Insurers Feel Heat for Opposing Expanded Lifetime Benefits

The rising tide of support for injured and diseased first responders, now seen across the country, swelled through the Texas Capitol this week and smacked some insurance groups squarely in the face. Attorneys from the Texas Municipal League's risk pool, from a county government insurance pool, and from a national property and casualty association may not have expected the level of animus they ran into at a hearing the House Business and Industry Committee held Tuesday. The lawyers testified against some provisions in House Bill 3676, which would expand and clarify the definition of ...