Tornadoes Confirmed Near Houston As Severe Weather Strikes Southeast Texas
A line of severe storms spawned at least six tornados, injured at least seven and caused damage in southeastern Texas Tuesday morning, including near the Houston metro area. In Van Vleck, Texas, recreational vehicles were flipped and structural damage was reported along a path approximately a mile long.
February 15, 2017
Property
Texas
Insurance Pro Sues Yahoo Over Massive Data Hacks
A Texas insurance agent is suing Yahoo over the fallout from two breaches of user data, alleging that his credit card data was stolen in the hacks. Last year, Yahoo announced that it had been the victim of two data breaches - one in 2014 that obtained details of at least 500 million accounts, and one the year before of more than a billion accounts.
February 10, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Technology
Texas
Speeding In Dense Fog Results In Major Accident Scene In San Antonio
The northbound lanes of Interstate 37 were shut down on the Southeast Side Wednesday after a major accident involving two 18 wheelers and up to 20 vehicles, according to authorities.
February 2, 2017
Auto
Liability
Texas
Insurance For Lady Gagas Halftime Show May Cost Over $100K
On February 5, Lady Gaga will headline the Super Bowl halftime show and will require a substantial event insurance policy for the performance. She intends to perform on top of the NRG Stadium cover dome in Houston.
January 31, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Texas
Flames Destroy Mosque In Southern Texas
Flames engulfed the Victoria Islamic Center, destroying the building in the predawn hours Saturday as congregation members watched from the curb, overcome with emotion.
January 30, 2017
Property
Texas
Marijuana Insurance Industry Is Taking Off Like Wildfire
This emerging market is rapidly growing strength throughout the United States with legalized cannabis. The marijuana insurance industry has exploded since certain forms and uses of medicinal cannabis received approval.
January 26, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
U.S. Roads Keep Getting More Dangerous
New government estimates project that for the second straight year, the United States will see the largest leap in motor vehicle fatalities in 50 years. In the first nine months of 2016, the Department of Transportation estimates that 27,875 people died in motor vehicle crashes.
January 18, 2017
Auto
Liability
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Severe Storms Leave Behind Damage In North Texas
Severe storms and at least two tornadoes left behind damage in several parts of North Texas. The powerful storm system unleashed strong winds, heavy rain and lightning after the sun went down Sunday evening.
January 17, 2017
Property
Texas
Straight-Line Wind, Possible Tornado Damage In Central Texas Counties
A strong thunderstorm that produced a tornado and strong wind gusts downed power-lines, trees, and caused damage to homes in Coryell, Bosque, and Hill Counties Sunday.
January 16, 2017
Property
Texas
San Antonio Home Sustains Major Fire Damage; A Tortoise Is At Fault
A 150-pound pet tortoise is being blamed for a fire that caused heavy damage to the home of a neighbor on the citys far Northwest Side.
January 12, 2017
Property
Subrogation
Weird
Texas
NOAA: U.S. Natural Disasters In 2016 Caused $46B In Damages
The United States experienced 15 "weather and climate disasters" last year - each with losses exceeding US$1 billion - for a total of US$46 billion, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported on Monday.
January 10, 2017
Auto
Property
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Severe Weather Damages Homes, Businesses In Louisiana
A storm system moving across the South has blown out skylights in a Wal-Mart in Marksville, Louisiana, sending water and glass cascading onto shoppers.
January 3, 2017
Property
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Abilene To Pursue Hailstorm Claims Through Intergovernmental Risk Pool
The Development Corporation of Abilene voted Wednesday to move forward with insurance claims related to property damage from the 2014 hailstorm.
December 22, 2016
Property
Texas
Houstons Explosive Growth Has Contributed To Increased Flood Risk
For the third time in eight years, water gushed into Virginia Hammonds northwest Houston home. It was 2 a.m. on April 18. Over the next several hours, her two granddaughters ages 12 and 15 perched on tables, scared to put their feet in the dark gray floodwater rising below them.
December 9, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Property
Texas
Study: Warming To Trigger 3 Times As Many Downpours In U.S.
Extreme downpours like those that flooded Louisiana, Houston and West Virginia earlier this year will happen nearly three times as often in the United States by the end of the century, and six times more frequently in parts of the Mississippi Delta, according to a new study.
December 8, 2016
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Delaware
District Of Columbia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi



