All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 17 2011 // On July 3, 2011, while returning to their home in Houston, Texas, from an annual family road trip to Colorado, the Berry family found themselves victims of a tragic, fatal car accident.The Berry family’s minivan,...
Nov 17 2011 // Seven family members, including a former Hidalgo County district court probation officer, have been convicted for their roles in a $3 million scheme to defraud American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac).In a news...
Nov 16 2011 // If you live in Texas, Illinois or Ohio, you’re more likely to experience a cooking fire on Thanksgiving Day than those in other states.That’s according to claims data from Illinois-based State Farm Insurance....
Nov 16 2011 // Insurance and risk management students at four Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $40,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation.The students attend St....
Nov 16 2011 // A Texas appeals court reinstated a couple’s lawsuit against animal shelter that accidentally euthanized their 8-year-old dog, ruling that they can sue to recover the sentimental value of their pet.Randy Turner, the...
Nov 15 2011 // The passage of a bill addressing late filing of surplus lines policies in the 2011 Texas legislative session was a victory for surplus lines professionals in the state. Senate Bill 1806 was backed by the Texas Surplus...
Nov 15 2011 // Susan Gropp has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Gropp, executive vice president of Arcana Insurance Services in Dallas, was installed as president of the association for the coming year...
Nov 10 2011 // IBTX Risk Services is moving its Dallas/Fort Worth office location to the Las Colinas Corporate Center II in Irving, Texas. The Nov. 18 move will provide a facility upgrade from the firm’s previous location and offer...
Nov 10 2011 // The Federation of Insurance Women of Texas, or FIWT, has installed new officers for 2012. Newly elected officers are: President Conya Harris, of Johnston Fiss Insurance; President-elect JoAnna Ringel, Bliss and Glennon;...
Nov 9 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has begun distributing about $1.5 million in workers’ compensation dividends among approximately 2,800 new policyholders.The early-qualifier dividends represent the final...
Nov 7 2011 // A Texas state lawmaker on Nov. 3 used a Jewish slur during a legislative committee hearing while telling officials not to delay or cheat people out of legitimate property insurance claims.Rep. Larry Taylor, of Friendswood,...
Nov 7 2011 // A Texas man has been ordered to serve more than seven years in prison and repay nearly $583,000 after pleading guilty to a fraud scheme.A federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Timothy Fry of Amarillo, who admitted to money...
Nov 7 2011 // Company Name State of Speciality 2010 TOTAL DPW Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 596,191 Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 575,100 SAIF Corporation OR 327,373 St. Johns Insurance Co. Inc. FL 257,106 Brickstreet...
Nov 7 2011 // Jim Buckley, IAS Claim ServicesJim Buckley & Associates of Anaheim, Calif. has been purchased by IAS Claim Services. Jim Buckley, a regional adjusting firm, which also operated under the name JBA Insurance Adjusters,...
Nov 7 2011 // The Doctors Co., FPICMedical liability insurer The Doctors Co. completed its previously-announced acquisition of FPIC Insurance Group Inc., a major provider of health care liability insurance in Florida, Texas, Georgia and...
Nov 7 2011 // The narrative of Andre Urena’s life is told in a series of lessons, many handed down from his peasant-turned-bank president father Alvaro. His father died in December-but not before having a heavy hand in shaping his...
Nov 7 2011 // Jim Donelon has been re-elected commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, on Oct. 22 defeated Democrat Donald Hodge. Donelon has been insurance commissioner since...
Nov 7 2011 // The Doctors Co., FPIC InsuranceMedical liability insurer The Doctors Co. has completed its previously-announced acquisition of FPIC Insurance Group Inc., a major provider of health care liability insurance in Florida,...
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Nov 4 2011 // BP Products North America Inc. will pay the state of Texas $50 million for unlawfully emitting pollutants during and after a March 2005 explosion at the company’s Texas City refinery, according to the Texas Attorney...