Vehicle Lands In Homes Pool After Collision
A car wound up in an Arlington homes swimming pool after a two-vehicle wreck Wednesday. The person inside the tan Nissan Sentra that went front end-first into the pool was able to get out of the car with help.
August 24, 2017
Auto
Liability
Texas
Hurricane Could Hit Texas For 1st Time Since 2008 As Harvey Takes Aim
Texans are filling sandbags, stocking up on water and boarding up windows ahead of Tropical Storm Harvey, a system that could develop into a hurricane by Friday.
August 24, 2017
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Texas
Gulf Coast Faces Dangerous Flood Threat From Tropical Storm Harvey
The remnants of what was once Tropical Storm Harvey will become a tropical storm or hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and will bring dangerous flooding rain to areas near the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast into the weekend or early next week.
August 23, 2017
Auto
Property
Louisiana
Texas
Citizen Advocacy Group Wants Auto Insurers To Be Investigated For Steering
Texas Watch, a non-partisan citizen advocacy organization, has asked the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to investigate the insurance industrys "corner cutting automobile repairs."
August 16, 2017
Auto
Risk Management
Texas
Texas Municipal Airport Damaged By Downburst Wind
Crews are working to clean up the Dalhart Municipal Airport after severe winds caused massive damage. Winds reaching up to 78 miles per hour blasted the airport, destroying one hangar and several planes.
August 15, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Texas
Early-Season Storms One Indicator Of Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Ahead
Today NOAA issued the scheduled update for its 2017 hurricane season outlook. Forecasters are now predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and they increased the predicted number of named storms and major hurricanes. The season has the potential to be extremely active, and could be the most active since 2010.
August 10, 2017
Catastrophe
Property
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Heavy Rains Wallop Houston Area, Causing Widespread Flooding
Heavy rains that caused flooding in some parts of the Houston area and prompted about two-dozen water rescues on Tuesday seemed to have let up, but with more rain expected authorities remain on guard and residents should stay prepared, officials said.
August 9, 2017
Auto
Property
Texas
Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Weather Advisories For Houston Area
It was a messy commute for many drivers who woke up to flooded roads early Tuesday.
As of 8:55 a.m. most of the heavy rain moved out of the Houston area, but KHOU 11 Meteorologist Chita Craft warns more rain is on the way. Theres a 40 percent rain chance on Wednesday, mainly in the morning hours.
August 8, 2017
Property
Texas
As of 8:55 a.m. most of the heavy rain moved out of the Houston area, but KHOU 11 Meteorologist Chita Craft warns more rain is on the way. Theres a 40 percent rain chance on Wednesday, mainly in the morning hours.
CargoNet: Cargo Theft Down Significantly In Second Quarter
California remains the nations hotspot for cargo theft with Texas in second place - but overall, incidents of hijacked loads are down, compared to the same period last year.
August 1, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
California
Texas
Man Indicted For Insurance Scams Involving Aircraft, Autos And A Boat
The pilot of a Beech Baron involved in a highly publicized ditching in the Gulf of Mexico in 2012 has been indicted for insurance fraud. Theodore Wright and two other men, Shane Gordon and Raymond Fosdick, have been charged with several counts as part of a larger investigation that also involved an old Citation, an exotic car and a boat.
July 31, 2017
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Fraud
Marine
Texas
NHTSA Expands Investigation Of Possible Carbon Monoxide Leaks In Ford Explorers
A major development resulting from an ongoing CBS News investigation could affect more than one million Ford Explorer owners. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the number of complaints and injuries related to possible carbon monoxide leaks is much higher than previously thought.
July 28, 2017
Auto
Liability
Litigation
California
Texas
Insurance Fraud Charge For Texan Who Ditched BMW In Mexico
Police arrested a Harlingen man nearly nine months after they say he committed insurance fraud, according to a news release from the Harlingen Police Department. Police arrested Arnulfo Celis III, 48, on Tuesday after arrest warrants were issued, stemming from an October 2016 report.
July 26, 2017
Auto
Fraud
Texas
Dallas Body Shop Sued For Defective Repairs On Insured Vehicle
A Dallas couple suffered crushing injuries in a car accident because John Eagle Collision Center allegedly cut insurance costs by using glue instead of welding a cars metal structure together according to a defective repair lawsuit against the Dallas auto body shop .
July 25, 2017
Auto
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Proposal Addresses Causation, Multiple Conditions In Workers Comp Claims
A bill presented to lawmakers in Texas on Wednesday aims to tackle the murky issue of causation in workers compensation.House Bill 233, sponsored by Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, calls for medical causation narrative reports to be paid for by insurers when they dispute a correlation between one condition and that which is directly related to the workplace injury.
July 24, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
Texas
Coffee With Viagra-Like Ingredient Recalled After FDA Discovery
Albert Yee said the coffee is everywhere you look in the densely packed vendor stalls along avenues in Malaysian cities: an instant mix with a natural ingredient similar to whats found in Viagra that helps men with erectile dysfunction. And Yee wanted a piece of the action.
July 21, 2017
Life & Health
Texas



