All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2019 // Texas officials say a federal disaster declaration has been granted for six Southeast Texas counties that sustained severe flooding caused last month by the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda.Gov. Greg Abbott says the...
Oct 7 2019 // Jeff Marchino has joined McKinney, Texas-based insurance services firm BevCap Management as executive vice president.Marchino brings more than 25 years of professional experience in employee benefits. His extensive...
Oct 7 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance, Rider Insurance CompanyPlymouth Rock Assurance has agreed to expand its investment in the motorcycle insurance segment with the acquisition of Rider Insurance Company, subject to regulatory...
Oct 3 2019 // Reported Texas surplus lines premium through the first three quarters of 2019 reached $5.35 billion, a 16.15% increase over the same period in 2018, according to the Surplus Line Stamping Office of Texas...
Oct 2 2019 // Austin-based workers’ compensation carrier, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is offering a grant of $5 million for policyholders affected by Tropical Storm Imelda. The grant is intended to support the recovery of business...
Oct 1 2019 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), along with insurance industry partners First Alert, Travelers Insurance, State Farm Insurance, Hochheim Prairie and the Association of Fire & Casualty Companies in Texas, will...
Oct 1 2019 // Two state officials are optimistic that southeast Texans whose homes were flooded by Tropical Storm Imelda will qualify for federal aid. And since it could be weeks before the destruction is fully inventoried, many leaders...
Sep 27 2019 // Emergency officials say several airplanes have been destroyed in a hangar fire at a small airport in North Texas. Fire officials say no one was hurt in a blaze at Caddo Mills Municipal Airport, about 35 miles (56.32...
Sep 27 2019 // Frank Castro, a producer at Giddings, Texas-based independent insurance agency, The Nitsche Group, has been elected to the Austin Contractors & Engineers Association’s (ACEA) board of directors as...
Sep 26 2019 // Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Imelda triggered the release of about 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms) of toxic air pollutants from chemical plants and refineries in Southeast Texas, state environmental records...
Sep 26 2019 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is alerting agents about an important, upcoming change to the policy conditions that determine how covered losses are settled.Current law says the type of loss settlement —...
Sep 25 2019 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended a drought disaster declaration to numerous counties in the state. The counties are deemed to be in exceptional drought due to significantly low rainfall and prolonged dry conditions that...
Sep 25 2019 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) reports that working to implement new laws that change how TWIA does business and serves policyholders.The association recently issued the following update on a few...
Sep 25 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has promoted four staff members to new positions and hired a new director of internal audit.TDI selected Arby Gonzales as the agency’s new Internal Audit director. Gonzales comes...
Sep 25 2019 // Women are quicker to take cover or prepare to evacuate during an emergency, but often have trouble convincing the men in their life to do so, suggests a new University of Colorado Boulder study of how gender influences...
Sep 24 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has created a new division to focus exclusively on the complex issues facing health insurance and selected Richard Lunsford as the deputy commissioner of the new Life and Health...
Sep 23 2019 // Steve Nichols, manager of Workers’ Compensation Services at the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), is moving on to pursue other opportunities, the insurance trade organization reports.Nichols has been with ICT for 19...
Sep 23 2019 // The widespread damage brought to the Houston area by one of the wettest tropical cyclones in U.S. history came into broader view Saturday, as floodwaters receded to reveal the exhausting cleanup effort that lies ahead for...
Sep 23 2019 // Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she has six days a week for the last seven years. But she delivers less mail these days as California’s...
Sep 20 2019 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) board of directors announced that SLTX Executive Director Norma Essary will separate from employment, effective Oct. 17, 2019. The board voted Sept. 17 to relieve Essary of...