All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2012 // A small East Texas town and the county where it’s situated will implement procedures aimed at stopping racial profiling to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses former officials of shaking down innocent...
Aug 6 2012 // Be prepared. That’s the message insurance agents, National Weather Service meteorologists and a bilingual public affairs spokesperson will bring to Texas coastal residents when they join the Insurance Council of...
Aug 6 2012 // Texas motorists filed the fewest number of complaints against their automobile insurance company since the records began at the Texas Department of Insurance in 1994, according to a TDI report issued Monday.Texas consumers...
Aug 6 2012 // Andy Webb of Watkins Insurance Group in Austin was named the André P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT).This award is given annually to a young agent who has achieved...
Aug 6 2012 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently was inundated by hundreds of emails regarding homeowner insurance rates, and the department was tasked with finding out why the majority of them were rejected by agency’s...
Aug 6 2012 // Because the duty to defend is one of the most important aspects of liability policies such as commercial general liability coverage, it is frequently the subject of litigation.One recent case from the Fifth Circuit Court...
Aug 1 2012 // Although the unemployment rate rose slightly in Texas in June 2012 compared with May 2012, the state still added nearly 13,000 nonfarm jobs during the month, state officials reported.Texas economy added 12,900 seasonally...
Jul 31 2012 // An Oklahoma-based horizontal drilling company faces up to $55,000 in penalties for safety violations at a drilling site in Jacksboro, Texas, federal officials say.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Jul 31 2012 // Midland, Texas-based CBIZ Stoltz has added Mollye Hillman as an account manager and Richard Howard has joined the company as an account executive.In their new roles, Hillman and Howard will contribute to the expansion of...
Jul 30 2012 // Prosecutors say a fourth man has pleaded guilty in a Texas-based insurance scam linked to a deadly New York tour boat accident.Investigators in Houston say Robert Steve Mills of Bonita Springs, Fla., pleaded guilty to...
Jul 27 2012 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that two member agencies — Duncan, Fraser & Bridges Insurance Agency Inc. (DFB) and Pinnacle Insurance Group Inc. — have grown through recent acquisitions totaling...
Jul 26 2012 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently was inundated by hundreds of emails regarding homeowner insurance rates, and the department now has the task of finding out why the majority of them were rejected by...
Jul 26 2012 // Becky Jackson of Austin, Texas, has been appointed by the Texas Department of Insurance to serve as a public representative member on the governing committee of the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association. Jackson was...
Jul 25 2012 // State authorities believe that a pickup truck’s front right tire came apart, likely causing the vehicle to veer off a rural highway and crash, killing 14 suspected illegal immigrants in South Texas.The truck packed...
Jul 25 2012 // Transocean and BP, trade associations, and U.S. regulators largely judged the safety of offshore facilities by focusing on routine personal injury and fatality data such as dropped objects and trips and falls when they...
Jul 24 2012 // A pickup truck overloaded with passengers veered off a highway and crashed into trees in rural South Texas on July 22, killing at least 13 people and leaving 10 injured, authorities said.Gerald Bryant, a spokesman for the...
Jul 23 2012 // An ex-school nurse in Central Texas upset about a poor evaluation has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting a campus building on fire.Mary Lucille Gutierrez pleaded guilty to criminal mischief of more than...
Jul 23 2012 // Agent Advocates“I am committed to insurance products and services being offered by licensed agents and brokers, not unlicensed navigators. Licensed agents and brokers are the front-line advocates for consumer...
Jul 23 2012 // Don Whitaker, president and owner of Whitaker Insurance Associates Inc. in San Antonio, has been named president-elect of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) for 2012-201. The association elected Pat Arthur,...
Jul 23 2012 // Agents Alliance ServicesJames King, CEO of Agents Alliance Services Ltd in Denton, Texas, announced that nine new agencies have joined the group during the first half of 2012. They are: Arcadia Insurance Agency LLC of...