All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2015 // For the majority of hunters November is the start of deer hunting season in Texas and the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) wants to remind drivers to be careful to avoid collisions with deer. Tragically, more than 100...
Nov 3 2015 // All-Star Insurance Group Inc., a full service independent insurance agency headquartered in Gilmer, Texas, has added Greg Burch as a health/ life insurance agent.Burch will be located in All-Star Insurance Group’s...
Nov 3 2015 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder-owned workers’ compensation insurer, announced a dividend of $721,113 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers (LSA) safety group.The dividend was earned based on the group...
Nov 2 2015 // The death toll rose to six in Texas as more bodies were recovered on Oct. 31 after another band of strong storms and heavy rain spawned three tornadoes and dangerous flooding in the waterlogged state.It was the second day...
Nov 2 2015 // Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has denied a request by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to increase limits of liability for residential and commercial properties it covers along the Texas...
Nov 2 2015 // The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) will raise some rates and lower some for private passenger and commercial automobile insurance next year, the Texas Department of Insurance announced.A recently...
Oct 30 2015 // The Texas incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses in private industry decreased to 2.4 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2014, down from 2.6 in 2013, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
Oct 30 2015 // Larger, more threatening wildfires are occurring at greater rates as Texas faces lingering drought, consistent development — driven by millions of new residents and the spread of outlying suburbs — and changes in how...
Oct 29 2015 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) announced it is simplifying communications with new business phone number listings and an upgraded telecommunication system.The new system will be in place Oct. 30, but to...
Oct 29 2015 // A top state fire official says the changing landscape of Texas, driven by millions of new residents and the spread of exurbia, has coincided with an unprecedented wave of large wildfires that are occurring more...
Oct 28 2015 // Two North Texas men, one of whom is a licensed insurance agent, have been sentenced to five-year prison terms and must repay nearly $2.4 million solicited in a Ponzi scheme, according to U.S. Attorney John Parker of the...
Oct 27 2015 // McKinney, Texas-based GDP Advisors has acquired The Insurance Connection of Texas (ICT).Located in Frisco, Texas, ICT has been owned and operated by Lori and Chris Gardner and specializes in general/commercial liability,...
Oct 27 2015 // Texas lawyer Mikal Watts has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Mississippi for allegedly filing false claims for thousands of Vietnamese fishermen seeking damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to...
Oct 26 2015 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has increased for 2016 the adjusted annual payroll requirement of an employer for the coverage of seasonal workers from $54,229 to $54,359. This is an increase of .24...
Oct 26 2015 // Drenching storms that the remnants of Hurricane Patricia dragged into Texas finally cleared on Oct. 25 without leaving behind the death or devastation of torrential rain and floods that hit the state earlier in the...
Oct 26 2015 // Officials say a Central Texas wildfire that burned 7-square-miles is 100 percent contained and under control.Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape said that with the widespread rainfall in the area, the fire has been contained....
Oct 26 2015 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), the state created insurer of last resort for 14 coastal counties and parts of Harris County, reports that nearly 14,000 claims were filed after violent spring thunderstorms...
Oct 22 2015 // Residents forced from their homes by a 7-square-mile Central Texas wildfire have been allowed to return to the evacuation zone — some to return to their homes, some to count their losses.The Texas A&M Forest Service...
Oct 22 2015 // Most Texas homeowners are unprotected when it comes to flood damage, a state insurance trade group says. Less than 25 percent of Texas homeowners carry flood insurance despite the risks of massive downpours that could...
Oct 21 2015 // The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) will raise some rates and lower some for private passenger and commercial automobile insurance, effective Feb. 1, 2016, the Texas Department of Insurance announced.A...