5th Circuit: Windstorm Coverage Doesn’t Include Flood Damage An insurance policy that lists named windstorms among the covered perils doesn’t cover flood damages caused by Hurricane Harvey even... Read More
Texas Deep Freeze Lingers While Electrical Grid Holds Steady A bitter cold blast is gripping Texas in the wake of a winter storm, but the state’s power grid is... Read More
Terrebonne Levee System to Get $379 Million in Federal Money HOUMA, La. (AP)–A levee system that protects Terrebonne and parts of Lafourche from Gulf of Mexico hurricanes will receive $379... Read More
Feds: Worker Who Fell 50 Feet Didn’t Use Lifeline NEW ORLEANS (AP)–A worker on a crew replacing corroded grating on an oil platform wasn’t wearing his safety lifeline when... Read More
Appeals Court Clears The Hartford on Most BP Oil Spill Cleanup Workers’ Injury Claims Navigators Insurance, part of The Hartford, does not have to cover most medical and injury claims from 2,000 workers who... Read More
Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons of Diesel Near New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (AP)–A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just... Read More
5th Circuit: Insurer Has Duty to Defend Lawsuit Over Leaky Roof Despite Policy Exclusion Siplast Inc., a Dallas-area manufacturer of roof membranes, purchased a liability policy that excluded coverage for any damages to its... Read More
Ida Victims Move From Tent Camps to Trailers 4 Months Later SCHRIEVER, La. (AP)–More than four months after Hurricane Ida destroyed or did major damage to their houses, some Louisiana residents... Read More
Texas Insurers Sue ERCOT, Power Generators Over Damages From Deep Freeze A lawsuit filed by 131 insurance companies alleges that negligence by the organization that operates Texas’ electrical grid and power... Read More
Top Texas Shale Producers Hit by Quake-Driven Well Disposal Closures Some Texas shale oil and gas producers could lose as much as half of their wastewater disposal capacity in key... Read More