The Most Dangerous Roads In America
Highway 99 is the most dangerous roadway in America, according a new report released by ValuePenguin. From 2011 to 2015, Hwy. 99 saw 62.3 deadly crashes for every 100 miles, according to the consumer research companys report.
December 8, 2016
Auto
Liability
California
Florida
Texas
Hail Litigation, Driven By Storm-Chasing Lawyers, Is Taxing Texans
The Texas House Insurance Committee recently met to hear testimony on the impact of mass hail litigation - a surge driven by trial lawyers out for profit, a tort reform advocate argued during the assembly.
December 7, 2016
Legislation & Regulation
Litigation
Property
Texas
Two Cars Submerged In Flooded San Antonio Sinkhole
Multiple San Antonio firefighters engaged in a high water rescue operation in the 8400 block of Quintana Road on San Antonios Southwest Side after multiple cars got trapped in a sinkhole.
December 5, 2016
Auto
Liability
Texas
Cheerleader Bus Crash In West Texas Kills One, Injures Seven
Authorities say a woman was killed and seven others were injured when a semitrailer crashed into a bus carrying a group of West Texas high school cheerleaders.
December 5, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Texas State Senator Proposes Ridesharing Regulation
One local Texas state senator wants to put an end to the wide-range of rules in Texas for ridesharing. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) filed a bill Monday -- the first day of filing for the 84th Legislative Session -- to create a consistent regulation of services like Uber and Lyft across the state.
November 15, 2016
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Technology
Texas
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



