All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 21 2017 // As states institute opioid policies to address the opioid epidemic, a new study has found considerable decreases in the prevalence of longer-term dispensing of opioids to injured workers in a number of states studied.The...
Aug 21 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Rick Dudney of TCOR Management in New Braunfels to serve as chairman for 2017-2018 during IIAT’s 120th Annual Conference and Trade Show in Fort Worth.Dudney...
Aug 21 2017 // A former Texas insurance agent has been sentenced to five years in prison for insurance and identity theft fraud, according to state insurance regulators.Dermaine Clark of San Antonio also was ordered to pay more than...
Aug 21 2017 // 1. Dare to Break the Mold. We tend to hit a sweet spot of what works for us in agency management and stay there, focusing on the “sexier” sales side of the business. It’s fine to keep what works, but...
Aug 17 2017 // Texas insurance experts and meteorologists will be touring the Texas coast to inform the public about hurricane awareness and new legislation aimed at mitigating storm damage and related insurance costs.The Insurance...
Aug 16 2017 // Boca Raton, Fla.-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Primera Capital, headquartered in Dallas, Texas.Primera’s Anthony Davis and team have been offering both auto insurance and tax services...
Aug 14 2017 // Specialist insurance market Lloyd’s of London will host Lloyd’s Day Texas to welcome Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown to the United States. The event will be held in Dallas on Oct. 4, 2017, and in Houston on Oct....
Aug 11 2017 // Velocity Risk Underwriters is expanding its Texas insurance product offerings to include HO-3 for primary and secondary coastal homeowners.Velocity offers its A.M. Best “A” rated coastal homeowners programs in...
Aug 11 2017 // The Southwest region of USI Insurance Services (USI) appointed Joshua Glover as the property/casualty practice leader for North Texas. Glover will be based in USI’s Dallas office, reporting to Jack Wagner, USI...
Aug 9 2017 // CoreLogic has acquired Austin, Texas-based Myriad Development.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combined assets of Myriad’s automated underwriting platform with property data from CoreLogic will create a...
Aug 7 2017 // Texas is seeing a growing number of cases of typhus, a disease that was thought to be almost eradicated in the U.S.Texas Department of State Health Services data show there were more than 360 typhus cases in the state last...
Aug 7 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas ranks second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire.Using information from the 2010 U.S. Census, the study determined...
Aug 7 2017 // San Antonio-based managing general agent and excess and surplus (E&S) lines broker, McClelland and Hine Inc. (MHI), promoted Lisa Barnes to the position of chief operating officer, and named Amicia Hine president and...
Aug 7 2017 // Small employers in Texas may now get some flexibility in selecting and retaining the health benefit plan of their choosing for their employees following the passage of a bill in the regular session of the Texas...
Aug 7 2017 // Markel, State NationalMarkel Corp. will acquire Texas-based State National Companies Inc. for $919 million, a deal that the Virginia-based insurer and reinsurer said will help diversify its underwriting and revenue...
Aug 7 2017 // Market Detail: Low Rate Workers’ Comp (www.LowRateWorkComp.com) serves Florida and throughout the USA. Eligible classes have one or more employees with $400/week minimum payroll. Pay as you go workers’ comp,...
Aug 4 2017 // As states institute opioid policies to address the opioid epidemic, a new study has found considerable decreases in the prevalence of longer-term dispensing of opioids to injured workers in a number of states studied.The...
Aug 3 2017 // A West Texas land baron and oilman is on the verge of pumping 5.4 million gallons of water a day from far under the desert mountains here and piping it 60 miles to the nation’s most bountiful oil field, the Permian...
Aug 2 2017 // The wife and mother of a Texas man who died after a struggle with deputies in the Dallas County jail lobby filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force by four deputies and lack of training by the Dallas County Sheriff’s...
Aug 2 2017 // Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics.It’s a trend that’s...