All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 15 2011 // Flood protection might be the last concern of Texas wildfire survivors these days. Yet Texans — even those who live in areas not rated at high risk of flooding — should consider purchasing a flood insurance policy now,...
Dec 15 2011 // Workers’ compensation provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its board of directors has elected two new officers — Linda Foster-Smith of Georgetown and Jay Eisen of Beaumont. Foster-Smith has been...
Dec 15 2011 // Dozens of law enforcement officers trudged through soggy brush near a South Texas middle school on Dec. 13 looking for casings and other evidence to help explain how two boys were shot while they were trying out for the...
Dec 14 2011 // Private industry employers in Texas reported a 5.8 percent decrease in nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work during 2010 for a total of 56,720.With the 2010 decrease, Texas has seen a...
Dec 12 2011 // A joint committee of state lawmakers over the next year will be looking in to alternatives for providing property insurance along the Texas coast.Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, has announced Texas House...
Dec 8 2011 // More than half of the homeowner insurance claims have been settled in the Bastrop (Texas) Complex Wildfire that occurred over the Labor Day weekend. The final tally for insured losses from the wildfire is projected to hit...
Dec 7 2011 // Kyson Johnson, Texas’ only dedicated insurance fraud prosecutor, has been named 2011 Prosecutor of the Year by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.Johnson was honored for his successful record in prosecuting...
Dec 6 2011 // Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced it is acquiring Dallas, Texas-based Employers Comp Associates Inc. (ECA) and Freeman Administrative Solutions Inc. (FAS). ECA and FAS were...
Dec 5 2011 // Susan Gropp has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Gropp is executive vice president of Arcana Insurance Services in Dallas.Other newly elected officers include: Vice President Kathy van...
Dec 5 2011 // Lyndell Haigood, regional vice president of State Auto Insurance Co., has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT). Haigood was elected during AFACT’s annual meeting...
Dec 5 2011 // Land O’Lakes Inc. Foundation has donated $10,000 to Texas Forest Service’s Volunteer Fire Department assistance fund.Volunteer fire departments served as the first line of defense against wildfires that...
Dec 5 2011 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: Confie Seguros, trading under Freeway Insurance Headquarters: New York, N.Y. Year Founded: 2008 Additional Locations: California, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Texas, New York, New...
Dec 2 2011 // A new insurance commissioner has allowed State Farm to charge higher rates and deductibles in Texas.State Farm Insurance on Dec. 1 was authorized to switch many of its 1.2 million homeowner policies to a higher deductible....
Dec 2 2011 // The insurer of a $1.2 million sports car that plunged into a Galveston Bay lagoon two years ago says the owner deliberately drove into the marsh to collect on a $2.2 million insurance policy.No trial date has been set in...
Dec 2 2011 // Broadspire, a third party administrator (TPA) and medical management services provider, announced it has launched its workers’ compensation health care network (HCN) in Texas.The Broadspire workers’...
Nov 30 2011 // In separate actions federal workplace regulators have cited two Texas-based companies for employee safety violations.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Congress...
Nov 29 2011 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a resolution urging Congress to amend the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to ensure...
Nov 28 2011 // Land O’Lakes Inc. Foundation has donated $10,000 to Texas Forest Service’s Volunteer Fire Department assistance fund.Volunteer fire departments served as the first line of defense against wildfires that...
Nov 23 2011 // Two men in Texas have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to commit arson in order to obtain insurance proceeds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced.Blaise Hancock, of...
Nov 23 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Jeff Lentz from senior manager of underwriting and marketing to vice president of underwriting. In his new role, Lentz will be responsible for directing underwriting policies and...