
Act Of God Versus Emerging Risk: Texas Trial Highlights Climate Liability For Factories
Opening arguments ended Monday in Texas in the highest profile criminal case ever brought against a company and its employees for allegedly failing to adequately prepare for the effects of climate change. The company, Arkema, owns a chemical plant outside Houston that flooded when Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 5 feet of rain on the area in 2017.
March 4, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Thieves Target Chevrolet Silverados, Disable OnStar Tracking
Frustrated North Texas truck owners say their Chevy Silverados are being targeted and the devices meant to help catch the bad guys are useless.
February 13, 2020
Auto
Texas
Subrogating Livestock And Vehicle Collisions In Texas
There are 22 million vehicles registered in Texas. There are also 13 million head of cattle, the most in the country and over twice the number of the state with the second-mostNebraska. Cattle and cars intersect more often than insurance companies would like to think about.
February 6, 2020
Education & Training
Subrogation
Texas
As Colorado 911 Center Presumption Bill Advances, Dispatchers Nationwide Joining Ranks Of First Responders
A bill we first discussed a few months ago appears to be advancing through the Colorado legislature that would grant workers compensation mental health benefits to Emergency Center Dispatchers. While the effort to include 911 dispatchers into the growing world of special protections for first responders is actually going on nationwide, Colorado seems to be one of the few early adopters codifying it into law.
February 4, 2020
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
Colorado
Texas
CEO Rescinds Pledge That Insurer Will Fix Homes Damaged In Houston Explosion
The head of a company involved in a massive explosion in Houston that killed two workers and injured 20 others on Tuesday backtracked on a pledge he had made earlier in the day to fix the hundreds of structures damaged by the blast.
January 31, 2020
Liability
Litigation
Subrogation
Texas
Chesapeake Energy Oil-Well Fire Kills One, Injures Three In Texas
One Texas oil worker was killed and three others hospitalized on Wednesday when a Chesapeake Energy Corp well caught fire during service work, a spokesman for the company said.
January 30, 2020
Workers' Compensation
Texas
Houston Neighborhood In Blast Zone Of Machine Shop Explosion; Two Deaths Confirmed
A massive explosion at a machine shop ripped through a Houston neighborhood early Friday morning, and police said at least two people were killed and several injured while homes were damaged by the explosion that sent out blast waves detected for miles.
January 24, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Subrogation
Texas
Meat Loaf Sues Hyatt And Concert Organizer After Injurious Fall
Rock singer Meat Loaf is suing a hotel in North Texas. He claims he cannot perform music because of a fall off the hotels stage. Meat Loaf filed the lawsuit in Tarrant County this week against Hyatt Corporation and the Texas Frightmare Weekend organizers.
January 15, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Severe Weather Causes Millions In Damage To Port Milwaukee; 11 Killed In Midwest, South
Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South and Northeast. In Wisconsin, high winds, towering waves and flooding caused millions of dollars in damage to Port Milwaukee on Lake Michigan.
January 13, 2020
Property
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
U.S. Liable For Home Damages From Flooding During Hurricane Harvey
Hundreds of Houston homeowners near U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed reservoirs may receive compensation for flooding of their properties during 2017s Hurricane Harvey, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
December 18, 2019
Catastrophe
Property
Texas
Spate Of Ring Security Camera Hacks Due To Credential Stuffing Attacks
Multiple U.S. families have reported incidents of Ring camera systems being hacked in recent days, raising questions as to whether the systems are allowing hackers access to peoples homes, without ever having to set foot inside.
December 12, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Technology
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
Fort Worth Accelerant Detection Dog Buzzy Makes A Difference On Day 1
On his first day on the job, the Fort Worth Fire Departments newest accelerants detection dog, Buzzy, sniffed out leads for investigators.
December 10, 2019
Fraud
Property
Texas
Texas Chemical Plant Blast Has Injured 3 And Caused Extensive Property Damage In Port Neches
An explosion rocked a chemical plant early Wednesday in Texas, causing extensive damage across the small city of Port Neches and leaving at least three employees injured.
November 27, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
Texas
Cargo Thieves Target Containers Rushed Into U.S. Ahead Of Threatened Tariffs
Cargo theft across the U.S. increased in the third quarter, with thieves targeting high-value items and making off with an average value of $155,709 per incident, according to the Beverly, Mass.-based supply chain visibility provider Sensitech Inc.
November 20, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
New Jersey
In Texas, Home Sellers Must Now Disclose More About The Risk Of Flooding
When Arthur Mosely moved to East Austin in the 1980s he didnt worry about flooding. His property was not in a designated floodplain, and he thought of the creek that ran behind the house as an amenity. It guaranteed privacy and a green space full of Muscatine grapes and pecan trees.
October 28, 2019
Legislation & Regulation
Property
Texas



