Detached Trailer Wheel Flies Through Windshield, Killing Driver
One person died when the wheel of a trailer detached and crashed through a cars windshield Tuesday morning in West Dallas.
November 10, 2016
Auto
Liability
Texas
Seven Vehicles Involved In Fatal Wreck On San Antonio Interstate
Authorities are working to determine what caused an accident that ultimately killed one person Wednesday night. Slick roads "played a role" in the accident that shut down several lanes of I-10 Ramsgate Drive and Huebner Road around 6:30 p.m., a sergeant at the scene said.
November 10, 2016
Auto
Liability
Texas
$100 Million In Losses From Catastrophic El Paso Hailstorm
The Insurance Council of Texas has declared last Fridays hail storm in El Paso a "catastrophe," Mark Hanna, with the ICT, told ABC-7 Monday. Hannah said El Pasoans reported more than $100 million in losses and insurers are sending extra adjusters to El Paso.
November 8, 2016
Auto
Property
Texas
Texas Hospital Reaches Settlement With Nurse Infected With Ebola
A nurse who contracted the Ebola virus while treating the first person diagnosed with the deadly disease in the United States has reached a settlement with the Dallas hospital where she was in a team caring for the man, a statement on Monday said.
October 25, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Texas
Pilot Program Speeds Dispute Resolution For Texas DWC
The Texas Division of Workers Compensation is taking a promising pilot program statewide to help simplify and speed resolution of some disputes.
October 18, 2016
Risk Management
Workers' Compensation
Texas
Texas Named The Nations 2016 Most Severe Weather State
It has not been the Lone Star States year weather-wise. Mother Nature seems to have it in for Texas, for some strange reason.
October 13, 2016
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Texas
Plumbing Business Burns Day After Electrical Repairs
Heavy plumes of smoke rolled into the sky above a local plumbing business on Tuesday morning during a massive fire that took the life of the shops elderly owner.
October 5, 2016
Property
Subrogation
Texas
Satellite-Based Radar Confirms Injection Wells Caused Texas Quakes
Scientists used radar from satellites to show that five Texas earthquakes, one reaching magnitude 4.8, were caused by injections of wastewater in drilling for oil and gas. In 2012 and 2013, earthquakes five of them considered significant shook East Texas near Timpson.
September 23, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Churchs Chicken Worker Cooked By Grease When Floor Collapsed
A Texas woman is demanding $50 million for being "literally cooked" when a floor collapsed at a Churchs Chicken restaurant and covered her in boiling fryer grease.
September 19, 2016
Liability
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
Texas
School Bus Cameras Reveal Lots Of Drivers Passing Illegally
As students return to class,some school districts are releasing dramatic videos to highlight the dangers from drivers who fail to stop for school.
September 14, 2016
Liability
Texas
Flash Flood Watches Issued Ahead Of Newton For Southwestern U.S.
Tropical Storm Newton made landfall again early Wednesday morning in mainland Mexico on its path toward the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm could bring potentially dangerous rains to parts of the country.
September 7, 2016
Property
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
$23B In Debt, The NFIP Must Focus On Risk Mitigation, Not Rebuilding
More than 2,100 properties across the U.S. enrolled in the National Flood Insurance Program have flooded and been rebuilt more than 10 times since 1978, according to a new analysis of insurance data by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
September 2, 2016
Catastrophe
Property
Louisiana
South Carolina
Texas
Smart Meters A Fire Danger For Some Homeowners
Nearly every home and business in the metro have one. Kansas City Power & Light is at the tail end of a two and a half year project to install more than 700,000 smart meters across the metro. Its a small part of the billions of dollars utilities have invested in smart meters across the U.S.
August 30, 2016
Property
Subrogation
California
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
Nevada
Truck Carrying Takata Air Bag Inflators Causes Blast In U.S.
A truck transporting Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the embattled auto parts supplier said on Monday.
August 29, 2016
Auto
Liability
Property
Texas
Found On Road Dead? Ford Recalls 88K Cars For Stalling Issue
There are few things worse than having your relatively new car stall on you without warning. Thats why Ford is recalling nearly 90,000 vehicles with a defect that could leave your car dead and unable to restart in the middle of the road.
August 24, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California



