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Violent thunderstorms packing winds up to 90 miles per hour struck a six-county area southeast of Dallas early on April 24 causing thousands of windstorm claims, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. One fatality occurred in Van Zandt County from a house fire caused by lightning.

Texas counties reporting multiple Texas homeowners insurance windstorm claims were Henderson, Van Zandt, Kaufman, Limestone, Wood and Navarro..

Claims rose after five consecutive weeks of declines. The U.S. jobless rate remains unchanged at 9.7 percent, but the 4-week rolling average in the number of initial claims rose by 2,250 to 450,250...

Wanda C. Rohm, the retired former owner of a San Antonio print shop, is skeptical of promises that the new federal health law will help small employers.

Her skepticism is hard won. A decade ago, she experienced a small-business owner's nightmare: A key manager suffered a health crisis, the print shop's health insurance premiums skyrocketed as a consequence, and Rohm's employees abandoned their group health plan...