All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 9 2013 // Starr Companies said it has appointed Eleanor Kitzman as vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings Inc. Kitzman will have regulatory, management and operational responsibilities across the company’s domestic and...
Dec 9 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has sent a reminder to Texas workers’ compensation system participants that insurance carriers, including their agents, are prohibited from...
Dec 6 2013 // Alice Walton, the billionaire daughter of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. founder Sam Walton, has had a 2011 arrest in Texas for suspected drunken driving cleared from her record after prosecutors declined to press formal charges.The...
Dec 6 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. joined efforts in December to collect food and money for the Capital Area Food Bank located in Austin, Texas.Food and money were...
Dec 5 2013 // The insurance company Geico plans to open a claims center in suburban Houston that will employ up to 1,000 people.The company announced that the positions will range from entry-level to what Geico describes as...
Dec 5 2013 // Austin-based workers’ compensation insurance provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has named Woody Hill its vice president of loss prevention.Hill will oversee the company’s ongoing initiative to deliver...
Dec 3 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has proposed rules relating to federal health insurance exchange navigators.The rules propose criminal background checks, privacy training, proof of identity and evidence of...
Dec 3 2013 // The Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG has acquired Ward Business Insurance, located in the Kingwood/Humble, Texas area.TWFG’s proprietary agency systems will be installed into Ward Business and the company will merge into...
Dec 3 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance has posted information and brief summaries of selected bills enacted during the 83rd Legislative regular session that relate to property/casualty insurance.The bills listed may require...
Dec 2 2013 // Gilmer, Texas-based independent insurance agency, Williams Insurance Agency, announced it has opened a second location in Diana, Texas. Williams Insurance Agency is one of the seven professional independent insurance...
Dec 2 2013 // Michelle Raue has joined State Auto’s Western Region in Austin, Texas, as claims regional manager. Raue assumes responsibility and oversight for the local execution of the group’s claims strategy, claims...
Dec 2 2013 // More than 4.5 million U.S. households are at high or extreme risk from wildfire, according to new analysis by Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting, a unit of Verisk Analytics.The analysis identified the number...
Dec 2 2013 // The primary windstorm insurer for Texas coastal properties won’t be raising limits of liability next year for property it covers.Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathgeber has denied a request by the Texas Windstorm...
Dec 2 2013 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of new officers and directors at its annual meeting in Austin on Nov. 11.Lorrie Cheshier, vice president/branch manager at McClelland & Hine Inc. in San...
Nov 26 2013 // Gilmer, Texas-based All-Star Insurance Group Inc., a full service, independent insurance agency, has opened a new office inside First National Bank in Pittsburg, Texas.All-Star Insurance has appointed Jackson Boyd of...
Nov 26 2013 // The University of Alabama opened a new football-training center last February. Any professional team would be happy to have it. The amenities include a $9 million weight room, a hydrotherapy pool with a Club Med–style...
Nov 25 2013 // Gilmer, Texas-based independent insurance agency, All-Star Insurance Group Inc., announced it has opened an office in Diana, Texas.All-Star Insurance has appointed Jeremy Dreesen of Jefferson as the managing agent for the...
Nov 20 2013 // Service Lloyds Insurance Co., based in Austin, Texas, announced that G. Steven Collier has been named the company’s director of underwriting and Jan Kearbey has been named director of marketing.Collier is a...
Nov 20 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Terrance Hopkins of Tyler on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Hopkins to one year of deferred...
Nov 19 2013 // The Texas incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses in private industry was 2.7 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2012, below the national rate of 3.4, the Texas Department of Insurance – Division...