All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2011 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) presented its highest award to Danny Saenz of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Saenz, who serves as Deputy Commissioner of the Financial Services Division...
Nov 4 2011 // As part of its expansion into the Texas marketplace, Louisiana-based Regional Insurance Services Co. (RISCOM) has hired Claire Tabor as Texas business director. Headquartered in Shreveport, La., RISCOM is a commercial...
Nov 3 2011 // Ten south Texas residents have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud the American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac) by filing false injury claims under Aflac’s Accident-Only...
Nov 3 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Vermont-based captive Prism Assurance, Ltd., both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
Nov 2 2011 // Five insurance scholarships have been awarded to members of the Federation of Insurance Women of Texas (FIWT). The scholarships are for CIC and CISR programs presented by the National Alliance for Insurance Education &...
Oct 28 2011 // Transportation specialist Barbara Klingman has joined the Dallas office of Swett & Crawford as an underwriter in the Transportation Practice Group. She joins the firm from Deep South Surplus where she managed both new...
Oct 27 2011 // A Texas man has been ordered to serve more than seven years in prison and repay nearly $583,000 over investment fraud.A federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Timothy Fry of Amarillo. Fry in July pleaded guilty to money...
Oct 26 2011 // Lawmakers working on the next Farm Bill need to find an effective way to provide aid to farmers affected by natural disasters, increase funding for agricultural research and continue important conservation programs,...
Oct 25 2011 // Attorneys for the state are set to defend Texas’ business tax.Claims that it violates the Texas Constitution are part of a case that began Oct. 24 in the Texas Supreme Court. A Boerne insurance adjustment firm,...
Oct 24 2011 // The towering wall of billowing red dust roaring across the blue West Texas sky on Oct. 17 took Monroe Debusk back more than eight decades to the Dust Bowl years when he was growing up on his family’s cotton farm.The...
Oct 20 2011 // Misty Baker has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas as director of health insurance information. In this newly created role, Baker will serve as a member resource for agency personnel working in life and...
Oct 19 2011 // Crash records are now easier to transfer with the recent launch of a new, secure web-based application that allows law enforcement agencies to send reports to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) electronically,...
Oct 19 2011 // HealthSmart Holdings Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wells Fargo Third Party Administrators Inc., the medical third party administration (TPA) business of Wells Fargo...
Oct 18 2011 // Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for September include $118,000 in fines, the department announced. Final disciplinary orders for...
Oct 17 2011 // Brenda Jo Hornyak office manager, at Hendry Insurance in Plano, Texas, has been named Insurance Professional of the Year and Ashley Hansen of Buchanan Clarke Schlader LLP was named Claims Professional of the Year at the...
Oct 17 2011 // Two men have entered guilty pleas in a case involving the sale of bogus insurance to a New York tour operator whose boat capsized in 2005 killing 20 elderly tourists.Edmund Hugh Benton, 63, of Scottsdale, Ariz., pleaded...
Oct 17 2011 // Atlantic Specialty Lines, Financial Guarantee Underwriters, American Tri-State UnderwritersAtlantic Specialty Lines Inc. (ASL) announced it has acquired Financial Guarantee Underwriters Inc. and American Tri-State...
Oct 17 2011 // Higginbotham & Associates has promoted commercial insurance broker Mike Bateman to its managing director group for 2012. Bateman, who joined Higginbotham’s Dallas office in 2004, was promoted from account...
Oct 17 2011 // New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought.Reading or writing a text message behind the wheel can more than double a driver’s reaction time, according to a...
Oct 14 2011 // The modest home on South Clover Street is, quite simply, a wreck.Waist-high ragweed chokes front and back yards. Rusting appliances and toys clutter the carport of the dilapidated structure, topped by a sagging patchwork...