All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2012 // A former North Texas insurance salesman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and must repay more than $9.3 million in a fraud case.Federal prosecutors in Dallas say 76-year-old Robert Hague-Rogers of Frisco wrongly...
Oct 29 2012 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property has paid out more than $1.2 billion in individual litigation costs related to Hurricane Ike, which struck in 2008, one state lawmaker says.Information released by...
Oct 26 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Wes Bailey, president of Bailey Insurance & Risk Management Inc. in Waco, as its newest Trusted Choice Hometown Hero.The Hometown Hero program recognizes...
Oct 24 2012 // With today’s opening of a 40-mile stretch of a Central Texas toll road, officials and residents will be watching to see how fast traffic goes — and whether the state’s drivers can handle the extra speed.The...
Oct 24 2012 // A West Texas jury has awarded $11 million to a man who was injured by a pipe casing that fell from an oilfield elevator. The verdict in favor of Eliazar Trevino Jr. was announced Oct. 22 after a week-long civil trial in...
Oct 24 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb” from “a-” of Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co. (Columbia Lloyds) and its...
Oct 23 2012 // Linda T. Hummel has been named president of the Employer Group Division for Humana Inc. in Texas.A 22-year veteran with Humana, Hummel will be responsible for the overall management and strategic planning for...
Oct 23 2012 // About a dozen patients a year in Texas are billed by state hospitals for psychiatric care they were ordered to undergo by courts, a practice that has rankled criminal defendants committed to a hospital against their will,...
Oct 23 2012 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co., working in partnership with Care Providers Insurance Services, announced today that the Social Service Agencies of Texas (SSA) safety group has earned a $280,638 dividend.The workers’...
Oct 23 2012 // As the Texas State Fair came to a close Sunday, one big mascot’s absence continues to loom large over the fairgrounds.Big Tex, the towering, cowboy-hat-wearing icon of the State Fair for 60 years, went up in flames...
Oct 22 2012 // Powter Insurance Inc. has acquired Jordan and Jordan Insurance Group, of Frisco, Texas. Jordan and Jordan Inc., which will continue to operate separately under its current structure, operates both commercial insurance and...
Oct 22 2012 // Mission Select Insurance ServicesA new managing general agency — Mission Select Insurance Services LLC — has been formed in Texas with a focus on residential property. Mission Select, based in Argyle, was formed with...
Oct 22 2012 // TWFGTexas-based The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) announced a substantial expansion of its network, adding new branches in multiple states, from California to Virginia. Many of the new branch managers are former...
Oct 19 2012 // Not even the legal equivalent of a fastball under the chin could stop a Texas pipeline builder from clearing acres of brush that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett claims is critical habitat for the endangered...
Oct 19 2012 // Federal health officials say a Dallas, Texas-based meat distributor is recalling about 8,200 pounds of beef and pork products because they weren’t inspected and were improperly labeled.The U.S. Department of...
Oct 18 2012 // Oil has long lived in harmony with farmland and cattle across the Texas landscape, a symbiosis nurtured by generations and built on an unspoken honor code that allowed agriculture to thrive while oil was extracted.Proud...
Oct 17 2012 // Texas employers are seeing a major reduction in workers’ compensation insurance premiums, an insurance trade group reports.The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) says reforms in House Bill 7, passed in 2005, and...
Oct 14 2012 // One of the most fascinating aspects of writing about insurance litigation is that often issues that we discuss seem to be “finally” decided, only to reappear again.For instance, previously for Insurance Journal...
Oct 10 2012 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has received a financial strength rating of “A” (excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” from A.M. Best Co.A.M. Best also assigned the outlook of stable...
Oct 10 2012 // Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) has announced a substantial expansion of its network, adding new branches in multiple states, from California to Virginia.Many of the new branch managers are former...