All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 18 2019 // Between 2015 and 2017, Texas experienced a record number of tornadoes, hailstorms and a hurricane, but the state finally got a reprieve from all of the destructive weather in 2018, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT)...
Jan 17 2019 // Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Insurance Co. is now offering workers’ compensation insurance to small, mid-size, and large businesses in Texas.This marks the fourth major expansion by the...
Jan 17 2019 // Roman E. Bernal has joined AXA XL’s broker and client management team in Houston as client distribution leader for the US South Central region, reporting to Wayne Speeg, US South Central regional leader.Bernal will...
Jan 15 2019 // While not making any specific recommendations to lawmakers regarding the licensing of building and roofing contractors, the Texas Department of Insurance noted in its 2018 Biennial Report to the Legislature that the...
Jan 15 2019 // Penni Nelson has been named president of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) for 2019, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) announced. Nelson is a member of the...
Jan 11 2019 // A freight train derailment in the center of a small North Texas town sent freight cars smashing into a resident’s backyard. The 9:30 a.m. Jan. 9 smashup in downtown Aubrey, Texas, involved a Union Pacific train of...
Jan 11 2019 // In its 2018 Biennial Report, the Texas Department of Insurance has recommended that lawmakers delete from state statute references to classification relativities as an alternative basis for workers’ compensation...
Jan 10 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance in its 2018 Biennial Report to the legislature has recommended amending state law to permit more flexibility in time limits for handling and resolving claims and disputes brought to the...
Jan 9 2019 // In its 2018 Biennial Report, the Texas Department of Insurance made several recommendations to the legislature regarding issues the agency believes are worth looking at by lawmakers in the 2019 legislative session.One, at...
Jan 7 2019 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported that the state recorded $6.08 billion in excess and surplus insurance premium for 2018, representing an 11.4 percent growth over 2017.Certain coverages have...
Jan 7 2019 // The Texas Legislature meets every two years, so when state lawmakers are in Austin, they have a lot to deal with. That’s unlikely to change when the 140-day 86th Legislature’s regular session convenes on Jan....
Jan 7 2019 // Caution Advised“I encourage New Yorkers to exercise caution when disclosing sensitive personal information.” — New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood warned in a press release announcing that a...
Jan 7 2019 // Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, CaliforniaJacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable book of business in...
Jan 4 2019 // The Trump administration is sitting on billions of dollars intended to help vulnerable cities and states prepare for extreme weather, prompting growing criticism from state officials worried about the next storm season.In...
Jan 3 2019 // Indiana regulators are seeking a more than $12,000 fine against a Texas trucking company accused of causing a fish kill in eastern Indiana.The Indiana Department of Environmental Management recently issued a notice of...
Jan 2 2019 // Officials in Texas say more than 50 people were evaluated for medical care after a massive multi-car pileup in foggy weather early on Jan. 1. The pileup involved 32 vehicles — two of them semitrucks — just an hour...
Dec 31 2018 // New rules for the Texas surplus lines insurance industry are coming into effect at the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019.According to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX), one of the most pressing changes...
Dec 31 2018 // In a conference room 13 miles from Paradise, California, Doug Boxer explains to survivors of the state’s worst wildfire why they should choose his law firm to sue PG&E Corp.He walks a fine line between listening...
Dec 31 2018 // At first glance it might seem that 2018 was a “slow news” year in the South Central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. After all, the region escaped the devastation of a major hurricane, and...
Dec 28 2018 // A Galveston, Texas, attorney is facing felony charges of insurance fraud, barratry, and money laundering related to several fraudulent hail claim lawsuits, the Texas Department of Insurance announced.Christopher Bertini...