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Pandemic Liability Protection Act: Is SB 6 Working?
Nearly a year has passed since the Legislature enacted SB 6, which extends liability protections to health care providers and businesses from lawsuits related to COVID-19. Has the bill been successful in its policy objective to prevent a wave of litigation in Texas courts, primarily health care liability, premises liability, and employer-employee claims? -
REED SMITH LLP: Reed Smith expands premier State Tax practice in Texas with the addition of Danielle Ahlrich in Austin
Reed Smith expanded its nationally recognized state tax practice in the Lone Star State with the addition of Danielle Ahlrich, formerly a name partner at Martens, Todd, Leonard & Ahlrich. Ahlrich joins the firm’s Austin office. -
Texas appeals court upholds lower court on structured settlement claim
BEAUMONT -- A Texas appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling refusing to dismiss a lawsuit by an incapacitated man who sold his annuity payments to a structured settlement company. -
FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP: State Insurance Spotlight: Texas Department of Insurance Guidance Concerning COVID-19
State insurance departments across the country are continuing to provide guidance in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. -
Justices reverse order forcing Farmers to issue retroactive HO-B polices
BEAUMONT – A 17-year old lawsuit against Farmers Insurance has tumbled back down to the trial court where it originated, landing in the lap of a new district judge who must now decide what remedy, if any, is appropriate to address the insurer’s “improper non-renewal” of HO-B policies. -
Appeals court upholds chiropractor's penalty in insurance, medical fee dispute
AUSTIN – A Texas court of appeals has upheld a district court's ruling that affirms a Commissioner of Workers' Compensation's penalty of more than $20,000 ordered against a Texas chiropractor stemming from a medical fee dispute. -
TWIA policyholders will not be subject to a rate increase based on association’s annual rate filing for 2020 policies
AUSTIN - The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors voted not to increase rates for residential and commercial policies at their Aug. 6 quarterly meeting. TWIA will submit the 0 percent rate change filing with the Texas Department of Insurance by Aug. 15, as required by statute. -
Texas court backs Ace American Insurance in electric shock case
HOUSTON -- The Texas First District Court of Appeals affirmed July 9 a judgment for an insurance company facing a lawsuit from a man’s injuries that stemmed from electric shock. -
ICT honors Verle Petri with Raymond Mauk Leadership Award
AUSTIN - The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced Verle Petri, a long-time insurance executive and expert on Texas insurance regulation and policy, as this year’s 2019 Raymond Mauk Leadership Award recipient. -
Bertini busted for barratry
Mr. and Mrs. Bertini must not have warned their son, Christopher, about the dangers of hanging out with the wrong crowd. Either that or he forgot the lesson. -
Hail attorney indicted on charges of insurance fraud, barratry and money laundering
HOUSTON - A Galveston attorney is facing felony charges of insurance fraud, barratry, and money laundering related to several fraudulent hail claim lawsuits. -
LOCKE LORD LLP: Texas Department of Insurance Announces New Legislative Priorities
The Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) has released its 2018 Biennial Report to the 86th Texas Legislature. -
No damages awarded in worker’s comp case against BISD
BEAUMONT – No damages were awarded in a worker’s compensation lawsuit brought against the Beaumont Independent School District. -
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE: North Texas woman heading to prison for burning down the house
A Dallas woman with a history of filing 31 insurance claims against a dozen companies got burned when one turned out to be arson. -
Kent Livesay has lots of time to watch soap operas
“Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” -
Reinsurance expert: Biggest challenge in Texas is legal fraud, says HB 1774 a ‘fantastic step in the right direction’
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the legal fraud that ensues after every hailstorm or hurricane it seems. -
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE: Health care provider sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud
A Deer Park health care worker has been sentenced for falsifying workers’ compensation claims. -
Convicted hail attorney fingers three others in barratry scheme
Attorneys named by Kent Livesay deny being involved -- one says he's "full of crap." -
Texas Watch op-ed over lack of Harvey payouts sparks rebuttals, expert calls piece the ‘same old rhetoric’
HOUSTON – In May, Texas Watch, a self-labeled consumer advocacy group, released an opinion piece arguing an “assault waged by insurance companies” in the state legislature has left many Hurricane Harvey victims still unable to resume their lives eight months later. -
Harvey Insurance Claims Should Top $19 Billion
Albert Betts, executive director for the Insurance Council of Texas, says Texans are being harmed by misinformation and half-truths about their recovery.