The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a state law which governs how much money workers who are injured on the job can collect. The court ruled that an amendment to the Kansas Workers’ Compensation Act was constitutional because it did …
The body of a second worker killed in a power plant collapse in southern Ohio has been recovered, his employer said on Jan. 9. Relatives of 47-year-old Jamie Fitzgerald of Boyd County, Kentucky, had been notified of the removal of …
McGriff is has promoted Patrick Dessauer to regional insurance president for McGriff’s West Region. He will be based in McGriff’s Houston office. Dessauer replaces Doug Hodo who has announced his retirement. Dessauer, a 30-plus year veteran of the insurance brokerage …
A tornado swept through a portion of a city in suburban Houston, displacing about 500 people from a damaged apartment complex, officials said on Jan. 7. A strong storm swept through Texas City around 6 p.m. on Jan. 6, causing …
Deer Park, Texas, residents sheltered in place. The Houston Ship Channel shut down. Toxic chemicals spilled during Hurricane Harvey. And just last month, seven people were injured in a Corpus Christi fire. These are the incidents that some Texas lawmakers …
Five years after Texas legalized medical marijuana for people with debilitating illnesses, advocates and industry experts say the state’s strict rules, red tape and burdensome barriers to entry have left the program largely inaccessible to those it was intended to …
Dallas-based National Lloyds Insurance Co. (National Lloyds), a subsidiary of ReAlign Insurance Holdings Inc. (ReAlign), has rebranded as National Summit Insurance Co. (National Summit). The rebranding follows the completion of all regulatory approvals leading to the conversion of National Lloyds …
Lockton Companies’ Lockton Dunning Benefits has hired Jason Mahler FSA, Travis Brashear JD and Don Harrison, expanding its growing presence in the Houston market. All three executives will work closely with the firm’s clients across the nation to develop data-driven …
Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state’s business lobby that took effect Jan. 1, and that backers hope will lower the state’s hefty insurance premiums. …
A plane flying from Georgia crashed into a house in southeastern Michigan, killing the pilot and two people aboard, authorities said. Five people inside the two-story house were able to avoid injury in the crash on Jan. 2, but fire …