Everything is big in Texas, including hailstorms. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said today that insurance claims for hail damage in Texas last year exceeded the previous two years combined.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tightened rules on where injury lawsuits may be filed, handing a victory to corporations by undercutting the ability of plaintiffs to bring claims in friendly courts in a case involving Texas-based BNSF Railway Co.

Ready-to-eat sausage from Armour Ekrich contains pork, turkey, beef, cheddar cheese… and maybe some metal pieces. Wait: One of those ingredients is definitely not part of a tasty breakfast. Over 90,000 pounds of the breakfast meat has been recalled for possibly containing some metal, though no injuries have been reported to date.

Residents in Austin County are still dealing with the aftermath of severe storms that caused major damage to homes and and businesses on Tuesday afternoon.

A firefighter died and two others were seriously injured battling a massive four-alarm shopping center fire in San Antonio, officials said Friday.

Motorcycle thefts are on the rise, and California, for the second year in a row, is the top state for stolen bikes. The annual theft report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows bike thefts rose 2% nationally in 2016.

Allstate has told collision repairers it will cease using its drive-in inspection stations in favor of its QuickFoto Claim photo estimating system within the Allstate app.

Texas insurance companies could soon find themselves facing fewer lawsuits relating to claims involving weather damage. The Texas House passed a bill discouraging homeowners insurance policyholders from filing lawsuits against their insurers in regard to claims involving flood, hurricane or hail damage, for example.

At least two people were killed and dozens of others injured Tuesday after suspected tornadoes tore through a mobile home park in Wisconsin and a subdivision in Oklahoma. None of the tornado reports have yet been confirmed by the National Weather Service.

A Houston jury awarded Prime Natural Resources Inc. $41.6 million in an insurance breach of contract dispute with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, over offshore oil facilities damaged by Hurricane Rita 12 years ago.

Gusty winds likely fueled a fire at a Christian school and childcare center in Mesquite Wednesday afternoon. Around 50 children and staff were evacuated as the fire quickly engulfed the school.

The skies above storm-damaged residences are poised to get busier this year. After several years of testing and building up capabilities, many major insurers are ready to deploy drones at claim time in order to collect crucial data for claims adjusting.

Authorities say at least four people have been killed and dozens more injured after a series of tornadoes left a trail of damage in three counties east of the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Saturday evening.

An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas this week charges Terry Lynn Anderson, 66, and Rocky Freeland Anderson, 36, of Dallas, with offenses related to their participation in an insurance fraud scheme, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

Wildfires are brutal, fast, and indiscriminate in the carnage they wreak. Yet, in some states, they’re so commonplace they have their own season.