All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2013 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced the acquisition of Elsey & Associates, a $4.5 million revenue agency based in Spring, Texas. Terms of the transaction were...
Nov 5 2013 // Mike Gerik, executive vice president of the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Cos., has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT).Gerik, whose term as AFACT president runs for two...
Nov 4 2013 // The state of Texas and Farmers Insurance want to settle decade-old claims of overcharging and underserving customers for $117.5 million, which would be one of the largest insurance settlements in state history but less...
Nov 4 2013 // Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network has hired David Winans as associate director of sales development in the firm’s Plano, Texas, office. A 21-year veteran of the insurance industry, Winans...
Nov 4 2013 // Opponents of BP Plc’s $9.2 billion partial settlement of private-party claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are set to ask a U.S. appeals court to reverse a judge’s approval of the agreement.The...
Nov 4 2013 // A Texas lawmaker has asked the state insurance department to find ways to lower homeowners insurance rates.Texas has consistently been ranked, along with Florida and Louisiana, one of the three states with the highest...
Nov 1 2013 // Central Texas is mopping up after strong storms dumped more than a foot of rain in some areas and many homeowners likely will be hoping they have flood insurance in place to cover the damage.The National Weather Service...
Oct 31 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that the CompGroup AGC has earned a $651,166 workers’ compensation dividend. The dividend is based largely on group members’ collective workplace safety record. Qualifying...
Oct 31 2013 // A flash flood watch remains in effect for Central Texas counties today after torrential rains – up to 14 inches reported in some areas – flooded hundreds of homes overnight.Especially hard hit were southern...
Oct 30 2013 // A federal judge has sentenced the former president of a Port Arthur, Texas, chemical company to one year in prison for occupational safety crimes that led to an employee’s death. Matthew Lawrence Bowman is the former...
Oct 29 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a hearing on Oct. 30 to consider a petition by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to raise the maximum limits of liability for windstorm and hail insurance policies...
Oct 25 2013 // The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that a multi-agency law enforcement initiative, dubbed Operation Strong Safety, that targeted crime, unsafe commercial vehicles and unsafe driving practices has been...
Oct 25 2013 // People concerned about the lingering Texas drought have another tool to track water resources.The Texas Water Development Board has announced a new drought website. Officials say the site, unveiled Oct. 23, brings together...
Oct 25 2013 // A Central Texas medical group has notified Austin police about the theft of a laptop computer with personal data from patients.Officials with Seton Healthcare Family on Oct. 22 announced the theft and its commitment to...
Oct 23 2013 // A new review by the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office of old arson cases that might have relied on bad science has so far discovered three questionable convictions.But the effort has also drawn criticism from a West...
Oct 18 2013 // A Texas lawmaker has asked the state insurance department to come up with suggestions for ways to lower homeowners insurance rates in the state.Texas has consistently been ranked, along with Florida and Louisiana, one of...
Oct 18 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) has determined that the adjusted annual payroll requirement of an employer for the coverage of seasonal workers has increased from...
Oct 18 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TxOGA) has earned a $500,000 workers’ compensation dividend.“The Texas oil and gas industry is experiencing a resurgence, and our...
Oct 17 2013 // Bailey Insurance & Risk Management Inc. of Waco, Texas, announced that John Pegram has joined its team of commercial insurance agents. Pegram is a licensed attorney and received both his BBA and JD degrees from Baylor...
Oct 15 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a jury in Travis County found Ramco Group LLC guilty on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges.The district court ordered Ramco to pay restitution of $15,567, a $15,000...