All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 19 2016 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is taking a promising pilot program statewide to help simplify and speed resolution of some disputes.A pilot started last year splits up related claim issues so that a...
Oct 18 2016 // Some Texas troopers are giving up patrol cars and instead ride school buses in a child safety effort.The Texas Department of Public Safety says the plan is part of National School Bus Safety Week, which began Monday and...
Oct 17 2016 // Thousands of DWI convictions in North Texas could be jeopardized after the testimony of a state forensic scientist recently came under scrutiny, according to a newspaper report.Christopher Youngkin was involved in a 2013...
Oct 17 2016 // The owner of a Houston health clinic pled guilty to insurance fraud after billing for medical services – often provided to injured employees – despite having no licensed medical staff at the clinic, the Texas...
Oct 14 2016 // The Texas insurance regulators have fined human resources software startup, Zenefits, $550,000 for its past use of unlicensed health insurance brokers.The Texas Department of Insurance said YourPeople Inc., more commonly...
Oct 12 2016 // An Iowa company is recalling the cookie dough it sold to Blue Bell Creameries and other food companies because it may be contaminated with listeria bacteria.Dough-maker Aspen Hills notified customers about the recall on...
Oct 7 2016 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co.’s president and chief executive officer (CEO), Rich Gergasko, has been named the 2016 Best CEO of a large company in Central Texas by the Austin Business Journal.The ABJ has presented the...
Oct 7 2016 // The general counsel for the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT), Alex Gonzales, has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer for 2016 by Texas Monthly.Gonzales, with Winstead PC, has served as general counsel for...
Oct 6 2016 // Texas-based The Parks Group’s Lana Parks is this year’s recipient of the Richard M. Bouhan Legislative Advocacy Award from the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO).Parks serves as...
Oct 5 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” of Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co....
Oct 5 2016 // Texas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. and two of its Atlanta subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than $513 million to resolve criminal and civil claims accusing the chain of paying kickbacks to steer pregnant Medicaid...
Oct 3 2016 // Former NFL and University of Texas running back Cedric Benson has been sued by a woman who claims she and a dog she was walking were attacked by Benson’s two Rottweilers in July. Lynn Comegys claims she was walking...
Oct 3 2016 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) is alerting surplus lines insurance professionals in the state that due to the merger of Markel companies Essex Insurance Co. (Essex) into Evanston Insurance Co....
Oct 3 2016 // Evergreen, SheridanEvergreen Insurance & Risk Management, a Monsey, New York, based insurance brokerage for investment real estate, has acquired the assets of Sheridan & Co. Group LLC and T.J. Sheridan &...
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Sep 30 2016 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., announced it has accepted the Strategy Meets Action (SMA) Innovation in Action Award for its development of Safety in a Box, which uses virtual reality (VR)...
Sep 29 2016 // Shellie Granzow has joined the Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm, RHSB, as vice president of Personal Client Services and Private Client Practice Group. She brings with her an extensive background in...
Sep 29 2016 // Damaging hail storms and wide-spread flooding have caused record setting losses for both homes and automobiles this year in Texas, according to a state insurance trade group.This year’s insured losses for the first...
Sep 28 2016 // Two South Texas counties have been declared state disaster areas following late-summer heavy rain and flooding. Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 26 announced the disaster declarations for Atascosa and Wilson counties. The time...
Sep 26 2016 // ICW Group Insurance Companies has begun writing workers’ compensation four additional states—Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia.The San Diego-based company says the move bolsters its presence across the...