against claims the chain breached its contract with a credit card processor by not preventing hackers from gaining access to its customers' private information.

A tip about a stolen car in a Fort Bend County subdivision led investigators to a multi-million dollar luxury vehicle theft ring, according to the Fort Bend County sheriff.

Five tons of acetic acid leaked at a Texas plant Tuesday, leaving two people dead and 30 more injured, officials say.

An explosion that left six people injured and destroyed a house in Plano, Texas, on Monday was likely caused by a gas leak, officials said.

The leak was isolated to the home on Cleveland Drive, which was leveled, according to Plano Fire-Rescue. The explosion also damaged other houses, but no other homes were in danger after the blast.

Helicopter news video showed debris scattered over the neighborhood after the explosion at 4:40 p.m. Monday.

Six people were taken to hospitals - one who was inside the house that exploded and five from a home next door - the fire department said.

Three of the injured were transported to a children's hospital, officials said. The ages of those hurt were not immediately available.

Lamesans are continuing to pick up the pieces from a severe storm Saturday evening which caused damage almost certainly to total in the millions of dollars from high wind, hail, heavy rain and flooding.

Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare is cracking down on unnecessary emergency room visits with a new policy starting July 1 that the American Hospital Association says will jeopardize patients' health and threaten them with financial penalties.

Wine grape growers in Texas and surrounding states filed a lawsuit last week against drug-maker Bayer-Monsanto and chemical giant BASF for the damage their cotton herbicide has caused to vineyards.