Does man’s best friend have sentimental value under Texas law? That’s the question the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday will tackle in a case being closely watched by animal-rights advocates. It involves a Fort Worth family whose Labrador escaped from …
Texas workers’ compensation system regulators report that 56 insurance carriers have been deemed high performers in the system. Announcing the results of the fourth Insurance Carrier Performance Based Oversight assessment Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) said …
Premium on policies reported to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas in 2012 totaled more than $4 billion, a record volume SLSOT reported. This represented an increase of $767 million over 2011, a rise of nearly 24 percent. Premium …
Texas recorded seven catastrophic weather events in 2012 that resulted in $2.3 billion in insured losses. The Dallas/Fort Worth area received the brunt of the damage from tornadoes and hail storms that occurred in April and June. The multiple tornadoes …
Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching basketball and volleyball games. But come hurricane season, the structure that resembles a miniature version of the …
The Department of Veterans Affairs will conduct a mortality study to track causes of death for veterans, creating a database that could be used to evaluate services provided to veterans. The department’s decision came two months after an Austin American-Statesman …
Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety have fired from helicopters five times in the past two years, disabling one vehicle. The Austin American-Statesman reported its findings Saturday. The newspaper says the information came from records obtained through a …
A dust storm in West Texas triggered a series of accidents Wednesday that killed one person, injured at least 17 others and led authorities to close part of Interstate 27 north of Lubbock, a spokesman with the Texas Department of …
More Texans crash their cars during the holiday season than any other time of the year, according to an Allstate Insurance Company review of its claims data over the five year period between 2006 and 2010. The number of auto …
Advocates for sobriety checkpoints in Texas are aiming to convince state lawmakers next year to crack down harder on drunk drivers. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Texas continues to lead the nation in drunken-driving deaths. Of the more than …