Car Slams Into Texas Home, Triggering Gas Explosion
A family of three were among five people injured after a car slammed into their Texas home, struck a gas line, and sparked an explosion on Saturday, officials said.
April 9, 2018
Auto
Liability
Property
Texas
Strong Winds Collapse Hangar At Houston Airport, Millions In Damage
Strong winds took down a large hangar at Hobby Airport overnight when severe storms rolled through southeast Houston. No one was inside the hangar when it happened. No one was hurt.
April 6, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Texas
State Farm Responds To Claims Of Influencing Non-OEM Auto Repair
A jury recently found Texas-based John Eagle Collision Center liable for injuries sustained by Matthew and Marcia Seebachan following a 2013 crash because a repair was not done according to OEM specifications, according to the verdict.
April 3, 2018
Auto
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Cars "Likely Totaled" Following Flooding In Parking Garage
Wednesday morning thunderstorms left several cars underwater at an off-campus student apartment complex at Texas State University. Students who parked on the bottom floor of the garage at Pointe San Marcos were shocked to find water almost covering their vehicles.
March 29, 2018
Auto
Texas
Suspected Tornado Tears Roofs Off Homes In Southeast Texas
Seven people were rescued early this morning after the second story of a home was destroyed by a possible tornado in Holiday Beach near Rockport in Aransas County.
March 29, 2018
Property
Texas
Patients At 2 Galveston County Health Clinics May Have Been Exposed To HIV, Hepatitis
A Galveston-based health clinic chain may have infected patients with the hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and HIV because of potential breaches in the cleaning and sterilization of dental instruments, officials said Friday.
March 29, 2018
Liability
Texas
Texas Bombings Reveal The New Scale Of Terrorist Attacks For Insurers
The terror in Texas is over as the man suspected of planting explosives in Austin and San Antonio was killed on March 21 after an explosive device detonated in his vehicle as authorities attempted to make an arrest.
March 28, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Texas
Teen Driver Mistakes Pedals, Plows Through Dallas-Area Store
A Texas woman received minor injuries after a car suddenly plowed into a Metro PCS store and rammed her, authorities said. Surveillance video caught the extremely close call Saturday morning.
March 28, 2018
Auto
Liability
Property
Texas
Fire, Explosions Demolish Texas Chemical Plant
A blaze has erupted at a Texas chemical plant along with a series of powerful blasts. One person is missing following the incident and believed to be buried under the wreckage.
March 16, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Workers' Compensation
Texas
Dog Dies On United Flight After Being Stowed In Overhead Bin
A little dog died on a United Airlines flight after an attendant forced the animal’s owner to put the pet in the cabin’s overhead bin, and the airline said on Tuesday it was taking full responsibility.
March 14, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New York
Texas
Straight-Line Winds, Large Hail Cause Damage In Eastern Texas
Two people have been confirmed dead following severe storms that produced golfball-sized hail across East Texas on Saturday night.
March 12, 2018
Auto
Property
Texas
70 Rivers At Flood Stage; More Severe Weather Expected In Central U.S.
A new storm is expected to bring additional weather misery this week to areas struggling to recover from a relentless series of weekend storms and tornadoes.
February 28, 2018
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Property
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
12-Year-Old Killed, 4 Others Injured After House Explosion In Texas
A 12-year-old girl died and several others were injured after a natural gas explosion nearly leveled their Texas home early Friday morning. Officials said the explosion occurred around 6:30 a.m. at a home on Espanola Drive in Dallas.
February 26, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Life & Health
Property
Subrogation
Texas
Rockwall, Texas Homes Evacuated As Lake Swells From Heavy Rains
More than a dozen Rockwall homes were evacuated Thursday due to flooding from the heavy rain that has inundated North Texas and engorged Rockwall Lake.
February 23, 2018
Property
Texas
Texas Auto Fatalities Increased In 2017
According to information from the Texas Department of Transportation, more than 3,700 people were killed on Texas roadways last year marking a 10% increase in traffic deaths from the previous year. Traffic fatalities have continued to rise every year since 2010 marking a 34% increase in traffic deaths in the past seven years.
February 21, 2018
Auto
Liability
Texas
